Official website of the provincial government of Batanes. The Region where the Islands of Batanes are located form part of area the Bashii liquistic Cultural Sphere. Researchers suggests that the Bashii area may have been the port where two migration routes meets the other coming from the Indo – China via the Malay Peninsula Sumatra, Borneo, the Philippines, and finally reaching the Batanes, towards the Bashii area.

Extensive online news coverage and cultural information about Batanes and the Ivatan community. It is a place where you can keep track of the issues and events affecting the Ivatan Community. It is also a place where Ivatans can exchange views and comments and keep in touch with each other.

Batanes : A historical & descriptive profile of the Ivatans, Ivatan Houses, Ivatan songs, a compilation of Ivatan legends, stories, poems, and misclellany.