A 57-year-old man was gunned down by his younger brother at their residence in Sitio Nagtupacan, Barangay Bangbangar, Bangued, Abra on New Year’s Day, Jan. 1. Police Lt. Crismar Hib-aton, deputy chief of police of Bangued, identified the victim as Nelson Viste. The victim was sitting on a nylon...
A lone gunman shot and killed a farm specialist of the Mount Carmel Agri-Tourism and Training Center in Sitio Sinilagan, Barangay Lusuac, Peñarrubia, Abra, on Tuesday, Dec. 30. Police identified the victim as Daniel Fatorog Pog-ok, 53, of Sadanga, Mountain Province. Investigation said the victim...
BANGUED, Abra – A soldier died after he was accidentally shot by a colleague cleaning his service firearm inside their camp in Barangay Poblacion, Lacub, Abra, on Christmas Day. Police identified the victim as Private First Class Archie Calawit, assigned to Charlie Company of the 50th Infantry...
BANGUED, Abra – The bodies of two suspected ‘’salvage’’ or summary execution victims were discovered in Barangay San Marcial, San Isidro town, Abra province on Wednesday, Dec. 3. Police Capt. Ronaldo Caguioa, San Isidro police chief, identified the victims as Rajani “Batang Abra”...
A graduating student of the University of Abra in Bangued, Abra province was shot and killed by an intoxicated man on Monday. Police identified the victim as Larry Bautista Jr. of Pangasinan province and Zone 7, Bangued. The Bangued Municipal Police Station said the suspect, Erwin Buging, was...
BANGUED, Abra – A police officer was killed by his superior officer inside the Abra Police Provincial Office Provincial Explosives and Canine Unit office in Casamata Hill here on Monday night. The Bangued Municipal Police Station identified the victim as Police Staff Sgt. O 'Neal Ryan...
The Department of Justice (DOJ) has indicted Abra Mining & Industrial Corp. (AR), its directors, officers, transfer agent, and certain stockholders for the unauthorized and fraudulent trading of shares from 2015 to 2019. Acting upon the complaint filed by the Securities and Exchange Commission...
A college student was shot and wounded by a fellow student outside the University of Abra main campus in Barangay Poblacion, Lagangilang, Abra, on Friday afternoon, Aug. 22. The victim as Prince Albert Barbosa, 18, from Dolores, Abra. Initial investigation said the suspect, Jave Talaga Bragas, 24,...
Over 2,000 boxes and sacks of relief goods were brought to three remote cyclone-hit towns in Abra by the Philippine Air Force (PAF). PAF utilized a W-3A Sokol and a S-70i Black Hawk helicopter to transport the relief goods to the towns of Tineg, Lacub, and Malibcong on Monday and Tuesday. "In...
CAMP JUAN VILLAMOR, Bangued, Abra – Police Col. Charles Domallig was appointed as new Abra Police Provincial Office chief. Domallig assumed the position in turnover ceremony in this camp on Tuesday. He replaced Police Col. Froilan Lopez. Police Regional Office-Cordillera head Police Brig. Gen....
Abra Rep. Joseph “JB” Bernos said on Monday that an outright ban on online gaming platforms will lead to the rise of underground gambling activities. “Total ban of online gaming could unintentionally fuel the growth of undergound and illegal gambling activities,” Bernos, chairman of the...
BANGUED, Abra – Gunmen killed a farmer resting in a cradle in Sitio Katungawan, Barangay Basbasa, Tayum, Abra on Sunday morning, June 22. Police Lt. Col. Daniel Pel-ey, chief of the Abra police Provincial Community Affairs and Development Unit (PCADU), said the victim Eugenio Lazarte died from a...
