The magnitude 7 earthquake (initially put at 7.3 magnitude) that hit Abra at 8:43 a.m. on July 27 was felt in Muntinlupa and sent people out of buildings. According to the Muntinlupa City Department of Disaster Resilience and Management, the earthquake registered Intensity II at 8:46 a.m. in the...
A 7.3-magnitude earthquake roused people from sleep in different parts of Luzon and damaged various infrastructures on Wednesday morning, July 27. The Vigan Cathedral in Ilocos Sur is damaged by the magnitude 7.3 earthquake that hit Abra on July 27, 2022. (Screenshot from Facebook video of Ceasar...
BANGUED, Abra – A woman was killed while her live-in partner was wounded by a lone gunman in Barangay Mudiit, Dolores, this province, Wednesday, June 29. Police identified the victim as Benita Turqueza, 58, married, unemployed, of Barangay Poblacion, Dolores. Investigation by the Dolores...
BAGUIO CITY -- A total of P141.3 million worth of fertilizer discount voucher, farm machineries and equipment were simultaneously turned over by the Department of Agriculture-Cordillera to rice and corn farmers in Apayao and Abra province. Photo via Zaldy Comanda The turnover was done on Saturday,...
PILAR, Abra Mayor Mark Roland Somera through his lawyer surrenders firearms to the Abra police at the provincial headquarters in Bangued, Abra. CAMP DANGWA, La Trinidad, Benguet – The mayor and vice mayor of Pilar, Abra surrendered nine high-powered firearms last Tuesday, June 14, to the Abra...
BANGUED, Abra – About 2,085 farmers in three towns of this province are expected to benefit much from the Abra River Irrigation System which will soon be fully operational after undergoing massive rehabilitation. Photo from Zaldy Comanda A total of P300 million has been allotted for the...
BANGUED, Abra -- The local political clans of the Someras in Pilar town, Abra crumbled and lost grip of their strongholds in the small town of more or less 10,000 inhabitants in the last election. Incumbent mayor Maro Somera lost miserably to a virtually unknown opponent in the mayoralty race,...
BANGUED, Abra – The whole Pilar town of this province has been placed under Commission on Election (Comelec) control as 30 personnel of the Pilar Municipal Police Station have been relieved in connection with the shooting incident on March 29 between the Vice Mayor and the police. Photo...
The municipality of Pilar in Abra and the entire Misamis Occidental province were declared under the control of the Commission on Elections (Comelec) due to security concerns related to the upcoming polls, Chairman Saidamen Pangarungan announced Wednesday, May 4. Comelec Chairperson Saidamen B....
The Commission on Elections (Comelec) has upgraded the classification of Pilar town in Abra from orange to red, in line with the alleged killing last March 29 of the staff of Vice Mayor Jaja Josefina Somero Disono of Pilar, Abra. MB file photo "Putting a certain area under Comelec control is a...
BANGUED, Abra – Three people, including a barangay chairman and a kagawad, were shot by unidentified gunmen in separate incidents in Bangued and Dolores, Abra. On Wednesday (April 27), around 5:55 p.m., barangay captain Ronnie Bringas, 45, of Barangay Angad, Bangued, Abra was shot while on his...
In his visit to Abra province, presidential candidate Senator Panfilo "Ping" Lacson publicly addressed the issue of political violence that could ruin everybody’s hopes for a peaceful conduct of honest and orderly elections on May 9, 2022. Lacson acknowledged that peace and order has always been...
