The Commission on Elections (Comelec) on Thursday, April 21, said it has dropped its plan to place Pilar town in Abra under its control. Comelec/MB On March 29, a gun battle occurred between the local policemen and escorts of an official of Pilar town in Abra. Police said the gun duel ensued after...
BANGUED, Abra - Corresponding cases have been filed against the Mayor and Vice Mayor of Pilar, Abra, including their bodyguards in connection with the shooting incident that took place after they escaped the police checkpoint on March 29. A case of violation of Republic Act 9208 as amended by RA...
BAGUIO CITY – Local candidates here, together with the Commission on Elections, on Wednesday joined the police in the Unity Walk and Pledge of Commitment for the honest and peaceful elections. Baguio Unity Walk. (Photo courtesy of Rizaldy Comanda / MANILA BULLETIN) Local candidates and their...
BANGUED, Abra -- As part of the 2022 National Women’s Month celebration, female police officers of Abra Police Provincial Office (PPO) on Thursday conducted a women empowerment program for female Persons Deprived of Liberty (PDL) of Abra Provincial Jail. (Photo courtesy of Rizaldy Comanda /...
BANGUED, Abra – Personnel of the Abra Provincial Police Office initiated a fundraising activity last Saturday at the Camp Juan Villamor, Bangued to help Children In Conflict with the Law (CICL). (Photo from Zaldy Comanda / MANILA BULLETIN) Dubbed as "Zumba for a Cause ni PD Cula at Aleng Pulis",...
Local officials of Abra province on Wednesday assured the tandem of presidential aspirant Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. and aspiring vice president Sara Duterte of their constituents’ votes to prove that there is a "Solid North." This came after Gov. Ma. Jocelyn Valero...
Presidential candidate Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. wooed residents of Abra and Kalinga provinces on Wednesday, March 9 but his running mate, Davao City Mayor Sara Duterte, was conspicuously absent. During his campaign speech in Abra's capital, Bangued, Marcos Jr. explained the reason why...
The Inter-Agency Task Force (IATF) has announced new risk-level classifications for Abra, Baguio City, Bohol, and Ilocos Norte, Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque said in a statement on Thursday night, Sept. 23. The Baguio City Hall (Zaldy Comanda/ MANILA BULLETIN) Specifically, the government's...
The Philippine National Police (PNP) is now conducting a thorough investigation into the assassination of a former mayoralty candidate who was gunned down inside her house in Abra. Amor Trina Dait, a resident doctor of La Paz District Hospital, died after gunmen barged into her house in Barangay...
Bangued Bishop Leopoldo Jaucian has tested positive for coronavirus disease (COVID-19). Bishop Leopoldo Jaucian of Bangued (Photo courtesy of CBCP-ECY) Jaucian disclosed the result of his swab test in a brief statement released by the diocese on Saturday, Aug. 28, said the Catholic Bishops’...
The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), The Philippine Stock Exchange, Inc. (PSE) and Philippine Depository & Trust Corp. (PDTC) are working closely together to investigate the trading of unissued and unlisted shares of Abra Mining and Industrial Corporation (AR). In a joint statement,...
