BANGUED, Abra – The Department of the Interior and Local Government has appointed senior provincial board member Russel Bragas as acting vice governor following the final ruling of the Office of the President suspending Vice Gov. Maria Jocelyn Valera-Bernos for 18 months. Bragas received his...
TAYUM, Abra – A deaf-mute woman was allegedly gunned down in Sitio Pitao, Barangay Bagalay, Tayum, Abra on Sunday night, Oct. 27, by a candidate for municipal councilor in next year’s elections. Police Capt. Michael Joe Dasalla, Tayum chief of police, identified the victim as Florida A. Teneza,...
BANGUED, Abra – A 29-year-old man was shot and wounded by motorcycle-riding gunmen in a suspected road rage incident on the Tayum-Bucay Road in Sitio Batiwtiw, Barangay Basbasa, Tayum, Abra, this province on Friday night, Oct. 25. Police identified the victim as Rolito B. Tejero....
LICUAN-BAAY, Abra – Police have identified the two bodies dumped in a grassy area on the Abra-Kalinga Road in Sitio Pasigad, Barangay Bonglo, this town, on Saturday morning, October 12. Police Lt. Jerry Granel, deputy chief of police here, identified the victims as father and son, Alex and...
BANGUED, Abra – La Paz Mayor Joseph Bernos of the Lakas-Christian and Muslim Democrats on Sunday, October 6, filed his Certificate of Candidacy for congressman of the lone district of this province. Also filing their COCs on Sunday were Eustaquio Bersamin, brother of Executive Secretary Lucas...
The Commission on Human Rights (CHR) has urged the provincial government of Abra to act expeditiously on the attack against another local official in the province last Sept. 12. The CHR was referring to the case of Pidigan town Vice Mayor Noel Bisares who was attacked but survived the atempt on his...
BANGUED, Abra – A construction worker was shot dead in Sitio Tingga, Barangay Caboloan, this capital town, on Monday evening, September 16. Police identified the victim as Raniel Romero of Barangay Calaba here. Investigation disclosed that the victim stopped by to take shelter in the...
BANGUED, Abra – The vice mayor of Pidigan, this province, was shot and wounded inside a hardware store in Barangay Pamutic, Pidigan, on Thursday morning, September 12. Police said the victim, Noel Bisares, 56, was sitting inside the family-owned establishment at 8:30 a.m. when gunmen onboard...
BANGUED, Abra – A businessman died and his wife was wounded after they were shot by motorcycle-riding gunmen while tending to their rice store in Barangay San Ramon, Manabo, Abra on Tuesday, September 3. Police identified the victims as Rodel and Zoraida Bermudez from Barangay Patoc, Bucay, Abra....
BANGUED, Abra – A farmer was killed and a former municipal councilor was wounded in shooting incidents in Abra on Sunday, September 1. Police identified the fatality as Hidalgo G. Villanueva, 41, of Barangay Patucannay, Tayum and Tarlac City. Villanueva died on the spot after he was shot in the...
BANGUED, Abra – A former barangay chairman and his nephew were wounded in a shooting incident in Sitio Ramramot, Barangay San Antonio, this town, on Thursday night, August 29. Police identified the victims as former Barangay Chairman Marcelino C. Banayos, 58, and his nephew, Janssen B....
BANGUED, Abra – Abra Vice Gov. Maria Jocelyn Valera-Bernos said that her 18-month suspension by the Office of the Deputy Executive Secretary for Legal Affairs under the Office of the President was politically motivated and seeks destroy her reputation. The suspension order stemmed from the...
