BANGUED, Abra – A laborer was gunned down and a barangay chairman and his two siblings were wounded while on their way to a court hearing in this town on Friday. Police identified the victim as construction worker Demy Peralta, a resident of Barangay Calot here. Peralta was onboard a van...
BANGUED, Abra – A hog raiser was gunned down in front of a public elementary school here on Monday morning, May 27. Police said the victim, Catherine A. Aguilar, 38, from Barangay Quillat, Langiden, Abra, was sitting on her motorcycle when two men riding a motorcycle appeared and shot her...
The Commission on Human Rights (CHR) has slammed as "severe disregard for human rights" a barangay (village) ordinance in Bangued, Abra that proposed "execution or death penalty" for the third offense of illegal garbage dumping. In a statement, the CHR said the ordinance and the subsequent posting...
BANGUED, Abra – Six officials of Barangay Calaba here were suspended for 90 days over a controversial notice showing an image of a gun as a penalty for those who disobey a rule on dumping garbage. A NOTICE in Bangued, Abra shows the punishments for dumping garbage. The notice was...
BANGUED, Abra – A traffic enforcer was gunned down here on Sunday, January 21. Police identified the victim as Geraldine B. Peralta, a traffic enforcer in this town residing in Bucay, Abra. Initial investigation said Peralta was driving his tricycle in Sitio Kabildatan, Zone 7, when a man...
BANGUED, Abra – Police are preparing charges against the two suspects in the murder of lawyer Maria Saniata Liwliwa Alzate here last week. Police Col. Froilan Lopez, Abra police director, said on Friday, September 22, they have identified the owner of the motorcycle used in the killing and are...
BANGUED, Abra – Police have formed a Special Investigation Task Group on the murder of lawyer Maria Saniata Liwliwa Gonzales-Alzate. Probers are focusing on the identification of the two gunmen seen fleeing after the incident in a surveillance camera, said Police Col. Froilan Lopez, Abra police...
BANGUED, Abra – Abra Rep. Ching Bernos has condemned the murder of lawyer Maria Saniata Liwliwa Gonzales Alzate here on Thursday, September 14. “We send our deepest sympathies and sincerest condolences to the grieving family of Atty. Ma. Saniata Liwliwa Gonzales Alzate on her untimely and...
Abra Gov. Dominic B. Valera on Friday, September 15, condemned the murder of Atty. Maria Saniata Liwliwa Gonzales Alzate. “Our deepest and sincerest condolences to the bereaved family of Atty. Maria Saniata Liwliwa Gonzales Alzate,” Valera said in a Facebook post. “We strongly condemn the...
BANGUED, Abra – Fifty Police Commissioned Officers (PCOs) from the Police Regional Office-Cordillera are now fully trained investigators after completing the Investigation Officers Basic Course (IOBC) from May 30 to August 17. These officers who composed Class 232-2023 received their...
BANGUED, Abra – A 23-year-old student was shot and wounded during a heated argument with his dormmate here on Tuesday night, March 14. Police identified the victim as John Michael Lolor Santamaria, of Ambiong, La Trinidad, Benguet, and staying at Santamaria Residence on Rizal St., Barangay...
PRESIDENT Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. visits injured victims of the earthquake in a hospital in Bangued, Abra Thursday, July 28. (PRO-Cordillera photo) BANGUED, Abra – President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. visited this province today, Thursday, July 28, to check the situation a day after a...
