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Abra town selects barangay leaders the indigenous way
By ARTHA KIRA PAREDES
WHILE thousands of barangays all over the country still await the final results of the October 25 polls, eight of 10 barangays in Tubo town in Abra already knew their new set of officials about a month before election day. »Read More -
Abra town hall bombed
By ARTHA KIRA PAREDES AN improvised bomb exploded at the Bangued Municipal Hall at dawn today, the inauguration day of newly elected provincial officials. The explosion, which damaged P50,000 worth of property, happened at about 2 a.m., according to Abra Police Provincial Director Senior Superintendent Joseph Adnol. The police report said an “improvised bomb was »Read More
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Barangay captain shot
By ARTHA KIRA PAREDES BANGUED, Abra.— A barangay captain of Pidigan town was shot on the nape Thursday evening, just a few days before the election period comes to an end. Pangtud Barangay Captain Rodolfo Bragas was shot by a certain Noli Marsan and three other companions in his house while he was writing a barangay report. Marsan »Read More
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Police find body buried in Abra mayor’s backyard
By ARTHA KIRA PAREDES BANGUED, Abra.— Police have found the body of a man buried in the backyard of Tineg Mayor Edwin Crisologo’s residence in Barangay Ubbog here Wednesday night. The police report said the team that responded to a text message uncovered a “male cadaver” from a “garbage pit approximately two-feet” deep. Abra Police »Read More
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Abra’s first ERV casualty buried
By ARTHA KIRA PAREDES BANGUED, Abra.–“Losing our father is the most painful and traumatic experience of our childhood years,” 10-year-old Marian Mae Acena told those who attended her father’s burial mass at the San Lorenzo Ruiz Church in Zone 3 here on Saturday morning. Mae-Mae is the daughter of Mario Acena, 33, a supporter of »Read More
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Quick count in Abra’s hinterland towns
It used to take weeks before the results of voting is known in the hinterland towns of Abra such as Tineg, some parts of which are accessible only by foot. After Monday's election, results were out in a matter of days. »Read More
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Abra Church group gets fewer volunteers
By ARTHA KIRA PAREDES BANGUED, Abra.—Although the police considered the elections in Abra “peaceful,” volunteers for the church-based election watch group here have dwindled in number following reports of threats and intimidation of candidates and their armed followers before and during elections. The number of volunteers has decreased compared to those in the previous years »Read More
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Tensions rise in Abra town on election eve
By ARTHA KIRA PAREDES BANGUED, Abra.—Police were busy on the eve of elections in Lagangilang in Abra, with tensions heightening as election day drew near. Around 9 p.m. on May 9, a certain Marlon Castro, a 42-year-old resident of Pacac, Dolores was arrested for illegal possession of a caliber .45 pistol and an M-16 rifle. He »Read More
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Disqualified Abra bets may still run; last-minute vote-buying on
By ARTHA KIRA PAREDES BANGUED, Abra.—Two candidates for mayor of Tineg town in Abra, who have been disqualified by the Commission on Elections (Comelec) central office, are “still candidates” according to the provincial election supervisor. “Pwede pa rin, meron pa ring Supreme Court na pwedeng puntahan (They can still run, they can run to the »Read More
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Abrenians pray for peaceful elections
By ARTHA KIRA PAREDES BANGUED, Abra.— Senior citizen Aida Bolante-Camaro was among some 200 Abrenians who rallied for peaceful elections Friday, three days before the May 10 national and local elections. Tugging along her 12 year-old grandson, the 72-year-old volunteer catechist from La Paz town said she and representatives from her vicariate joined the prayer »Read More
