BHERT activated in Abra

February 14, 2020 abranewsdesk Releases

As mandated by the Department of Interior and Local Government (DILG), the Barangay Health and Emergency Response Team (BHERT) has been established in all 27 municipalities in Abra. The BHERT is composed of barangay captains, barangay councilors, tanod, and (Barangay Health Workers) BHWs who are tasked to establish a traveler’s registry. The barangay captains shall… Read more »

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LGU Tayum builds disaster resilience in the barangays

February 7, 2020 abranewsdesk Releases

Municipal Disaster Risk Reduction Management Council of Tayum conducted a Community-Based Disaster Risk Reduction Management Training at the Tayum Evacuation Center on February 4-6, 2020, in partnership with PDRRMC-Abra and Office of Civil Defence-CAR. 44 Barangay captains, officials, and health workers crafted their Barangay Disaster Preparedness Plans during the training workshop. Disaster preparation, response, and… Read more »

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PopCom, PGA bring family planning services closer to the community

January 29, 2020 abranewsdesk Releases

The Commission on Population (PopCom) in partnership with the Provincial Government of Abra headed by Gov. Joy Bernos are geared to serve more couples and individuals in Abra with their family planning services. PopCom Regional Director Magdalena G. Abellera thanked the 117 Barangay Captains and volunteers for their participation in the National Program on Population… Read more »

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Abreño female taekwondo player bags gold in Singapore

January 15, 2020 abranewsdesk Releases

Angad, Bangued native Guessteen Merile Andia Aznar, 22, bagged gold at the 7th Daedo 7th Daedo Taekwondo Championship in Singapore, 67kg Kyurogi Event last December. She bested her opponents from Thailand, China, and Singapore. Aznar is a 3rd year BS Psychology student of De La-Salle University in Dasmariñas, Cavite. She dreams of becoming a professional… Read more »

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2% interest, pautang ti Land Bank kadagiti mannalon

January 13, 2020 abranewsdesk Releases

Maysa a loan orientation seminar ti insayangkat ti Land Bank of the Philippines ken Department of Agriculture idi January 10, 2020, sadiay Capitol Social Hall tapno ilawlawag kadagiti mannalon nu kasano iti panag-avail iti Agricultural Competitiveness Enhancement Fund (ACEF). Daytoy a programa ket mangipaay iti pautang kadagiti mannalon nga addaan iti 2% interest iti makatawen.… Read more »

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Fe Victoria Valeros, kaunaan ken kakaisuna a babai nga agvul-vulcanize ditoy Abra

January 8, 2020 abranewsdesk Releases

Awan ti pilpilien a trabaho ti maysa a babai no daytoy ket makatulong iti pamiliana. Ni Fe Victoria Pizarro Valeros, 69, ken agnaed sadiay Bacsil, Bangued ket kaunaan ken kaikaisuna a babai nga agtrabtrabaho ken mangimatmaton ti vulcanizing shop ditoy Abra. Ti Didi’s Vulcanizing Shop ket masarakan sadiay Zone 7 ken nangrugi a nag-operate idi… Read more »

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Bangilo Elementary School, a Zone of Peace by UNICEF

December 19, 2019 abranewsdesk Releases, Uncategorized

The United Nations International Children’s Emergency Fund (UNICEF) and the Department of Education (DepEd) awarded Bangilo Elementary School (BES) of Malibcong as a Zone of Peace because of its best practices in maintaining the school as an insurgency-free community. Division Risk Reduction Management Service Coordinator Jun Florencio B. Rifareal Jr. said that the residence headed… Read more »

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Provincial Task Force ELCAC identifies priority projects to insurgency affected areas

December 11, 2019 abranewsdesk Releases

Infrastructure projects, livelihood assistance and trainings, and farm inputs were among the proposed projects of the 15 insurgency affected barangays inf Lacub, Malibcong, and Tubo during the Planning Workshop of the Provincial Task Force on Ending Local Communist Armed Conflict (ELCAC) headed by Gov. Joy Bernos. This is in accordance with Executive Order No. 70… Read more »

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Ice cream vendor, nakapaadal ti kolehio

December 10, 2019 abranewsdesk Featured

Kiling- kiling wenno dirty ice cream ti awag dagiti taga Abra iti nakakariton nga idurduron ni Imelda Besinal Batalon, 48 anyos a taga Linasin, Bangued, sadiay tiendaan. Ti ice cream a naaramid ditoy Abra ket paborito dagiti Abreño kas merienda wenno handa ti panagkasangayda ken dadduma pay nga okasion. Nasurok tallo a dekadan nga aglaklako… Read more »

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Employees with work-related sickness may receive reimbursement from ECC

December 9, 2019 abranewsdesk Releases

Employees of both government and private sectors are entitled to receive reimbursement package from the Employees Compensation Commission (ECC) at the event of work-related sickness, injury, or death. A seminar was conducted by ECC to disseminate the information to Abreños on December 4, 2019, at Lucky’s Hotel, Bangued. It was attended by 79 employees and… Read more »

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