DOT-Abra launches new accred scheme for local establishments

To bolster Abra’s tourism industry, the Department of Tourism conducted an Orientation on the Progressive Accreditation System and Mobile Accreditation which aims to update DOT’s industry partners of the newly developed standards such as to build a common understanding of the new accreditation scheme, its criteria, implementing guidelines and accreditation processing and to improve the… Read more »

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JPSCC works for secured, safe 2019 elections

  “There should be no failure of elections and everybody should be safe”, CAR Election Director Maria Juana S. Valenza said during the Joint Provincial Security Control Center (JPSCC) conference earlier today at Camp Juan Villamor, Calaba, Bangued. JPSCC is composed of election officers, police personnel, municipal police officers, and Armed Forces of Philippines personnel.… Read more »

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DILG, COMELEC, and PNP tapped barangay assemblies to promote peace and transparency

  The Department of Interior and Local Government (DILG), Commission on Elections (COMELEC), and Philippine National Police-Abra joined the simultaneous barangay assemblies with the theme “Barangay Natin, Sama-Samang Paunlarin”. This is to promote transparency and accountability of public officials at the barangay level. DILG-Abra Provincial Director Millicent Cariño said barangay assemblies were simultaneously held on… Read more »

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“There were no election-related violence in Abra since the election period started” – PNP Abra

  The Abra Police Provincial Office (Abra-PPO) presented the peace and order situation in Abra during the Provincial Peace and Order Council (PPOC) and Provincial Anti-Drug Abuse Council (PADAC) joint meeting headed by Governor Joy Bernos, PPOC chairperson on March 29, 2019, at the Provincial Capitol. Abra-PPO report stated that the political atmosphere in Abra… Read more »

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PNP engaged political candidates and stakeholders for peaceful elections

The Abra Police Provincial Office conducted a covenant signing for peaceful elections to engage the political candidates for the prevention of electoral violence and harassments for the midterm elections. There are 229 candidates and 23 stakeholders who participated in the said activity. PNP-CAR Director Israel Ephraim T. Dickson, during his first command visit to Abra,… Read more »

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COMELEC-Abra ensures fair elections, reshuffles election officers

The COMELEC supervisor and officers were reshuffled to secure a clean and fair midterm elections 2019. Atty. Dexter Barry A. Cawis assumed as the Provincial Election Supervisor of Abra on March 18, 2019, replacing Atty. Vanessa Roncal who assumed the assistant director position at COMELEC-Cordillera. Atty. Cawis said the COMELEC-Abra will continue to work on… Read more »

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COMELEC holds VCM roadshow for first-time voters

Headed by Rose Myrna Turqueza, Acting Municipal Election Officer, the  Commission on Elections (COMELEC)-Bangued conducted the Vote Counting Machine (VCM) roadshow for first-time voters  at the Divine Word College of Bangued (DWCB) Gymnasium earlier today. AB Political Science students, first-time voters of DWCB, and Zone 6 attended the roadshow. The activity orients the voters on… Read more »

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BIR-Abra, PGA remind NLE2019 candidates and political parties on their tax obligations

  The Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) District Office-Abra is reminding candidates and political parties on their tax obligations as the official campaign period for the May midterm elections starts next month. The Omnibus Election Code exempts political contributions in cash or in kind from donor’s tax. According to BIR-Abra OIC Revenue District Officer Frumencio… Read more »

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COMELEC, PNP and AFP of Abra joined forces for peaceful midterm elections 2019

Provincial Election Supervisor Vanessa Roncal of COMELEC-Abra said that the implementation of gun ban has already started on the first day of election period (January 13, 2019). The PNP set up checkpoints, guns and other deadly weapons are prohibited to be carried in public places and subject to the violation of COMELEC Resolution 10446. The… Read more »

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COMELEC Abra aims for a safe and peaceful election

  Provincial Election Supervisor Vanessa Roncal discussed the calendar of activities of the Commission on Elections (COMELEC) for the upcoming National and Local Elections 2019 during the first-Monday flag raising ceremony. Roncal informed everyone that the start of the election period and gun ban will be on January 13 until June 12, 2019. Atty. Roncal… Read more »

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