July 19th, 2008 — Abra, Government
From gmanewstv: The Philippines gained added presence in the United Nations with the election into the UN Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues earlier this week.
The Philippine Mission to the UN said Saturday (Manila time) that National Commission on Indigenous Peoples (NCIP) chairman Eugenio Insigne will help advance the cause of indigenous peoples at the UN level.
December 25th, 2007 — Abra, Government, Mt. Province, Politics
Note: Updates on Mayor Cesar Rafael’s murder here and the Abra explosion here.
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From Philippine Star: The mayor of Paracelis town in Mountain Province was killed in an ambush yesterday, while an explosion rocked the home of a congresswoman in Bangued, Abra.
December 15th, 2007 — Abra, Politics
Here’s the links to the latest posts on kaigorotan.com:
How much did your Congressman spend during the 2001 elections. Read it here. We don’t have the figures yet for the 2007 elections but we hope to eventually get our hands on that.
If the creation of a new Bago province is going to be very challenging (because it will affect three provinces who might not be willing to give up their towns), a new Tingguian province carved out of Abra looks more promising. Read the very short story here.
November 6th, 2007 — Abra, Government, Politics
From GMANews.tv:
Relatives and friends of slain Abra Rep. Luis Bersamin Jr are offering a P500,000 bounty for information that would lead to the arrest of an alleged gunman in the December 2006 assassination, authorities on Tuesday said.
Chief Superintendent Eugene Martin, Cordillera police director, said family and friends of the slain politician raised the bounty for the arrest of Gerry Turqueza who is tagged as one of the gunmen in the slay.
September 23rd, 2007 — Abra
Apologies to all of you for being missing in action. I’ve been sick these past days but have since recovered. I hope to continue blogging regularly again 
Meantime, here’s a cool video of the Bangued Bamboo Jeepney which we first blogged about here. In case you missed this comment in our earlier post, this unique jeepney was made by the dad of our blogger friend and regular commenter, the Novice Blogger.
Thanks to Bangued Online for uploading the video.
September 4th, 2007 — Abra, Tourism
Here’s a very nice video of Bangued, the capital town of Abra. Don’t miss the Sleeping Beauty around the 20-second mark. You can read more about the town of Bangued at Bangued Online. Our friend who is managing the site is doing a great job promoting the town.
If the DOST folks get some lessons from Bangued Online, they will realize that they don’t have to spend P97.1 million to build a tourism database. Thanks friend and more power to you
August 10th, 2007 — Abra, Bontoc, Culture and Tradition, Kalinga, Mt. Province
So I was googling my time away and found the picture above. He is identified as a man from Butbut, Tinglayan and is supposed to be modeling the indigenous weave of Kalinga. The picture is part of a book called Sinaunang Habi which was published by former Senator Nikki Coseteng.
Which of the following would best describe your reaction to the photo above:
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July 13th, 2007 — Abra, Government, Politics
Abra will have a Representative when Congress opens this month. Congratulations to former Lagayan Mayor Cecilia Luna (seen in photo above through her bullet riddled campaign vehicle) who won over ex-Governor Vicente Valera for the post. Luna was proclaimed by the Commission on Elections (COMELEC) last Wednesday, July 11.
This marks the first time in 20 years that the Valeras, who ruled Abra since EDSA Uno, will be out of power.
June 25th, 2007 — Abra, Government
We often criticize bad government policies and public officials but we are not blind to the good things that they do.
One of the good government programs out there is the Department of Trade and Industry’s One Town One Product (OTOP). This program seeks to help small and medium enterprises — like the bamboo craft manufacturers of Bangued, Abra — develop markets for their products. The above photo shows former Bangued Mayor Ma. Zita Valera entering a “vehicle” made of bamboo. You can read more about the One Town, One Product here.
June 23rd, 2007 — Abra, Government, Politics
PHOTO CREDIT: Abrenian.com
