Abra Archives | CMFR

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  From the Newsrooms: Death and disorder mar barangay polls

  NEWS CAPTURED the political violence that bloodied the first barangay elections in five years. Delayed twice by the pandemic, the vote for grassroots leaders was hotly contested around the... Read more

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  Media quick in reporting Abra quake, follow-up needed

  IN THE MORNING OF July 27, a magnitude 7 quake shook parts of Luzon, its epicenter in the northern province of Abra. The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology... Read more

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  This Week in Media (March 28 to April 1, 2022)

  COVID-19 SEEMS to have receded as a government concern, but other problems have made life for most Filipinos as difficult as ever.  Read more

• Violence in Abra

  CHEERS TO Vera Files for a report on Abra's culture of violence, which intensifies during elections. Read more

• Unidentified men fire at provincial media offices

  CMFR/PHILIPPINES—Two unidentified gunmen riding on a motorcycle fired at the building where Bangued-based media offices are housed last 17 June 2009. Bangued is the capital of Abra, a province... Read more

• Community journalist, family unhurt in shooting attack

  CMFR/PHILIPPINES—A journalist from Bangued was unharmed after gunmen fired at her family’s house last 14 May 2009. Bangued is the capital of Abra, a province approximately 408 kms northwest... Read more