BALANGAN TI KALSADA ITI BAET TI BOLINEY KEN MANABO

ISYO TI ILI A MANABO KEN BOLINEY ABRA! ANIA TI PUON KEN GAPU NA?

Bukod nga interest dagiti politico? Gapu ti balitok minas? Errado ti papeles dokomentos?

BANGUED,Abra—Feb 22,2011 idi bumtak ti damag a nabangenan ti kalsada national road wenno probincial road iti partena ti Barangay Villa Conchita san ramon east manabo ken kasta metten iti sitio Bangbang San Ramon East Manabo abra. Dagitoy nasao a paset ti kalsada ket idu ti dalan a pagdaldaliasatan dagiti agindeg ti Boliney no dagitoy iti mapan ti ili a Bangued nga aglasat iti ili a manabo. Adda met iti sabali a dalan a mabalin da pagnaad isu iti san da dumalan iti ili ti manbo no di ti sabali nga ili ngem san a mabalin iti lugan no di babaen iti panagna.

Gapu iti daytoy a pasamak dagus a nagaramid ti surat reklamo ni Mayor Ronald Balao-as iti ili a boliney a naiturong kenni GObernador Eustaquio Bersamin kasta metten iti vise gobernador a kas dadaulo ti Sanguniang Panlalawigan ti Abra ken pakairaman metten ti Pannakadadaulo ti PNP iti Abra babaen kenni Psenio Supt. Armando Laguiwid PNP abra.

Ti nasao a surat reklamo ket naawat met ti opisina ti vise gobernador idi Feb. 28,2011 agarup alas otso bainte iti bigat ket idi agarup alas diez y media idi marso 1 2011 ti opisina ti vice goverenor ti abra ti nakawat ti memorandum number 08 manipud iti opicina ti gobernador a naiturong kadagiti mamyores ti ili ti Manabo ken ti ili a Boliney ket ti nasao a memo ti gobernador naibilin ti pannakaikkat pannakadalus ti nasao a probincial road tapno makalasat dagiti agindeg ti boliney a nasayud.

Segun ti naala nga impormasyon ti nasao a susik ket nabayagen naidanun pay la daytoy idi ti bise gobernador ket ni Victorino Baronia Jr. nga itan ket agdama a mayoren ti ili a Bucay ken kasta pay metten a idi panwne ni Gobernador Vicente VBalera natratar manen ti naso a susik ti boundery iti baet ti ili a manbo ken Boliney ket naramaid pay ti “LAPAT” maysa nga ugali dagiti tingguian a ditoy ket agtutulag dagiti lider wenno manakem a makunanga segun ti inp[ormasyon ti nasao a LAPAT ket san a napirmaan baben kadagiti panglakayen ti dua nga ili ta idi malpas ti nasao nga pangaldaw idi maaramid ti LAPAT bigala nagaga-awid dagiti panglakayen ti boliney ket saanen a napirmaan ti nasao a LAPAT kalpasan ti sumagmano a bulan dagiti agindeg ti manabo iti nakaduktal nga iti paset ti susik ti nagbebedngan ket adda ti minas wenno balitok  ket gapu ti daytoy adda ti inaramid dagiti agindeg ti manabo nga pangkali iti minas  naammuan dagiti agindeg ti Bolineyu ti nasao nga ddaang dagiti agindeg ti manbo ket nakipatang da sinita da dagiti lideres ti manabo insider da apay a san amarespeto ti :LAPAT a nagtutulagan idi inbaga met dagiti agindeg ti manbo a san a napirmaan ti nasao a lapat wenno katulagan…ket gaput ti daytoy inpeteng dagiti agiondeg ti boliney nga ti sakup a daga a kalkalien dagiti agindeg ti manabo ket kukua ti ili a boliney ket inaladan da ngaru ti paset ti daga wenno ti lugar a susik ti boundery.. aginga a anapanaw dagiti agindeg ti manbo a mangisaysayngkat ti pang mina ket dagitin agindeg ti boliney iti nagmina iti nasao a lugar….

Naidatag ti susik ti boundery agingana ti opisina ti NCIP iti denr kasta metten ti gobierno probincail ngem saan a marisutrisut agingga nga di feb. 22 dagiti  lideres ti manbo iti nagaramid ti bangen tapno maikkan manen ti atensyon ti nasao a sussik.

Daytoy nasao a susik no agkuti lkaeng dagiti liders wenno dagiti nabotosan a ti kitaen da ket ti interest dagiti umili nga agpada awan ngata ti pannak apektar dagiti umili iti dua nga ili ngem kasano ti kinagpayso na a gapu ta ti nasao a passet ti daga nga yan dagiti mina wenno balitok nga ayan ti boundery dispute ket kukua dagiti agsumbangir a liders ti politika ti ili a manabo ken boliney?  No lkitaen tayo ti linteg ti makuna nga ancestral domain  colletibo a dagiti minerals wqenno kionabaknang dagioty a daga ket maited kadgiti amin a kameng ti tribo sagrapen da a padapada… ngem ti rigat na awanen ti makuna a ancestral domain ta dagiti dagdagan dagiti tribo ket napa titulwanen dagiti babaknag a politico.. awanen ti karbengan dagit kaputotan ni “AMA DANGIWAN” common a nagan ti natiboa a tingguian.

Boundery dispute ancestral domain law political bounderies ken cadastral survey and bounderies amin dagita ket no iyuman tayo kenni “ama” wenno dagiti panglakayen ti tribo agpapada a nga gkuna  dayta a daga ket kukua dagiti kaputotan ti tribo ngarud dagiti annak ti tribo isu da koma ti agna-ar kadgita a gameng ti daga nga impay ni kabunyan…

Manu a tawen ti napalabas malagip yo kadi pay ti pannak samsam dagiti dadakel a kayo ti abra sia asinno ti nag nam-ay isu ti dummy ni Presidente Marco ni herminio dicini ammo yo kadi nga iti agdam ket amin en a paset ti abra ket napermitanen ti maysa  dakkel ti kompanya ti mina manipud ti Australia ken Canada… isu a dagiti babasiit nga minero wenno agminas kadgiti luglugara da ket maipit da…abrenio di ka agpo-ot maitaray to manen ti kinabaknang mo a di pulos makinabang ti kaputotan ni abrenio…

edsa 25 and the phils...

EDSA AND THE ECONOMY: 25 YEARS AFTER

The 1986 People Power uprising created a moment of national unity and international credibility that could have been the starting point of real economic progress.

By Sonny Africa
IBON research head

IBON Features-- The anniversary of the first People Power is a time to reflect on how the nation is 25 years later. The 1986 People Power uprising after all was driven by a desire for political and economic democracy. Politically, Filipinos were emboldened to oppose the Marcos dictatorship upon years of determined struggle by Filipino activists. Economically, people saw that a handful of cronies and foreign elite were prospering amid high unemployment and widespread poverty. 

However outside of appearances, there has been scant progress towards this democracy over 25 long years. 

Economically, twenty-five years would have been long enough for the economy to take-off. The 1986 People Power uprising created a moment of national unity and international credibility that could have been the starting point of real economic progress.

Sweeping genuine agrarian reform should have been done immediately while the landed families were on the defensive against a surging mass movement. This would have unleashed the country’s agricultural potential, raised rural incomes and broken the back of peasant poverty. An industrialization program should have begun that preserved what domestic manufacturing existed and that phased the steady development of key and strategic industries. Foreign debts of the Marcos administration should have been cancelled and the resources freed up poured into domestic education, health, housing and infrastructure.
  
Even just 10 to 15 years of progressive and nationalist policies since 1986 would have been enough to start building solid domestic economic foundations. Instead, 25 years of five post-Marcos administrations embraced and implemented free market policies of neoliberal globalization – trade and investment liberalization, privatization and deregulation. Economic growth, foreign investments and exports were treated as ends in themselves rather than the mere means to development that they are. Profits and commerce were hyped while the State’s responsibility to deliver real social and economic development was disparaged. 

The 7.2% annual growth in gross domestic product (GDP) in 2010 and the average 4.5% growth during the previous Arroyo administration from 2001-2009 are considerably faster than the average 3.9% growth in the period 1986-1991 under the first Aquino administration. Foreign direct investment (FDI) has markedly increased from US$2.0 billion in 1986 (equivalent to 6.7% of GDP) to US$23.6 billion in 2009 (14.5% of GDP). The value of exports rose from being equivalent to 16.2% of GDP in 1986 to average 46.1% of GDP over the decade 2000-2009.

Yet there has also been rising joblessness, persistently severe inequality and growing numbers of poor amid economic decline. The unemployment rate which averaged 10.6% in the pre-People Power uprising six-year crisis period 1981-1986 has even risen to average 11% in the period 2005-2010, according to IBON’s estimates; this increase has only been camouflaged by a convenient redefinition of official unemployment in 2005. The 2.6 million unemployed Filipinos in 1986 increased to 4.4 million in 2010.

Inequality remains persistently severe. In 1985 the top 20% of families cornered 52.1% of total family income leaving the bottom 80% to divide the remaining 47.9% between them. This has barely changed over the last 25 years and in 2009 the top 20% of families still claimed 51.9% of total family income (with the bottom 80% dividing the remaining 48.1%). Also in 2009, the net worth of just the 25 richest Filipinos of US$21.4 billion (Php1,021 billion at the prevailing exchange rate) was equivalent to the combined annual income of the country's poorest 11.1 million families or some 55.4 million Filipinos (computed with an average family size of five) of Php1,029 billion.

The number of poor is a bit more difficult to compare because of at least two changes in the methodology for estimating poverty in the country. The government officially counted 26.7 million poor Filipinos in 1985 rising to 30.9 million in 2000. A subsequent revision statistically reduced the 2000 estimate to 25.5 million with this rising, according to the same methodology, to 28.5 million in 2009. Yet another revision statistically reduced the official 2009 estimate to 23.1 million. In any case, in 2009 some six out of ten Filipinos were trying to survive on incomes of PhP82 or even much less per day for all their food and non-food expenses.

The explosion of optimism for change in 1986 was followed by decades of missed opportunities. There was likewise a burst of optimism in 2010 following the end of the nine-year Arroyo administration. Indeed the economic lessons are there to be learned and the next decades need not be more of the same.  For now the optimism comes from the rising number of Filipinos wielding People Power not just in moments of revolt but also in daily and organized struggles for real social change. IBON Features

WASHINGTON DAY; MIKI FESTIVAL TI BANGUED ABRA!

FEBRUARY 23, Aldaw a celebraran ti cabecera ti Abra ti fiesta ti municipio. (kas nagbalin atraditional a tawid kultura manipud kadagiti espaniol) mano a tawen decada iti naglabas ti awag ti daytoy a fieta ditoy Bangued ket isu ti washington day wenno ti kuna da idi intayo "maki washington diay bangued" ngem agarup tallo a tawen ti napalabas idi agtugaw a mayor ni Hon. Mayor Dominic Bosuego Valera inawagan na ti fiesta a kas "dapil festival" a kas pang bigbig ti maysa kadagiti produkto agrikultura dagiti mannalon ti Bangued kadagiti agmulmula iti unas ( sugar cane) daytoy iti naapprobaran a festival ti abra iti DOT ken kasta metten ti DOST dua laeng ti festival iti Abra isu ti Dapil Festival ken ti Abrenian Kawayan Festival para met ti abra foundation.

Ita ta sabalin ti mayor ken administrasyon ti municipio ti Bangued nagbaliw ti awag ti fiesta itan ket maawaganen a kas MIKI FESTIVAL a kas pangbigbig ti maysa kadagiti delicacis itan ti Bangued ken iti Probincia gapu kadagiti na modelo nga toppings ken ramen ti miki wenno ti pancit a mamerienda a idi ket maipasango laeng ti miki no adda ti palualo pamisa kadagiti pimmusayen a kameng ti pamilya a ma-asmangan ti patopat wenno sinuman ti nasao a miki...arig na awanpay mayat idi a mangan ti miki ngem gapu ti regta timaysa a pamilya napapintas ti miki malagip ko pay idi ti immuna a "pancitan" ditoy Bangued ket isu ti ALZATE PANCITAN iti asideg ti Banez theater wenno ti kakaisuna a pagsinean idi ti cabesera nga itan ket isu ti SGL bldg. aginga a ti nasao a pancitan ket addu ti mapan a tricykelan aginga a adda ti itmmulad ti naso a negosio nga itan ket kasla ag tubo nga mushroom wenno o-oong ti pancitan iti Bangued ken uray pay ti ruar ti Bangued... nalataken ti pancit wenno "miki".

kadagiti ciodad ti nga asideg ti ABRA  kas iti Baguio city nalatak ti fiesta da baben ti "panagbenga festival" iti cioodad ti Candon nalatak da metten babaen ti "tabacco festival" iti ciodad ti vigan nalatak da metten babaen ti "binatbatan longanisa festival" ken iti ciodad ti Laoag nalatak da metten iti "Pamulinawen festival" ditoy abra nalatak tayo idi baben ti "Arya Abra" Foundation ni dati a gov. vicyd kabalio Valera ngem idi sumublat ni Apo gov. Takit Bersamin nasukatan ti Arya Abra iti "Abrenian kawayan festival" imbag ta nagtuloy a governador pay laeng ni apo Takit ni apo Dominic haanen a Mayor ti mayor itan ket isu ni Mayor Ryan Seares-luna kaanakan ni dati a mayor Dominic Valera met laeng nasukatan ti nagan ti fiesta ti Bangued iti "MIKI FESTIVAL" itan....

kadagiti appo a lideres iti abra saan a dakes no ania man ti nagan ti fiesta tayo foundation tayo no la ketdi koma ta awan la-ok na pride ken politika... idiay abagatan a paset ti pagilian saanen a masuksukatan ti "SIMULOG FESTIVAL" nalataken dayta kaano nga aglatak ti festival ditoy Abra wenno amangan no mas nalatlatak ti abra a kas ' KILLING FIELDS OF THE CORDILLERA' daytoy koma ti sukatan tayo nga imahen ti Abra saan a ti pi=fiesta!

kapadasan ti maysa nga u bing ti kinarangas ti politika ditoy abra...

POLITKA TI ABRA ISU TI RAMUT TI KINA KURAPAY NI ABRENIO

BY; BRIX SONIA

AGARUP UPPAT A PULO KET UPPAT A TAWENEN  iti napalabas idi mapadasak ti mapan agpakleb iti sirok ti salamagi ken karamay a mula iti uneg ti inaladan mi idi  ta aguni ken agdaranudor dagiti lugan nga agapu iti head quarters ti maysa a partido political ditoy ili a Bangued.  Ti nasao a political camp ket isu ti balay daydi dios ti aluad a retired a huez ti BANGUED ni Judge Pakoy Valera kadagiti a panawen iti abay ti pagtaengan da ti nagbalin a probincial headquarters ti liberal party panawen idi a nagkanditato da apo Gonzales ken apo Anin a  para bokal da met dios ti aluad a a carmeling barbero  ken Dr. Gabino Balbin sr. iti kandidato a para gobernador ken bise gobernador.

Ubing nak pay la a bassit idi awan ti ammok iti politika no di ti laeng agdawat ti stickers ken sample ballots kadagiti nakasakay ti lugan a para kampanya a sumangpet nga agapu idi ti ilocos sur wenno manila. Malagip ko pay laeng idi nga no tunggal sumangpet ti landcruiser type jeep a lugan dagiti mapan agkampanya ipokpokaw mi idi ti maysa nga slow gan a pangsutil nga isuro kaniami idi ti maya sa lakay managan  “tata ambil” agindeg iti zone five a kuna iti kastoy ag ryme da” barbero-balbin…Gonzales-anin intay ibotos ida amin”  ngem kuna daydi tata ambil nga insuro kania mi kastoy a ti ibagayo loko “BARBERO-BALBIN…GONZALES-ANIN LOKDIT YO AMIN” gapu ta ubbing kami pay laeng idi isu met ti isawang mi nu sumangpet ti lugan a para kampanya nga agapu kadagiti away wenno barangay a pagiwarasan da iti sample ballots awan pay la idi ti ginnatangan ti butos babaen iti kuarta no di laeng babaen ti maysa a kilo ti karne ti baka or baboy or de lata a sardinas ti malagip ko idi a maiwaras kadagiti balbalay.

Kalaksidan iti balay ni retirado a judge pakoy Valera ti pay maysa pagturongan idi dagiti lugan ken dagiti tattao nga taga surong a kuna mi idi ket isu ti balay ni apo barbero kunada nga itan ket isu ti nalataken a OVAL era Hotel iti dalan a mapan casamata park wenno Victoria park ditoy met idi nga sumang at dagiti agsasaruno a lallakay manipud iti surong mapan da ken apo Barbero a lakay.

Sublianak man iti nakunak idi damo a ubing nak pay napadasakon ti napan nagpakleb iti sirok ti salamagi ken karamay iti dis oras ti rabii idi mangeg mi ti potok ti paltog garand kada carbine pay la idi ti uso a kita ti paltog ta awan sa pay idi ti M16 kada 9mm nupay adda met idi ti makuna a tomson ngem kaaduan na ket isu ti smith and Wesson a caliber 38 isu dagiti naynay makitkita nga armasa dagiti paspasurot dagiti politico idi a panawen diak ammo no kunaen tayon a private army ngem ti ammok ket popolar nga wag da kadagitoy ket isu ti “saka-saka da apo carmeling ken apo montalbo” dayta ti mangmangeg ko idi nga awag nu agpatpatang da tatang ko ken ti kasin sin a nga uliteg ko a karruba mi met laeng.

Maysa a rabii diak malagipen no ania ti actual a petsa na ngem panawen idi ti election panagkakampanya ti nalatak idi nagan ti politico a ma-imemoriak ket isu ti barbero-balbin , seares- Aquino dagitoy iti ti para gobernador ken bise gobernador adda met mangmangeg ko idi a nagan ti politico manipud ti ilocos sur isu ti montalbo ken crisologo haan ko a siguradon no ania met pagtarayanda ngem mang mangeg ko idi ken tatang ko nga kuna nana nu damagen na ken uncle ko a “cheng” apay adda ni apo montalbo? Kunanto met ti uliteg ko addan sa manong isu met nangeg ko itay dita ngato itudo na ti Victoria park…idi ta pagam ammuan laeng agranipak ken agbusi dagiti paltog ket kuna ni uncle ko kadua na ti adding na nga impokaw manong! Manong! mapan kayo pay la aglemmgeng dita sirok ti salamagi yo ket ne dakesen add napsag dita kanto….a dagus met a inukon na kami daydi tatang ko kadwak ti maikadwa a manong mi ken ti kakaisuna a babai a kabsat mi nagap ap kami iti woll a dakkel ajacket a daytoy ket relief a bado nga inted met la ti politico itan ti awag da ukay ukay ngem idi ubingak no adda kastam a bado wenno jacket state side kunadan…agsasaruno iti ungor dagiti lugan nga agpa amianan kada agsangpet a mapan iti headquarters awan pulos ti damag mi no ania ti napasamak ta ni tatang ko idi ket adda iti sabali a gropo ti politico gropo ti seares-paterno Aquino kabayatan nga ni uncle mi ket adda da met iti gropo a barbero balbin nupay agkasinsin da idi adda gulo kuna latta ti uliteg ko manong dikay rumrumuar dita likud ta siak ti makaammo ditoy sango ta isu ti adda paltog na idi, ni tatang ko uray no lider met idi ti gropo da dr. petronilo seares uray ikkanda idi ti paltog dina kayat nga alaen ta sipud kina ubing ko diak nakita ni tatang ko a nagiyawid ti paltog nu  di pasig a de lata kada streamers ken t shirt a para kampanya adu met ti mapasurot ni tatang ko idi ta aktibo iti simaban maysa idi a kameng ti adorasion noctorna ken aktibo iti barangay ti barangay a a makuna idi ket saan nga barrio no di maysa a gropo a mangilongalong ti balck rosary iti kada rabii kadagiti zonas iti uneg ti ili a bangued adda pay pasurot na nga slide film showing ta awan pay laeng met idi adua television ken man mano pay laeng idi tin aka kabit ti obleco a koriente ditoy bangued. Madamag laeng  kadagiti agapu ti simbaan iti bigat awan pay met ti radio DZPA idi iti pagdengdengan ti taga abra ken taga bangued idi ket ti radyo ti vigan isu ti radio DZXE  kukua dagiti Encarnacion a pamilya. Malagip ko la unay ta adda diay kan kanayon a deng dengen idi ni  lilong ko a drama ti radio DZXE isu ti “Puraw a kadaratan” babaen iti de baterya a transistor radio na.

Iti dayta a pinnutok ti paltog dua a soldado idi ti napuntan ti bala ti paltog mays iti kanto asideg ti head quarters ken maysa iti lugan ni montalbo a kuna da ti soldado kanu a driver na napuntaan idi adda ti kanto sango iti Caltex gasoline station ti Bangued nga itan ket isu ti BDo wenno Rosario building.  No asino ti akin aramid awan makaammo tau ray da uncle ko ni tatang ko awan nangeg ko idi nga istoriada no sinno dagiti nagpipinaltog ngem iti nalawag itan kaniak ket dagiti nagpinpinaltog idi ket dagiti makuna a saka-saka ti politico wenno itan ti nalatak a naganda ditoy abra bodigolyong wenno private armies…

Nasurok a nga uppat a dekadan ti kaaddan ti private armies ditoy Abra wenno ti awag da goons badigolyong alipores batabatan amin dagitoy maymaysa ti turong na dagiti armado a lallaki nga sumursurot kadagiti politiki ti Bangued wenno ditoy Abra…uray no kadagitoy a panawen no pagsalusudan dagiti national media dagitoy a politico ditoy abra agpapada nga mangilibak nga isu da ket awan nan da ti private army a makuna.

Iti biang dagiti makuna a sibil society wenno dagiti agkunkuna a mangisakit kadagiti umili dagiti adda ti simbaan diak ammo no apay nga ingga na ita awan ti nalawag a krusada nga mapukaw wenno maungao koma dagitoy a priobate army dagiti politico…ita aktibo ti makuna a CCAGG ti simbaan ken kasta met ti ubing pay a  gunlo kaiyanak laeng ita a panawen ni apo Obispo JUacian isu ti makuna nga AMSG wenno ti Abra Multi sectoral group kadagiti naud udi nga henerasyon adda met idi kastoy a gropo ditoy  Abra isu ti makuna a nga “AYO” abra Youth Organization impatakder met laeng ti simbaan adda pay idi ti makuna a “AK” alay kapwa ken kasta metten ti BAycor a nalatak pay laeng ita. Ngem ti makitak maobserbar ko awan pay nubenta porsiento a nagballigi dagitoy iti krusada no ania  rason hanko maibaga.

Ania aya ti pudno a score ditoy Abra ania ti masapul apay nga nakaro pay laeng ti kina kurapay ditoy abra…saanen a mailibak mano a mamayores iti nadumaduma a munisipio iti adaan balay ditoy bangued mano met kadakuada iti manmano a sumang ataen iti surong idi ti rason anga mook no apay a kanyon ken no apay nga agtalinaed da ditoy bangued ket isu ti kabuteng da dagiti puersa ti New peoples Army ngem san met a mailibak a nakapsuten dagiti NPA apay a manmano da pay la a sumang at…

Politika rinuker a sistema ken bulok a sistema ti politika isu ti rason nga addu pay la ti agrigirgat ditoy abra…no apay nga agtultuloy ti daytoy a sistema gapu ta agra-ira pay laeng ti buteng ken awan ti aguni awan ti ag sa-o iti pudno…awan maibutaktak a pudno a pasamak- brix sonia

kailan may liwanag sa mga isyos

Fear grips Bangued amid killings; minors’ hand seen

BY LUZ RIMBAN and ARTHA KIRA PAREDES
VERA FILES

BANGUED, Abra—A spate of killings here has left at least five people dead in a span of three weeks and has alarmed church and civil society leaders who fear this mountain town is turning into a “killing field.”

The killings have prompted the Catholic Church and civil society groups to reactivate the Abra Multisectoral Group (AMSG), an organization formed to guard against election violence in the May 2010 elections. The group will address the rising incidence of violent crimes this time.

“What is alarming is that in most of these killings, allegedly the suspects are minors and allegedly they do these crimes because of drugs,” said Bishop Leopoldo Jaucian of the Diocese of Bangued.

Jaucian said it is ironic that these killings are happening in a month that the Church has declared “pro-life” month.

The most prominent victim is Cirilo Gallardo, a popular disc jockey at the local FM radio station DZPA and mathematics teacher at the Divine Word College of Bangued (DWCB). Gallardo was buried on Tuesday.

Gallardo was stabbed to death in his home by still unidentified assailants believed to be teenagers. No one has been arrested and police are still investigating the case.

Earlier, on Jan. 18, a member of the Sangguniang Bayan of Tineg town, along with two other companions, was gunned down in Bangued’s Zone 7 as they were on their way to a wake. No killers have been arrested; no motives could be ascertained.

On Feb. 5, Jayvee Roda, 20, was accosted by teenagers near Bangued’s Calaba River. Reports say the teenagers just asked him his name and where he was from, and then shot him.

Roda was in Bangued to lodge with relatives while preparing to take the exams for the Philippine Army scheduled on Feb. 7 in Lagangilang town.

His relatives said Roda had walked a whole day from his hometown Tineg, Abra’s most remote and most inaccessible town. Tineg can be reached only by foot, especially when it rains.

“They are making Bangued their killing field,” lamented Pura Sumangil, head of the Concerned Citizens of Abra for Good Government (CCAGG), which also serves as the secretariat for the AMSG.

By “they” Sumangil was referring to gangs that are believed responsible for the spate of killings, as well as mayors of Abra towns, most of whom actually live in the capital, Bangued. Sumangil said some of these politicians have taken their squabbles with them to Bangued.

Jaucian said there are reports the killing of the Sangguniang Bayan member of Tineg was “still connected to politics.”

On Tuesday, students of DWCB where Gallardo taught as well as their parents held a motorcade and converged at the town plaza after his burial.

At the plaza, the AMSG read a letter written by the Diocese of Bangued, DWCB, DZPA, CCAGG and ADTEMCO condemning the murder and demanding that the local police, the Department of Justice, Bangued Mayor Ryan Luna and other local officials do something to stop the killings.

Amid the killings, residents and visitors have been advised to keep off the streets by nightfall. Bus companies have also been quietly discouraging passengers from getting off at points in the town, except at bus terminals.

When reached through his mobile phone, Senior Inspector Drake Bantag, Bangued chief of police, said Gallardo’s murder had a “case confidentiality” because initial investigations have led them to believe that the perpetrators were minors.

But he said police have not yet made any official statement because they did not have scientific and physical evidence to prove the suspects’ guilt.

Since Gallardo’s body was discovered in the morning of Jan. 31 at his temporary residence in Barangay Bangbangar, Bangued, text messages implicating barangay captain Buc Luna have circulated.

One of the text messages allegedly sent by one of the killers contained 855 characters (equivalent to six messages) and said the Dangdangla barangay captain, who was the president of their fraternity, gave them drugs and “Ecstasy” and told them to produce P300,000.

Part of the message that also asked the forgiveness of Gallardo’s family read “…Awan mapanunot ko no d pan agtakaw ta ada maited ko t grupo. Napatay ko ni sir cirilo ta iso t imbaga djay maysa a member nga ayan ti kwarta (I couldn’t think of any other way except steal so that I can give something to the group. I killed Sir Cirilo because one of the members said he had the money).”

Bantag said police also pursued this angle but no physical evidence corroborated the said confession.

Bangued Mayor Ryan Luna, brother of Buc Luna, said the text messages were meant to destroy his reputation.

“My conscience is clean,” he said in Ilocano, adding that this is the only way that his detractors could discredit him because they “could not accept” that Bangued has improved much since his term.

“They could not find fault in me because not even municipal employees who did not support me were terminated from service,” he said.

Luna said his family was also blamed for the shooting of the vehicles of their known political opponent but that even the installed CCTVs could not prove the accusations.
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http://www.malaya.com.ph/feb16/news6.html

jacca press statement on the killing of "geo rabbit" of spirit fm

JUSTICE FOR SIR CIRIL @ GIO RABBIT NG SPIRIT FM

KAMI NA KASAPI NG BROADCAST AND PRINT INDUSTRY NG ABRA, AY MADIIN NA KINUKONDENA  ANG WALANG AWA AT KARUMALDUMAL NA PAGPASLANG KAY SIR CIRIL GALLARDO @ GIO RABBIT NG SPIRIT FM-CMN-ABRA.

SI SIR CIRIL AY ISANG MABUTING ENTERTAINER DISC JOCKEY AT MEDIA PRACTITIONER NG ABRA MALIBAN SA PAGKA MABUTING GURO NYA SA GRADE SCHOOL NG DIVINE WORD COLLEGE OF BANGUED (DWCB).

BILANG KASAPI SA MEDIA NG ABRA KAMI NA KASAMA NYA SA INDUSTRIA AT TRABAJO AY NANAWAGAN SA MGA OTORIDAD NA SANA MABIGYAN KATARUNGAN ANG BRUTAL AT DI MAKATAONG PAGPASLANG KAY GIO RABBIT .  HWAG NA NATING HAYAAN MAWALA NANG TULOYAN ANG MAPAYAPANG LUGAL DITO SA ATING LUGAL DITO SA ATING LALAWIGAN UPANG KAMING KASAPI NG NG MEDIA SA ABRA AY MANINIWALA PA SA KAPASIDAD NG MGA LAW ENFORCERS, LALO NA MGA KAPULISAN. AMING HILING, NAWA MABIGYAN KATARUNGAN ANG PAGPASLANG KAY GIO RABBIT AT MAHINTO NA ANG MGA KARUMALDUMAL NA KRIMEN NA NANGYAYARI SA LALAWIGAN NG ABRA.

ANO MAN ANG MOTIBO NG KRIMEN NA ITO, KAMI PO AY NANAWAGAN SA LAHAT NG MGA ABRENIO NA MAGKAISA AT IBANGON ANG ATING BAYAN NA PUNO NA NG  MGA KAMALI AT DI MAGANDANG IMAHE SA LABAS NG LALAWIGAN, ANG TAYONG TAGA ABRA AY MGA MAPAGMAHAL NA TAO MAY TIWALA AT TAKUT SA DIOS MAY RESPETO SA ISAT ISA…

BILANG PAKIKISAMA AT PAGLULUKSA SA WALANG AWA AT BRUTAL NA PAGPASLANG KA SIR CIRIL @ GIO RABBIT KAMI NA KASAPI SA BROADCAST AND PRINT MEDIA NG ABRA ( JOURNALIST AND CORRESPONDENTS CLUB OF ABRA –JACCA) NANAWAGAN SA LAHAT NA BILANG PAGPAPAKITA NG SUPORTA AT PAGHAHANAP NG KATARUNGAN PARA KAY SIR CIRIL INA-ANYAYAHAN NAMIN KAYO NA MAGLAGAY NG RED AND BLACK RIBBON SA INYONG MGA SASAKYAN UPANG IPAKITA NATIN ANG PAGKAKAIASA NA PAGHANAP NG HUSTISIA PARA KAY SIR CIRIL AT SA LAHAT NG BIKTIMA NG KARUMALDUMAL NA KRIMEN SA ATIN LALAWIGAN!!!

JACCA members  Jan 31 2011