Abra polling center burned down

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The regional police office details more than 600 police officers from all over the region to Abra to ensure that elections will go smoothly

ABRA, Philippines – The Dangdangla Elementary School, designated as the polling place for the residents of Dangdangla Barangay in Bangued, Abra, burned down on Wednesday night, May 7.

Three classrooms were damaged in the fire. The rooms were widely spaced, but the fire seemed to have jumped to reach 70% of the school. The Bureau of Fire Protection has yet to establish the reason for the fire. 

About 900 voters will have to vote at the two relatively unscathed schoolrooms including the principal’s office, said Cordillera Police chief Brigadier General David Peredo.

Peredo said he had detailed more than 600 police officers from all over the region to Abra to ensure that elections here would go smoothly. 

In a press conference at Camp Col. Juan Villamor in Bangued, he said that 200 more Army members were also dispatched to Abra.

He will also be present during the polls on Monday, May 12. 

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As early as April, a local political party had asked the Commission on Elections to place the entire province under its control, citing a series of killings and harassment that supposedly targeted its members since August 2024.

On May 8, an unknown person shot the power transformer at North Poblacion in Bucay town. It did not destroy the transformer, but the Abra Electric Cooperative said they may need to replace the transformer. 

On the night of May 2, Constantino Nadarisay Jr. just arrived home in Barangay Pagala also in Bucay after a drinking spree when he was shot point blank by unidentified men riding a motorcycle. He was declared dead on arrival at the provincial hospital. – Rappler.com