By Ace Alegre
Thursday, June 14, 2012
BANGUED, Abra – Signaling the upcoming polls next year, Bangued Mayor Ryan Luna is facing raps for allegedly threatening, intimidating and coercing an official of Commission on Elections (Comelec) during the May 2010 elections.
Comelec Director IV Esmeralda Amora-Ladra, of the poll body’s law department, charged Luna before the Regional Trial Court in Bangued for violation of the Omnibus Election Code, particularly section 261F for allegedly threatening Tineg town election officer Editha Domaoal during the voters’ registration before the May 2010 polls.
Amora-Ladra who conducted a preliminary investigation on the case found probable cause in filing a criminal complaint on May 10, this year, believing after giving the town executive time to answer the charges, Mayor Luna should be tried by the court.
The case stem from the complaint of Tineg town Comelec officer Domaoal accusing Luna, who was then the Association of Barangay Chairmen (ABC) and concurrent councilor of Bangued, together with unidentified armed men barged into the area where the election registration was being held in Tineg town, slapped, held her hands and at gunpoint told her to approve his brother’s registration in Tineg.
Luna’s older brother, Cromwell, ran but lost in the mayoralty race in Tineg town against Mayor Edwin Crisologo.
The elder Luna was then registered in barangay Dangdangla, Bangued, but wanted to be registered in Tineg for his election bid.
The incident, said Amora-Ladra, allegedly terrified the election officer and “fearing for their lives involuntarily approved the application of Cromwell Luna.”
Aside from the Tineg poll official, Comelec cites Cosme Calubong form the Tineg municipal registrar, villagers Alfredo Zapata, Ricky Libeng, Paco Balucas and several others more as eye witnesses to the pre-election “terror”.
The resolution of the poll body’s law department was executed on February 12, this year, and the criminal complaint was filed before the RTC in Bangued on May 10.
abrenian.com 
the incident was in 2010. The rap sheet just filed this year. what gives? I bet this is a ploy to disrupt Ryan Luna’s re-election bid eh? Politics is really filthy.
Posted by Kaaruba | June 17, 2012, 4:05 pmBakit ngayon lang tito lumabas? do you think aksyonan pa kaya ito? I hope so na magkaroon ng justice ang mga ganitong pangyayaring gawa ng mga politiko dahil ginagamit nila ang kanilang kapangyarihan sa marahas na paraan ngunit bakit di kaagad na naghain ng complain ang mga complainant, This was happened last 2010,and its already mid of 2012.. Anyway may justice prevail.
Posted by maladaga | June 17, 2012, 6:09 pmwe can only guess why the delay. and of course we can only guess what will happen. ay sus biag!
Posted by Kaaruba | June 17, 2012, 8:44 pmIbotos yon to latta daguita nga LUNA, he he he….
Posted by jep | June 18, 2012, 5:11 ammas ok pa sa akin si flix boy na for mayor ng bangued
Posted by bird abra | July 27, 2012, 7:45 amKUNAK LA NGARUDEN IBOTOS YO LATTA BAKA SIKA PAY ISARUNO DA NGA SAL MAYSA MET DAYTOY DOMINIC MASTERMID DADDUMA NGA KRIMEN..
Posted by FA | June 18, 2012, 7:31 ampagan ano u aya gamin dagita luna nga mamamatay tao, nadagu nga naxaxaat nga tao nga kayat na agserbi ditoy abra, dagita luna babastos da pay, awan modo da. agriing kau gaminen tattao iti abra, kaasi kau laeng.
Posted by robert b. | June 19, 2012, 4:25 amwhy only now? a DEMOLITION job for sure because it SMELLS like a rotten fish and it STINKS like an unhatched EGG ! or is it just ONLY now that director esmeralda ladra has finished the investigation,thus the filing of such case? with that SNAIL PACE of job DONE by the director of COmeLLECT,she ought to RESIGN for not DOING her JOB.
Posted by karasakas | June 19, 2012, 6:36 pmit would have been better if DIRECTOR ESMERALDA LADRA is the one PROSECUTED for it had taken her MORE THAN A YEAR to wrap up her investigation,to the detriment of my fellow abrenians.,but her act SMELLS FISHY and REEKS with the scent of MONEY
Posted by pagalsem | June 19, 2012, 10:19 pmI i agree with you pagalsem..Valera and Bernos has mastered the art of local politics…
Posted by procopio | June 20, 2012, 7:49 pmni rommel pilor di pay natiliw.ibosen na manen ti taga abra
Posted by boses | June 24, 2012, 6:16 pmcan you give more information about this guy? like address, family, picture. political affiliation, victims etc..
Posted by the who | June 26, 2012, 10:55 aminaaksyonan ba ang kasong ito ngayon o pa effect lng dahil malapit na ang election? I would like to call on the attention of the Commission on Audit, ngaung malapit na naman ang election, bantayan sana ninyo ang mga pondo dahil napupunta sa mga PAGs yan in preparation for the election. Dapat meron actual visits sa mga projects kung totoong nagawa dahil ang mga mayors, Engineers, accountant ay magkakunsabo sa pagbulsa ng pera. gumgawa lng sila ng program of work sasabihin na implemented na pero wala pala lalo na sa mga uplang municipalities ito ang uso ngaun. mga employees nla mga malapit na kamag anak para walang kokontra sa ginagawa nila katulad ng Tineg, si mayor at si Treasurer pinsan buo, ung LCR kamag anak para pwedeng magrehistro ng mga patay na o kung sino sino lgn pampadami ng boto. ganon din sa Lagayan at sa iba png upland municipalities. Mga Tga CSC magising naman kayo bigyan action ang mga pangyayaring ito. dapat masusi ninyong bantayan ang mga ganito para walang kurakot sa pera ng bayan.
Posted by maladaga | June 27, 2012, 5:12 pmi think the idea here is to disqualify Mayor Luna for re-election. So whoever initiate this, he or she is planning to run for Mayor come next election
Posted by Kaaruba | June 28, 2012, 10:44 pmno luna dis coming eleksyon, cla ang mga nagpapahirap sa bayan. ninanakaw nila kaban ng bayan
Posted by bangued toda "cris b" | July 1, 2012, 8:03 amthat’s a wishful thinking. As long as abrenians let them do what they want. they will always be in power.
Posted by Kaaruba | July 1, 2012, 11:42 pmno luna dis coming election! vote abat bersalona for mayor of bangued, vice mayor dominic valera nyahaha!
Posted by bird abra | July 31, 2012, 7:33 ampaano naman kasi iba pa ang director sa PNP noon kaya takot sila….
Posted by sam | July 3, 2012, 7:05 amDapat lang na ma disqualify ang mga Luna na yan until mai explain kung saan galing ang mga yaman nila….saan nga ba galing????? magnanakaw din ba sila???? yan ba ang gusto nyong Mayor ng bangued? kinakain ang Pera ninyo???
Posted by Man | July 3, 2012, 7:07 amay nako kabayan, hindi mabigat na problema yan… simple lang lakay. ito ang malaking problema… ANG MGA SINISINGIL NG ABRECO sa consumers, mayaman at pobre. mantakin mo ha, may senior subsidy; walang patid na share capital na wala namang general assembly; walang discount ang senior citizen sa singil ng kuryente; 300M na utang ni jun seares sa mga suppliers; ang nakatiwangwang na transmission line mula bangued hanggang dolores; ang mga SUV sa saksakan ng dami, halos lahat ng kabit ni manager may tigiisa sila; pati si david guzman, permanent employee of the department of agrarian reform eh may SUV galing sa abreco; gasolina na ng mga sasakyan eh galing pa sa mga bayad ng taong bayan; ang pagtanggang ng mga 100 permanent employees; ang pagtanggang sa mga 40 probitionaries… hindi ba mas grabe ito? Sa Abra, namamatay ang mga tao dahil lang sa mga walang dunong na naninilbihan sa probinsya.
Posted by Romeo Astudillo | July 10, 2012, 2:25 pmSino ba ang nagbenta ng Abreco sa mga grupo ng mga politiko na ito? Related ba dito yong pagkamatay ni James Bersamin? Kaninong political group affiliated ng mayor ng san juan ngayon?
Posted by kumaw | July 11, 2012, 6:07 ammagnanakaw din ang mayor ng san juan na yan. siya naman ang may utak ang pagkamatay ni james bersamin noon, dahil sa audit findings at anomalya nila noon.
Posted by kapoy | July 12, 2012, 5:32 amMabuhay ka apo Mayor Boyet Castillo ti Langiden sika latta ti mayor mi ta awan ti makaitured ken nakukuarta nga manglaban kanyam ta addo kuartamon ngem dika met mangiparaman.
Posted by baac boys | July 11, 2012, 7:39 pmAgpanonot kayon nga kakailyan saan yon nga ibotos ni Boyet Castillo nga para Mayor, adaddda nga ibusen na ti kuarta ti ili no isu latta ti kayat yo. Ibotos yo tay kalaban na.
Posted by Dominik | July 18, 2012, 8:23 pmhe he he
Posted by juandelata | July 12, 2012, 1:13 amIsu met laeng apo nga kasla agiburais ti kuarta na ni david guzman ket mano la ti sueldo na ti DAR, napintas pay balay nan, manu pal lugan nan. Dakayo a taga dolores agtaray kan David a para mayor , nasayaat ta ibusen na ti IRA yon baka magatang nanton amin a kita ti luganen. Agpoot kayo taga dolores
Posted by juandelata | July 12, 2012, 1:16 amSu!!!!!!!! gunguna tayo amin a taga ABRA mayat tayo met. La butos manen.
Posted by Kimmot Manok | July 12, 2012, 11:07 pmms. ching valera last na pag-asa ng abra
Posted by bird abra | July 27, 2012, 7:48 amDayta met seares family ti dolores, napanan tay sim ti dolores central school a naikkaten, impan da kan dadduma jay lussuac a ayan farm banting, tay daddumain por kilo dan ania metten aramid yon.
Posted by pasurabit | July 25, 2012, 1:29 amDAGITOY PAMILYA SEARES KEN LUNA TI KAPUSKULAN TI RUPA NGA NAPARSUA DITOY LUBUNGEN. AWAN PULOS PANAGBABAIN DAN. ANI NGATA TI RIKNA DA NGA TAY LAMLAMUTEN DA KEN PAGBAKNANGAN DA KET KWARTA TI GOBYERNO? TALAGA NGA LIMMABAS NI BAIN KADAGITOY NGA TATTAO, NO MAKUNA PAY LAENG NGA TAO DAGITOY. MALTUTAN KAYO KOMA TA HAAN KAYON NGA MAKAANGES….HAHAHAHAHAHA…
Posted by ANTON BUNNOT | July 25, 2012, 5:14 amResigned all LNG makunak gayyem Amin nag nakatugaw ita agtatakaw da pati asawa da agraraman lalo data rubyy
Posted by Turned-back | July 27, 2012, 11:22 amne,apay dimo mangmangeg aya ti sayangguseng ditoy intero a probinsya billit abra? no adda tultulpak mo,kastoy ti ibagbaga ti tattao…….nga ni apo takit nga adda bersamin na ket addaan ti maysa nga pagminasan ket panay hi grade kano ti linaon na a balitok ! maysa la kano a uges ti ball pen iti papel, mano kanon nga gramo ! diak maawatan ! saan ngata nga toy probinsya tayo ti ibagbaga da? ta no agminas ka masapul ti barreta ken pala.apay ngarud a papel ken ballpen?maulawak! paki explain mo man billit abra kanyak nasisrsirib ka la bassit!
Posted by pagalsem | July 31, 2012, 8:13 pmGAGAYYEM NGA TAGE ABRA,SIAK MAN TI MANGIPAAWAT NU APAY NGA BALLPEN KEN PAPEL TI PAGMIMMINASAN NI TAKIT BURIS.INLAKONA NA TI ABRA KADAGITI LARGE SCALE COMPANIES TAPNO MAKASERREK DA PARA AGEXPLORE DITOY AYAN TAYO.IDI YEAR 2008,RDR COMPANY KET NANGTED TI 3 MILYON SOP JUST TO KNOCK ON OUR DOORSTEP FOR MINING ACTIVITIES…BUT THEN,NOW AGAIN, 3 BIGTIME LARGE SCALE COMPANIES (KADABRA,OLYMPUS ETAL) , ARE ROAMING AROUND OUR PROVINCE BECAUSE OF TAKIT SIGNATURE…”GO FOR LARGE SCALE MINING”….I AM SURE MULTI MILYON DIN ANG SOP NIYA MORE THAN WHAT RDR COMPANY OFFERED…..NO TO TAKIT THIS COMING ELECTION.
Posted by bantayan.iti_licuanbaay@yahoo.com.ph | August 7, 2012, 3:21 amNe a pay Ada evidensya u Amin met nga politico ket mayst pay minas dioy ti latest ket idjayen boloney Ken manabo ti rigat na pagririan Dan boundary ta masayo Ken ronald
Posted by One eye jack | August 10, 2012, 4:11 pm