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                    [ArticleID] => 182297
                    [Title] => Slain Abra mayor ‘possesses’ kin, warns more blood will flow
                    [Summary] => BAGUIO CITY – Believe it or not, but relatives of slain Abra mayor Clarence Benwaren claimed that he "possessed" a niece of his wife during the wake here Thursday, and warned that more blood would flow in the province.


Benwaren’s relatives, who witnessed the incident, recalled that the slain Tineg town mayor, talking through Aida, a niece of his wife Soledad, wanted to be buried here, saying there could be more violence if his body is brought to Abra.
[DatePublished] => 2002-11-02 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804891 [AuthorName] => Artemio Dumlao [SectionName] => Nation [SectionUrl] => nation [URL] => ) [1] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 176447 [Title] => Abra gov suspends mayor over infra fund ‘anomalies’ [Summary] => BANGUED, Abra — This Abra mayor’s woes are far from over. Before the July 15 barangay polls, he claimed to have survived an ambush while his convoy was negotiating a mountain road in his hinterland town.

Now, Gov. Vicente Valera has suspended Mayor Clarence Benwaren of Tineg town for 60 days for alleged dishonesty and grave misconduct.

Valera’s preventive suspension order stemmed from a complaint filed against Benwaren by Tineg Vice Mayor Edwin Crisologo.
[DatePublished] => 2002-09-18 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1767161 [AuthorName] => Teddy Molina [SectionName] => Nation [SectionUrl] => nation [URL] => ) [2] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 168665 [Title] => I was ambushed, says Abra mayor [Summary] => BANGUED, Abra — The mayor of remote Tineg town believes that stories belying his ambush last Friday morning were meant to "protect" the perpetrators and "divert the attention of concerned offices."

"I vehemently deny the allegations," Mayor Clarence Benwaren said in a handwritten letter to The STAR.

He was referring to claims by elders and officials of Barangay Tapayen, led by chairman Alfredo Zapata, that no such ambush occurred and that the mayor’s bodyguards were the ones who "raided" the village.
[DatePublished] => 2002-07-18 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1767161 [AuthorName] => Teddy Molina [SectionName] => Nation [SectionUrl] => nation [URL] => ) ) )
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