PEACEFUL ABRA POLLS. Congressman and La Paz Abra Mayor-elect Joseph Sto. Nino Bernos speaks after being proclaimed a winner in the local elections at the capital building in Bangued on Tuesday (May 10, 2022). Bernos said despite being notorious for poll-rated violence in the past, Abra has finally graduated from that image and generally had peaceful elections on Monday (May 9, 2022). (PNA photo by Liza T. Agoot) BANGUED, Abra - The generally peaceful conduct of the elections on May 9 in the whole province was proof that election-related violence in Abra is now a thing of the past, said an official who had just won the local polls. Congressman and La Paz municipality mayor-elect Joseph Sto. Nino "JB" Bernos on the sidelines of the proclamation of the winning candidates at the provincial level on Tuesday evening said: "Graduate na po kami diyan. We are graduates of violent elections (we have graduated from the violent elections)." Bernos made the pronouncement despite