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Maria Jocelyn "Joy" Valera Bernos is a Filipina politician currently serving as the vice governor of Abra. She was previously the governor of the province from 2016 to 2022, a member of the House of Representatives representing Abra's at-large congressional district from 2010 to 2016, and a member of the Abra Provincial Board from 2007 to 2010.
She stood for the 2016 gubernatorial election under the banner of the NUP, however, since 2019, she has stood as a member of ASENSO.
On August 12, 2024, she was ordered suspended by President Bongbong Marcos for 18 months following an investigation into her unilaterally ordering the lockdown of a hospital in Bangued during the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020, when she was governor. However, her suspension was halted on technical grounds by a court in Abra, which issued a 20-day temporary restraining order against the decision on September 2. The TRO expired on 23 September, rendering the supension final and executory.
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Media related to Maria Jocelyn Bernos at Wikimedia Commons
Province of Abra Official Website
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- 16th Congress of the Philippines
- List of members of the 15th Congress of the Philippines
- 2010 Philippine House of Representatives elections
- Results of the 2022 Philippine local elections in the Cordillera Administrative Region
