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STA. MARIA, Pangasinan – A reportedly mentally-ill man suddenly went wild and stabbed himself in front of his two minor children and employees of the Eastern Pangasinan Agricultural College (EPAC) in Barangay Paitan here Thursday. Police Major Arturo Melchor, Pangasinan police information offi
Published May 3, 2021, 9:51 PM
The occupancy rate of the isolation facilities in the province of Pangasinan is only at 8.4 percent, according to the provincial Inter-Agency Task Force.
UNDER CONTROL. Pangasinan Provincial Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Office chief, Rhodyn Lunchivar Oro, gives an update on the coronavirus disease 2019 situation in Pangasinan on May 3, 2021. (Screenshot from province of Pangasinan’s live stream)
During the question hour of the Provincial Board (Sangguniang Panlalawigan) on Monday, May 3, Provincial Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Office chief, Rhodyn Lunchivar Oro, said that only 171 are occupied out of the 2,035 established quarantine facilities in Pangasinan.
He attributed the lower occupancy to slow transmission of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) in the province.
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Governor Amado Espino III issued a statement, saying that their hospitals will only accommodate Pangasinense patients suffering from the virus.
To ensure no patient from outside the province enters without proper coordination, Espino said the provincial government is relentless in its contact with local government units and national government agencies manning Pangasinan’s border control checkpoints.
Espino added that the provincial technical working group is to create a set of protocols between hospitals and isolation facilities in Pangasinan and the NCR plus bubble.
According to the records of provincial Health Officer Dr. Anna de Guzman, only two patients from the NCR were admitted in the previous weeks, but this happened prior to placing the NCR plus bubble under enhanced community quarantine (ECQ).
The suspect was identified as Napoleon Robeniol of Barangay Lawak, Tayug, this province.
The Pangasinan Provincial Police Office said the suspect was arrested by the San Quintin police and Pangasinan Dental Chapter District 6 in an entrapment operation at 5:50 p.m. following the complaint of Janice Peralta, 27, of Barangay Bantog here.
Peralta said she had Robeniol attach a dental jacket which sustained damage later on. She tapped the suspect to replace it at her house.
However, she found out that Robeniol is unauthorized to do the procedure as he is an unlicensed dentist and just a dental assistant, prompting the victim to file a complaint with authorities that led to the suspect’s arrest.
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