DUTERTE LEGACY. Residents in Barangay Hacienda in Bugallon, Pangasinan receive different relief assistance and services from national government agencies and the local government on Thursday (Oct. 21, 2021). The Duterte Legacy Barangayanihan Caravan was simultaneously held in the different barangays in Bugallon town. (PNA photo by Hilda Austria) BUGALLON, Pangasinan - Over 100 indigent residents of Barangay Hacienda here received relief assistance and services during the Duterte Legacy Barangayanihan Caravan on Thursday. In an interview, Pangasinan Police Provincial Office information officer Maj. Arturo Melchor Jr. said different national government agencies and the local government unit came together to bring the frontline services of the government to the barangay. "We wanted to send a message that despite the pandemic, the government is here for the people," he said. The local police catered to the issuance of police clearance and distributed food packs to the beneficiari
ANDA, Pangasinan - A 26-year-old fisherman from Barangay Carot in this town has been rescued hours after being stranded at sea during the onslaught of Severe Tropical Storm Maring. In an interview on Wednesday, Pangasinan Police Provincial Office information officer Maj. Arturo Melchor Jr. said the fisherman identified as Christian Suyat went out to fish with his younger brother Nathaniel Suyat on Tuesday morning. "Inquiry revealed that at about 7:40 a.m. on October 12, the two brothers set sail. However, they were met by big waves and heavy rain due to Severe Tropical Storm Maring that their motorized boat overturned," he said. Nathaniel swam back to the shore and sought assistance to rescue his brother, he added. "Christian was located at sea. He held onto the fishing net they brought with them in the boat and waited for rescue," Melchor said. The fisherman was brought to a nearby hospital. (PNA) }
MABINI, Pangasinan - Authorities confiscated PHP54,400 worth of suspected shabu and PHP3,000 worth of marijuana in a buy-bust here on Tuesday afternoon. In an interview on Wednesday, Pangasinan Police Provincial Office information officer Maj. Arturo Melchor Jr. said the items were confiscated from Eddie Boy Barrocan, 41, of Barangay Poblacion. He said Barrocan yielded 10 sachets of shabu with an estimated weight of eight grams and five sachets of suspected marijuana with an estimated weight of 25 grams during the operation. A case is being prepared for filing against the suspect. Meanwhile, five sachets of suspected shabu with an estimated weight of 1.5 grams and a market value of PHP10,200 were seized from a minor in Urbiztondo town on Tuesday. The chairman of Barangay Batancaoa called for police assistance after getting a report about an alleged pot session at a residence in the village, Melchor said. The minor is temporarily under the custody of the Women and Children Protection De
LINGAYEN, Pangasinan - Authorities have found the body of a 59-year-old fisherman in a river at Barangay Poblacion in this town and retrieved the cadavers of the four victims of a landslide triggered by the heavy rains caused by Severe Tropical Storm Maring. In an interview on Wednesday, Pangasinan Police Provincial Office information officer Maj. Arturo Melchor Jr. identified the fisherman as Romulo Santos while the victims of the landslide were Jomar Aquino, 26; Jasmine Stocapio, 22; Mary Jane Aquino, 3; and John Christian Salvatiera, 7; all of Barangay Artacho in Sison town. "Based on initial investigation, Santos, on the night of October 12, left their house and went to the nearby Basing River to set up a fish trap to catch fish. However, at midnight on October 13, his brother Danilo did not see Romulo except for the latter's slipper and the small boat near the fish trap," he said. At 12:30 p.m. on Wednesday, the fisherman's body was retrieved not far from the fis