LINGAYEN, Pangasinan, Philippines — The Police Provincial Office (PPO) has stepped up efforts to block the transport and sale of double-dead fish from fishkill areas in Anda and Bolinao, in the western coast of this province.

Senior Superintendent Rosueto Ricaforte, PPO director, deployed police to man checkpoints that will monitor and confiscate any delivery of “bangus” (milkfish) from fishkill-affected areas.

City Agriculturist Emma Molina advised consumers to check carefully the milkfish they buy in the market and reject those which are sold without gills and insides – which are determinants for the freshness of fish. (Liezle Basa Iñigo)

Remulla accepts new police OIC

IMUS, Cavite — Governor Juanito Victor “Jonvic” Remulla Jr. has accepted the designation of Senior Superintendent John Cresecnio Bulalacao as officer-in-charge (OIC) of the Police Provincial Office (PPO) here with a vow of support for the 1,525-strong police force.

Bulalacao replaced Senior Supt. Danilo L. Maligalig, PPO director, last May 4. The sudden change of guard at the PPO was made while Remulla was abroad, raising controversy that the highest-ranking police official in the province was installed without due courtesy to the governor. Remulla is set to turn over to the PPO 10 new patrol cars, firearms and equipment for the Special Weapons and Tactics (SWAT) on June 13. (Anthony Giron)

Sight-saving mission in Rizal

ANTIPOLO CITY — In memory of our national hero’s passion for ophthalmology, the provincial government and a Buddhist foundation are co-sponsoring free eye screening and operation to selected residents of the province in line with the commemoration of the 110th Araw ng Lalawigan and Dr. Jose Rizal’s 150th birth anniversary this month.

Rizal Governor Casimiro “Junjun” Ynares III thanked the Tzu Chi Foundation-Philippines for helping reach the target of servicing 100 Rizal residents suffering from eye diseases, under the foundation’s Lingap Mata Eye Mission Program. The screening and surgeries will be done at the Rizal Provincial Hospital-Angono Annex in Angono. (Nel B. Andrade)

Pineda wages war vs drugs

ANGELES CITY — Pampanga Governor Lilia Pineda declared the other day an all-out war against illegal drugs in the province as she led the launching of a multi-agency effort to bring down drug dealers in Balibago, this city.

The Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) and the Philippine National Police (PNP) in Central Luzon will be at the forefront of the campaign to rid the province of drug addiction and trafficking, which Pineda said triggers heinous crimes such as rape and murder. She cited statistics from the PNP and the courts that 60 percent of crimes committed in the province are drugs-related.

Angeles City Mayor Edgardo Pamintuan, for his part, vowed to support the governor’s advocacy to address drug menace in the province. (Franco G. Regala)

Cavite: golf for kids' education

The La Hermandad Zamboangueña Foundation Inc. will sponsor a golf tournament on June 8 at the Manila Southwoods Golf and Country Club in Carmona, Cavite. Foundation President Teresita Suarez-Tambunting said that the tournament is a fund-raising campaign intended for the education of poor kids of Zamboanga City. (RBR)