MOREW NEWS, DAGUPAN CITY

Cop loses 3 fingers in pillbox explosion
DAGUPAN CITY – A policeman here lost his three fingers when a pillbox exploded while he was frisking an arrested suspect about to be detained at the city jail here.

PO3 Alfonso Villamil was still at the Villaflor Hospital on March 15 after doctors amputated three fingers of his right hand due to a pillbox explosion.

On March 14, Villamil frisked suspect Albert Alvarez, 27, of Barangay Calmay who was arrested for creating trouble.

While Villamil was frisking Alvarez, a pillbox suddenly exploded when the policeman touched the back portion pocket of Alvarez’s pants before lodging him to jail.

Alvarez also sustained minor injuries but was immediately released from the hospital.
The police earlier confiscated a butcher’s knife from Alvarez when he was nabbed.
The police are set to file appropriate charges against Alvarez for the said incident. – Jennelyn Mondejar


Government survey shows Pangasinan rivers 'anoxic'
DAGUPAN CITY - The National Integrated Fisheries Technology Development Center and the Japan International Cooperation Agency jointly conducting a water study along three rivers in Pangasinan found out that Binmaley's river is anoxic.

Dr. Westly Rosario, NIFTDC/Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources center chief based here said that "anoxic condition is when the body of water is oxygenless or say almost depleted with oxygen. “This is evidenced by the glaring example that no barnacle grew therein,” he said.

Barnacle which Rosario said is a sign of life, is any of various small crustaceans of the subclass Cirripedia that form a hard shell in the adult stage and attach themselves to underwater surfaces, such as rocks, the bottoms of ships, and the skin of whales.

He said preliminary result of the study which started a year ago was recently presented to local officials of Binmaley, Lingayen and Dagupan City. NIFTDC and JICA has a memorandum of agreement for the conduct of study of water quality in these areas.

Binmaley prides itself as the Fish Bowl of Pangasinan while Dagupan is considered Bangus Capital and Lingayen is also a leading fish producer in the province. – Jenelyn Mondejar