Ifugao police celebrate anniversary by giving free ‘pabahay,’ cash aid to beneficiaries

ASIPULO, Ifugao – Whenever a police class anniversary is celebrated here, the Ifugao Provincial Police Office always matches it with something meaningful.

The police organization has done it again.

The Class of 2016 Makatindig (Reliable Police Designated with Honor, Integrity and Deeds) and Matindig (Warrior Defender of the Motherland with Dignity in Thought and Deed) celebrated their 6th anniversary in service and chose the less privileged as their beneficiaries of their ‘Pabahay Project’ and ‘Kapwa Ko Sagot Ko’ programs.

The lucky beneficiary of the Philippine National Police’s programs in response to the Covid-19 was Rodolfo Pinkihan Sr., 64, a single parent with three children.

He has been blind since he was four years old and lives in an old little house with broken rattan walls.

The realization of the project was the result of Class Determination and Camaraderie supported by Col. James Mangili, provincial director; Asipulo Municipal Police Station led by Lt. Jackson Nginhena and supportive communities of Barangay Haliap, Asipulo, Ifugao led by Barangay Captain Lawrence Putac.

After ten days of hard work, the newly constructed concrete house worth P80,000, which came from the pockets of the police was turned over to Pinkihan, Sr. and family through a simple house blessing ceremony on July 15.

Also part of their celebration was the intervention of the neighborhood community focused on reaching out to unfortunate families in the Municipality of Aguinaldo, Ifugao.

On July 9, they reached out to three selected beneficiaries, the first being Dalisa Nabban, 37, a single mother of five who works as a paddy field assistant. He received kitchen utensils, clothes, grocery packs and P1,000 cash.

The other beneficiaries were Jun Polista 33, a dialysis patient since 2021, who received grocery packs and P3,000 cash assistance for his medications, and Rhea Hither, 47, single parent with four children.

Hither was diagnosed with Invasive Carcinoma, left breast cancer stage IV (Pleural) effusion, pericardial effusion, lung, liver and brain),

Hither, who underwent a series of major surgical operations, also received a grocery pack and P3,000 cash assistance and a total of P15,000 in total.