2 guns-for-hire killed in Urdaneta
shoot-out
URDANETA CITY--The leader and a member
of a guns-for-hire syndicate operating
in Pangasinan were killed during a
shootout with the police who were
serving the warrants of arrest before
noon Thursday.
Killed was John Rey Andres, alias
“Elias Salvador” and “Menu”, a native of
Occidental Mindoro, allegedly the leader
of the Almeron-Andres Group, which has a
string of murder cases in Pangasinan,
and Occidental Mindoro.
Kapitan detains Red Cross volunteers
THE provincial office of Red Cross in
Pangasinan is set to take legal action
against the barangay kapitan of Barangay
Diket in Umingan for alleged illegal
detention of six Red Cross volunteers
last Thursday.
Floramae Magalong, Red Cross
provincial officer, said she will relay
this “emotionally stressful” incident to
their legal office for proper action
against the barangay chairman identified
only as Falcon who locked up six Red
Cross Pangasinan volunteers inside a
room in the barangay hall for almost an
hour.
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Mangaldan mayor seeks rival’s
disqualification
MANGALDAN--Reelectionist Mayor Herminio Romeo could be
running unopposed in the May polls if the Commission on
Elections (Comelec) grants his petition to disqualify
his lone opponent, Bonifacia De Vera Parayno.
Romero filed the case after Parayno
submitted her certificate of candidacy for Mayor on
December 10, 2009, alleging she is not qualified to run
for any public office because of her dual
Filipino-American citizenship.
'Meningo'
scare in Dagupan contained
THE Dagupan City Health Office reported
on Thursday that the meningococcemia
scare in Barangay Bonuan Boquig, where a
four-month old baby boy who died on
January 30 with suspected symptoms of
the disease, is now over.
City Health Officer Dr. Leonard
Carbonell said the boy’s parents and
other people he had contact with have
undergone voluntary isolation and have
taken prophylactic medicines.
NBI launches 'barangay' project
THE National Bureau of Investigation (NBI)
office in Pangasinan is linking up with barangay leaders
to improve crime prevention and solution through
intelligence gathering on the ground.
Lawyer Rogelio Mamauag, NBI
chief in Dagupan, said the “NBI sa Barangay” project was
launched January 27 in a gathering attended by 73
barangay chairmen from Malasiqui town.
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