BODIES of two friends were found floating lifeless in Tanap River in Barangay Bonuan Gueset last Tuesday in what appeared to be an agreement to commit suicide. The first body, later identified as Jerry Soriano alias ‘Trexia’, a resident of Binmaley town, was found floating on the river at 11 a.m. Soriano had a nasty […]
Crime Notes
Two kids dead as fire razes house in San Fabian
TWO children were found dead, their bodies burnt, inside their shanty that was razed by fire. According to P/Major Francisco Castillo, San Fabian police chief, the siblings John Lennon Salvaterra and Maria Santina Avillanosa, aged five and one respectively, were sleeping in their shanty in Barangay Tocok when fire broke out. “Mabilis na kumalat yung […]
Fire razes 2 shanties; elderly man trapped, dies
TWO shanties made of light materials were razed to the ground and a senior citizen died in a fire that broke at dawn Thursday at Barangay Mayombo in Dagupan City. Fire arson investigator Andrew Pasana of the Bureau of Fire Protection (BFP) Dagupan City Station, said the incident was reported at 3:39 a.m. and was […]
Man charged for rape of 12-year stepdaughter
A 27-year old man in Dagupan City was arrested by the National Bureau of Investigation – Dagupan District Office (NBI-DADO), and charged for raping his live-in partner’s minor daughter. Lawyer Rizaldy Jaymalin, NBI-DADO chief in an interview Tuesday, said that the suspect ‘Jerick’ (real name withheld), was arrested through an entrapment operation in a barangay […]
Another shipment of rotten Sual milkfish seized
SUAL–Some 100 kilos of rotten milkfish stored in five styrofoam boxes and one round plastic tub (banyera) were seized by the town police implementing Oplan Sita while being transported by a motorized tricycle bound to the Alaminos City Market on the night of October 10. Arrested driving the tricycle was Joe Caburao, 24, and the […]
Missing Grade 12 student found dead
AGUILAR – A grade 12 student, who was reported missing last September, was found dead near a river. P/ Captain Rommel Sembrano, Aguilar chief of police, said the victim, Michael John Cariño, 20 years old, was a student of Aguilar Integrated School. He was reportedly last seen on September 21, when he attended a wake. […]
Suspects arrested for selling fake TIN cards
TWO persons were arrested in an entrapment operation by a joint force of the Bureau of Internal Revenue and Pangasinan Police Provincial Office inside a mall in Urdaneta City for selling fake Tax Identification Number (TIN) cards. Arrested were Melanie Joy Zarraga y Orpilla, 21, of Brgy. Calaoagan and Mary Charmaine Orpilla y Expression, 26, […]
Teens in Bolinao transgender slay surrender
TWO boys, one a minor, surrendered to the Pangasinan Police Provincial Office after admitting to the slay of a male transgender in Patar, Bolinao last week. Isagani Dollaga and Michael Orpano, aged 17 and 18 respectively, surrendered along with their parents. Last week, the victim, a transwoman named Jestoni “Jessa” Remiendo was found hacked to […]
Barangay kagawad under fire for entering cockfight arena
CALASIAO – The local government here is set to investigate a barangay kagawad of Poblacion West, after being caught on camera attending a cockfight. Kagawad Eduardo ‘Poks’ Laforteza was seen in the videos making rounds in social media, inside a cockpit holding a fighting cock. In the video, Laforteza gently rubs his fighting cock in […]
Police intercept 900 kilos of bangus from Sual fish kill
A jeep loaded with nearly a ton of bangus from a fish kill area in Sual town was intercepted by the police in Sitio Calamiong, Bonuan Gueset last Monday night. Trader Evelyn Venancio and four others, all from Sual, are facing charges for violation of Article 12, Section 37 of the Food Safety Act of […]