A 23-year-old woman, who works at the Provincial Social Welfare and Development Office in San Carlos City, was shot dead by her policeman lover July 7. P/Lt. Colonel Franklin Ortiz, San Carlos City chief of police, identified the victim as Renalyn Soriano Aquino, a resident of Barangay Baybay Lopez in Binmaley town. Ortiz said when […]
Crime Notes
Businessman shot by two hitmen
A businessman in Calasiao was shot by two still unidentified persons in the town’s Barangay Poblacion last Sunday. Calasiao Police Chief P/ Lt. Colonel Joseph Fajardo said the victim, Ronald Anthony Romero, 36, had just alighted from his vehicle when two men approached him and shot him. But Romero survived the attack. The suspects immediately […]
Gun for hire suspect killed in Rosales
THE leader of a gun-for-hire and robbery group operating in Pangasinan was killed in an encounter with the authorities in Barangay Guilig in Rosales town last Thursday, July 9. P/Colonel Redrico Maranan, police provincial director, said the suspect, idenitfied as Charlie Espanto, was shot and died in a gunfight that ensued between him and operatives […]
Gay shot to death
A 45-year-old gay was found dead in NatIvidad town along the Ambaoyoan River in Barangay Lungao, body peppered with gunshots. Police identified the victim as Angelito Hidalgo, a resident of Barangay Poblacion East in San Nicolas. Investigation revealed that Rogelio Javinar, a farmer, found the victim’s lifeless body, riddled with bullets, floating along the river. […]
10 “korokor” fishermen arrested in Dagupan
TEN fishermen were arrested by the joint Maritime Police and the Dagupan City police in the early morning of July 7 while fishing in the territorial water off Bonuan Tondaligan. The 10 were reportedly fishing about 10 kilometers from the shoreline, using a long net called “korokor” without any permit/license to show. The “korokor” also […]
Two young girls drown in river
TWO minors died after drowning in a river along Barangay Guesang in Mangaldan last Wednesday afternoon. According to police investigation, the victims Jennifer Capua and Alliana Grace Biacan, 10 and 12 years old respectively, both residents of Barangay Poblacion in Mapandan town. The victims were having a picnic along the Angalacan River with their relatives […]
Lingayen cop nabbed for extortion
A policeman stationed here assigned as investigator, was arrested over alleged extortion Monday. Arrested in an entrapment set by joint elements of the Lingayen Police Station and the Police Intelligence Unit was P/ Senior Master Sergeant Pedro Vinluan, 38 years old, a resident of Barangay Buenlag in Calasiao, after receiving a complaint from a certain […]
Ex-cop shot dead after resisting arrest
AN ex-policeman, tagged as a member of a gun-for-hire group operating in the province, was shot dead in Mangaldan town by authorities in a shootout last Monday after resisting arrest. P/Lt. Col. Colonel Jun Wacnag, Mangaldan chief of police, identified the suspect as Efren Ponceja, a resident of Barangay Bued in Binalonan. According to Wacnag, […]
Epic fail: two robbers picked the wrong victim
JUST when two robbery suspects armed with a fan knife thought they spotted an easy victim, they ended up in a worse situation they never imagined. P/Corporal Lawrence Ocampo was off-duty and was walking by the street in Barangay San Miguel in Calasiao town, when he was suddenly accosted by two men riding a motorcycle. […]
Two arrested in 4th drug buy-bust in Dagupan
A man and woman working in tandem in illegal drug trade fell in another drug buy-bust operation conducted by operatives of the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) and Dagupan City Police in the afternoon of June 22 along Galvan Street in Barangay II and III. The suspects were identified as John Rey Palaganas, 31, and […]