LINGAYEN– Mayor Cezar Quiambao of Bayambang filed three counts of libel against public affairs broadcaster Janice Hildalgo over an alleged derogatory commentary about the mayor she made during a block-time radio broadcast. Hidalgo readily surrendered to the Basista Police Station on August 6 upon learning that that a court issued a warrant of arrest for […]
Crime Notes
Ex-Kapitan shot by riding in tandem
BUGALLON – Elly Ancheta, 67 years old and former chairperson of Barangay Polong, survived an ambush by unidentified gunmen riding in tandem while riding his motorcycle along the national highway of Barangay Bañaga. According to P/ Major Amor Mio Somine, Bugallon police chief, initial investigation showed the incident which happened at about 5:40 p.m. of […]
Two dead, seven injured in a truck collision
AGUILAR – Two trucks figured in a collision along the Pangasinan-Tarlac road, Barangay Bocacliw that resulted in the deaths of two, and injuries of seven mid-morning of August 10 In a PUNCH interview with P/Sr. Master Sergeant Wayne Dela Cruz of Aguilar Police Station, he said the elf truck on the north-bound lane was running […]
Security guard arrested for the possession of loose firearms, shabu
A security guard was arrested for possessing illegal firearms at the Pangasinan Police and Villasis Police checkpoint along Barraca-San Nicolas Bypass Road in Villasis town. P/Colonel Redrico Maranan, police provincial director, identified the suspect as Johnny Martin Mariano, 44, a resident of Salcedo, San Manuel, Tarlac. According to Maranan, the suspect was intercepted at the […]
NBI nabs public school teacher in entrapment
BITCOIN SCAM A public school teacher from San Manuel town is facing charges following his arrest by the National Bureau of Investigation – Dagupan District Office (NBI-DADO). According to NBI Agent-on-case Mark Caceres, the suspect Angelito Jacob was arrested in an entrapment operation when he was enticing his colleagues and others to invest in bitcoin […]
More drug pushers than users arrested
LINGAYEN—There are more drug pushers being arrested by the police in Pangasinan than users, records of the Police Provincial Office (PPO) show. P/Colonel Redrico Maranan, police provincial director, said 75 percent of more than 200 persons arrested by the police from May 28 to July 28 this year, are drug pushers while 25 percent are […]
Same drug suspects being arrested
PLEA BARGAINING’S LOOPHOLE THE growing number of former drug offenders being arrested in Dagupan City has alarmed the Dagupan Police and the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA), including members of the Sangguniang Panlungsod (SP). Worse, many are serial offenders. Lt. Col. Mangelen reports to city council. (Punchphoto by Butch Uka) P/Lt. Colonel Abubakar Mangelen Jr. […]
Police shot dead by fellow cop
BUGALLON– A policeman died after he was shot by his fellow cop here. Investigation from the local police station reveals that the victim, P/Chief Master Sergeant Reynaldo Estarejas, was shot to death by Patrolman Franklyn Aquino, both members of Bugallon Police Station, after a heated argument during a birthday party in Brgy. Laguit Centro. Estarejas […]
Minor selling marijuana arrested
THE Mangatarem Police Station arrested a minor in a buy-bust operation in Barangay Pogon Lomboy in the town after selling marijuana to an undercover police operative. P/Major Aurellio Manantan, Mangatarem’s OIC police chief, identified the suspect as 17-year-old “Paulo”, a Grade 11 student in Mangatarem National High School and a resident of Barangay Pagac. Paulo has […]
Notorious gun for hire arrested in Bani
AUTHORITIES arrested one of the most wanted persons in the province, a member of the gun for hire group operating in Western Pangasinan. P/Colonel Redrico. Maranan, police provincial director, identified the suspect as Joey Necesito, 41, a resident of Barangay Colayo in Bani town. The arrest warrant was served after a three-month surveillance by the […]