TWO victims of sex trafficking were rescued in Urdaneta City by the National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) Dagupan District Office, in coordination with the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD). The case was referred to NBI-Dagupan by a non-profit organization that was approached by the victims’ concerned relatives seeking…
(Filed by Ahikam Pasion) 3 HVTs nabbed in Manaoag drug ops THREE High-Value Targets (HVTs) were apprehended during a buy-bust operation conducted by the combined forces of PDEA Region 1 and local police in Manaoag on August 18. The arrested suspects were identified as Virgilio De Guzman Agda Jr., also…
NORMAL operations at the PHINMA University of Pangasinan (UPang) in Dagupan City resumed on August 13 after authorities confirmed that a bomb threat that circulated online the day before was unfounded. In an official statement issued Wednesday morning, the university said a thorough inspection of its main campus was conducted…
THE Dagupan City police are tracing the source of the fake bomb threat at the PHINMA University of Pangasinan (UPang) on August 12, in coordination with the Regional Police CyberCrime Division and Meta, the company that owns Facebook. P/Lt. Colonel Lawrence Keith Calub, chief of police of Dagupan, told the media…
AUTHORITIES responded promptly to a bomb threat involving two schools in Barangay Minien, Sta. Barbara, on August 13, but found both sites safe after a thorough inspection. Police are now working with the Regional Anti-Cybercrime Unit 1 to preserve evidence and possibly take down the Facebook account that posted a…
(Filed by Ahikam Pasion) Debt collectors robbed at gunpoint in San Carlos City TWO debt collectors were robbed at gunpoint while on duty in San Carlos City, resulting in the loss of cash, passbooks, and important documents. According to a report filed at the San Carlos City Police Station, the…
MAGSAYSAY BRIDGE BECOMES PARKING AREA — Vehicles are parked at the Magsaysay Bridge in Dagupan City as the approach to the Nazareth General Hospital is not passable due to an ongoing road construction project under the Department of Public Works and Highways. (Punchphoto by Butch Uka)
COUNCILOR Librada Reyna, the lone oppositionist in the Dagupan Sangguniang Panlungsod (SP), refused to be silenced and fought back with another provocative privilege speech on August 11 in response to the statement of Vice Mayor and SP Presiding Officer Bryan Kua tagging her as an obstructionist. Asserting that it is…
THE Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) and all barangays in Dagupan had been urged to first coordinate their respective projects with the City Mayor’s Office and the City Engineer’s Office for proper evaluation of priorities, security, and to avoid duplication and wastage of public funds. This was contained…
THE Sangguniang Panlungsod of Dagupan, on motion of Councilor Jose Netu Tamayo, passed a resolution expressing felicitations and recognition to the Iglesia Filipina Independiente (IFI) on the occasion of its 123rd founding anniversary of proclamation on August 3, 2025. According to the resolution, IFI, also known as the Philippine Independent Church,…
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