2 CHINESE, 3 FILIPINOS ARRESTED TEN human trafficking victims, nine of whom are minors, were rescued in an operation by the National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) in Sual town on May 1, and arrested two Chinese nationals and three Filipinos. Those apprehended and presented for inquest proceedings were Chinese nationals…
(Filed by Ahikam Pasion) 5-year-old dies from electrocution A five-year-old from Mandaluyong City died after being electrocuted on May 3 while staying at a transient house in Barangay Patar, Bolinao. According to initial investigations, power suddenly went out at the place where the child’s family was lodged, prompting a transient…
POLICE REPORTS

A member of the Civilian Volunteer Organization (CVO) was shot dead inside the barangay hall of Pinmaludpod in Urdaneta City on the evening of May 2, 2025. According to police reports, the victim Edgar Nosis, 58, a resident of Zone 2 in the same barangay, was shot by two motorcycle…
CVO member gunned down in Urdaneta
THE tense situation in Sual, one of the areas of concern by the Commission on Elections (Comelec) and the police in this year’s elections, escalated when a barangay chairman and supporter of incumbent Mayor Liseldo Calugay was threatened with a hand gun and slapped twice by still unidentified assailants. Bernardo…
Sual barangay kap threatened at gunpoint
THE Pangasinan PNP reminded the public that the gun ban remains in effect until June 11, the official last day of the 2025 election period. P/ Col. Rollyfer Capoquian, Pangasinan PNP provincial director, said the police will continue to monitor and conduct operations to prevent carrying, transport, or possession of…
Police reminder: Gun ban in effect until June 11
A supporter of a local candidate in San Quintin town was shot dead while another was injured, along Figueroa Street in Barangay Poblacion last week. The town’s police chief, P/Capt. Esteban Fernandez, said responding police officers arrived at the scene where they found victim with a fatal gunshot wound to…
San Quintin politician’s supporter killed in ambush
13-0 TRENDING IN DAGUPAN DAGUPAN City Mayor Belen Fernandez cheered the endorsement by Iglesia ni Cristo (INC) of her and her entire Unliserbisyo team, saying the support of the religious group that is known to vote as a block is a big boost to their candidacies in the May 12…
INC endorses Mayor Belen, Unliserbisyo team

COUNTING MACHINES ARRIVE – A PPCRV volunteer joins Comelec personnel in overseeing the proper stacking of the automatic counting machines that arrived at the Dagupan Hub. (Punchphoto by Butch Uka)
COUNTING MACHINES ARRIVE
THE Automated Counting Machines (ACMs) that will be used in Pangasinan for the May 12 midterm elections were delivered to the Commission on Elections (Comelec) Provincial Hubs in Dagupan City and Alaminos City on Monday, April 28. Aside from the 2,869 main ACMs, 194 contingency machines were also supplied for…
Vote-counting machines arrive in Pangasinan
DAGUPAN 2025 BANGUS FESTIVAL DAGUPAN City’s Cluster 6 barangays composed of Pogo Chico, Lucao, Malued and Tapuac scored back-to- back championship when it won anew the Gilon-Gilon ed Baley street dancing competition in the 2025 Bangus Festival, packing the same intensity and passion it did in last year’s event before a crowd of…