A 44-year-old fire extinguisher dealer from Dagupan City, identified as a High Value Individual (HVI), was arrested in a buy-bust operation conducted by the Rosales Municipal Police Station in coordination with the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency–Region 1 (PDEA-RO1) in Barangay Carmen West, Rosales, Pangasinan, at noon on January 11, 2026….
THE Pangasinan Police Provincial Office (PPPO) has relieved the chiefs of police in five towns in the province and designated their respective replacements. The changes covered the police stations of Calasiao, Laoac, Pozorrubio, Bani, and San Quintin. The turnover of command was led by Deputy Provincial Director for Administration P/Lt….
IN response to last year’s tragic explosions of two firecracker factories in Dagupan City—resulting in three fatalities and 15 injuries—the Sangguniang Panlungsod is considering a proposed ordinance that would impose a complete ban on the manufacture and production of firecrackers and pyrotechnic devices within the city. The measure, introduced by…
THE remains of a Filipino woman who was shot dead by her husband in the United States have been returned to the Philippines, while her family continues to grieve and call for justice. The body of Erma Peralta Valerio was brought back to her hometown of Urbiztondo following her death…
PERSONNEL of the Malasiqui Municipal Police Station arrested a wanted individual involved in a high-profile syndicated estafa case during a law enforcement operation on January 6, 2026, at around 4:30 p.m. in Poblacion, Malasiqui. The arrested suspect is a 29-year-old businessman and a resident of Barangay San Juan, San Carlos…
POLICE seized nearly ₱860,000 worth of suspected shabu and arrested a 38-year-old businessman identified as a High Value Individual (HVI) during a successful buy-bust operation in Rosales town on the night of January 5, 2026. The operation was conducted at around 8:10 p.m. in Barangay Zone V by personnel of…
POLICE Regional Office 1 (PRO1) seized an estimated PhP340,000 worth of suspected shabu and arrested a high-value individual (HVI) during a buy-bust operation in Barangay Bayaoas, Urdaneta City, on January 4, 2026. The suspect, a 32-year-old construction worker from Urdaneta City, was identified as an HVI. Authorities confiscated nine heat-sealed plastic sachets containing a white…
(Filed by Ahikam Pasion) Two dead, one injured in Urbiztondo motorcycle crash Two men were killed while another was injured when a motorcycle they were riding crashed into a wall in Barangay Bayaoas on Tuesday morning at around 8 a.m., when the victims, all residents of Urbiztondo, were riding on a single motorcycle. Witnesses…
DESTRUCTION OF SEIZED FIRECRACKERS— Marceliano Desamito Jr, Deputy Provincial Director for Administration, leads in the destruction of confiscated illegal firecrackers, pyrotechnics and improvised canons at the Pangasinan Police Provincial Office compound in Lingayen town on Saturday, December 27. (PUNCHphoto by Willie Lomibao)
POLICE Regional Office 1 (PRO-1) arrested three individuals in two separate operations on December 27, 2025, for allegedly selling and possessing illegal firecrackers in violation of Republic Act No. 7183, authorities said. In the first operation, joint operatives of Police Station 2, the lead unit, and the Criminal Intelligence Unit…
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