FOR DYNAMITE FISHING SIX fishermen accused of illegal fishing with the use of explosives were acquitted by a Dagupan court because the prosecution failed to present hard evidence that they were illegally fishing as charged. In an eight-page decision, Presiding Judge Emma Torio of the Regional Trial Court Branch 41,…

TWO suspected notorious gun-for-hire men and involved in highway robbery were neutralized in the encounter with the members of the Lingayen Police on March 26 shortly after the two slipped past a chokepoint set up by the Lingayen Police in Barangay Quibaoil. P/ Superintendent Fidel Junio, Lingayen chief of police,…

BAYAMBANG–Another bus was stoned by unidentified suspects while it was traversing the national road in Barangay Tampog here early evening of Maundy Thursday. Roger Gundran, 45, Five Star Bus Line inspector and a resident of Brgy. Bical Norte, Bayambang, reported the matter to the Bayambang police through the telephone. While no one was…

SAN CARLOS CITY–A businessman was arrested when joint elements of the San Carlos City police and the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) implemented a search warrant at his residence on Roxas Boulevard at about 5:45 a.m. on March 26. Arrested was Ricardo Paed, 56, in whose house the lawmen seized…

A security guard from Quezon City drowned on Maundy Thursday at 11:15 a.m. while swimming along with his girlfriend at the Tondaligan Beach in Sitio, Thailand in Bonuan Gueset. The victim was identified as Deniel Cartagena, 32. of Doña Carmen, Quezon City. He and girlfriend Twity Candy Mateo, 24, of Bagong Silang, Caloocan City arrived at…

URDANETA CITY—Two men riding in tandem on a Honda Wave motorcycle were gunned down and killed in an armed encounter with Special Weapons and Tactics (SWAT) personnel of Urdaneta City following a hot pursuit operation that ended in Barangay Cabaruan here at about 1:50 a.m. on March 22. One of…

SAN CARLOS CITY–Two students of San Carlos City were victimized by members of the “budol-budol” gang who tricked the two into giving them their cellphones and jewelry. The victims, identified as Marietoni Inciong, 14, of Brgy. Bugallon, San Carlos City and Kyla Castro, 16, of Brgy. San Juan, both in Grade 9, personally appeared before the San…

ASINGAN–A furniture dealer and his live-in partner were arrested in a buy-bust operation conducted by police operatives in Barangay Poblacion East here early evening on March 31. Arrested were Michael Velo and his live-in partner Cris Alma Agustin, alias “Tooter”, tagged by the police as newly identified drug pushers. The police…

NANLABAN WITH HIS TEETH CALASIAO—A visibly unarmed newly identified drug pusher who attempted to resist being arrested fought back with what he thought could work – he bit the hand of the arresting police officer who held his arm. But to no avail. Arrested by intelligence operatives of the Calasiao…