ALCALA–An 82-year-old man from Barangay Canarvacanan, Alcala died after he was sideswiped by a motorcycle driven by a Grade 9 student at about 7:30 a.m. of October 8. The fatality was identified as Rizal Gasmen who was accidentally bumped by a Yamaha single-e motorcycle driven by 17-year old Mark Steve Cabatic. Investigation…

SAN MANUEL–Three persons were arrested by the police while playing mahjong in the compound of one of the houses in Barangay San Bonifacio on October 8 for illegal gambling. Arrested and subsequently charged for violation of Presidential  Decree No. 1602 were Lolita Rabara, 55, owner of the house where mahjong sessions…

A SCHOOL teacher from San Carlos City was arrested by the National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) Thursday for allegedly uploading child pornography materials to his friends and other persons. Atty. Dante Bonoan, NBI chief in Dagupan City, identified the arrested suspect as Wilfredo Ballesteros Jr. at whose house in San Carlos…

LINGAYEN—The campaign against loose firearms in the province netted a caliber 38 revolver and ammunition, two hand grenades, one M-16 converted revolver and one Cal. 30 Garand rifle from three separate operations conducted by the police on September 25. The Pangasinan Police Provincial Office (PPPO) reported that these were seized after…

BINMALEY–A self-confessed drug pusher who surrendered but remained on the watch list was shot dead at 6:30 a.m. of September 20 as he was in front of the barangay hall in Caloocan Sur. The victim, Christopher Co, 42, was shot three times by hitmen riding in tandem on a motorcycle without a plate…

URBIZTONDO—The suspect in the killing of a policeman in San Carlos City was shot dead in an armed encounter with lawmen about to serve arrest warrant to him on Sept. 14 along Barangay Camambugan here. P/Chief Inspector Joshua Maximo, town police chief, said Danilo Fernandez alias ‘Papsie’, the number one…

THREE Moro traders were arrested by the Dagupan Police for selling fake jewelries to a poseur-buyer in an entrapment operation on September 12 at the MC Adore building on Galvan Street in Dagupan City. The suspects were identified as Ibrahim DatuBao, 60, the agent; Alibasher Bao, 24, of Purok 3,…

LABRADOR — Six persons, one of them a 14-year old boy, were arrested by the police after stealing some P69,000 worth of equipment and materials form a Digitel cell site in Sitio Kadampat, Bolo, Labrador at 10:30 p.m. of September 1. Arrested were Arnel Enriquez, 33; Alfredo Enriquez, 21; Alex Enriquez, 25; Jaycee Tanguilig,14; all of…

A CONTINUING land dispute is suspected to be behind the death of an OFW who was shot dead while inside an eatery in Barangay Minien West, Sta. Barbara, 45 noon of September 9. P/Chief Inspector Rex Infante, Sta. Barbara police chief said, the investigators are looking into a land dispute…

LINGAYEN–Four drug personalities have been shot since September 1, records of the Pangasinan Police Provincial Office (PPPO) show. Investigation showed all were perpetrated by unidentified armed men riding in tandem. The latest victim, Angelo Palsi, 32, a newly identified drug pusher of Barangay Rizal, San Carlos City, was shot on…