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…
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…
A robbery at a pawnshop in Pozorrubio last Tuesday escalated into a shootout between the group of five robbers and responding police officers from the Pozorrubio Police Station on Caballero Street, District 1. The suspects forcibly entered the BHF pawn shop by smashing the glass doors and took off with…
THE Police Regional Office 1 (PRO1) Director P/BGen Lou Evangelista vowed swift and decisive action to bring the perpetrators to justice as he condemned the robbery that occurred in Pozorrubio on Wednesday afternoon. “We assure the public that PRO1 is employing all necessary measures to track down the perpetrators responsible…
A three-year-old boy was rescued by law enforcers after being taken hostage by an elderly man with a knife along a street in Barangay Poblacion, Laoac on Tuesday morning, April 29. According to Laoac Municipal Police Station Chief, P/Major Napoleon Election, the victim was walking with his mother around 8:15…
A chief tanod of Barangay Nining in San Nicolas was injured by return fire after he allegedly shot members of the Philippine National Police’s Drug Enforcement Group (PNP-DEG) who were conducting a buy-bust operation in Natividad. According to P/Major Ruel Albano, chief of Natividad PNP, the operation took place in…
(Filed by Ahikam Pasion) 48 stolen phones during Bangusan Street Party recovered; police nab 4 suspects THE police apprehended four suspects involved in a widespread mobile phone theft during the Bangusan Street Party on April 30, and recovered 48 devices. The operation was led by officers from the Dagupan City…
Five persons drowned in Pangasinan during the Holy Week, the Pangasinan Provincial Health Office (PHO) reported. Dr. Vivian Espino, PHO officer- in-charge, said the casualties were reported to have drowned at the Maples River in Aguilar, Agno River in Rosales, Bagbag Beach in Sual, Bued River in Pozorrubio, and Embarcadero River in Malasiqui. During the same period last year, there were six…
THE Lingayen police is fully prepared for two upcoming major events, the annual Pista’y Dayat (Festival of the Sea) on May 1 and the midterm elections on May 12. Lingayen Police Chief Colonel Amor Mio Somine said the deployment of policemen at beaches in Lingayen is already organized, with designated…
FIFTY-SEVEN persons were treated due to jellyfish stings, among the thousands who trooped to Pangasinan’s beaches during the Holy Week from April 17 to 20, according to the Provincial Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Officer (PDRRMO). Avenix Arenas, assistant PDRRMO officer, said among the beaches that recorded jellyfish sting cases include Binmaley (27), Dagupan City (15), Alaminos City (8), and…
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