OVERCROWDED JAIL ABOUT 70 to 75 per cent of the 650 detainees at the Dagupan District Jail of the Bureau of Jail Management and Penology are facing drug-related cases, but unlike the anomalous and scandalous situation at the National Bilibid Prison in Muntinlupa, there are no special privileges accorded to…

CALASIAO—A vendor has been charged with murder for the alleged killing of a 16-year old high school student of Dagupan City National High School (DCNHS) last week. P/Superintendent Satur Ediong, the town police chief, said Tuesday, the complaint against the suspect Freddie Bugayong, 30, vendor, was filed before the Provincial…

MALASIQUI– Eight houses were razed to the ground while another one was partially damaged by a fire in Gen. Luna St. here Wednesday afternoon. SFO4 Gaudencio Apostol, chief of Bureau of Fire Protection (BFP) Malasiqui Station, said initial investigation showed the fire started at 1:30 pm and quickly spread to nearby houses, all…

SAN CARLOS CITY—A sexagenarian and a septuagenarian women were found dead in two separate barangays here in two consecutive nights. Gloria Gabriel alias Guring, 65, from Sitio Sagor, Barangay Balite Sur was killed by a still unidentified suspect who appeared to have been struck her on the head with a…

A DRUG peddler was shot to dead in a shoot-out with police elements Thursday (December 18) afternoon, in Brgy. Nuega in Dagupan. Initial police reports disclosed that Abulais Macabantog also known as ‘Tikboy’ sustained gunshot wounds on his chest and head in a drug buy-bust operation conducted in his residence. Macabantog drew his…

SUAL— A number of unlicensed handguns were seized through an entrapment operation conducted by the Sual Police Station (SPS) last November 28 in this town. A joint element of the SPS led by its chief Senior Inspector Leo Llamas and the Pangasinan Provincial Police Office conducted entrapment operations in Barangay…

PARTNERS IN CRIME BAYAMBANG—A cache of firearms, ammunition and shabu were seized in a raid by police and anti-drug agents in the house of a barangay kagawad and her live-in partner in Barangay Bical here last Wednesday, Dec. 3. Seized from Barangay Kagawad Cecilia Brenott, 49 and Edwin Bacalso, 33,…

MANGALDAN -A local news reporter complained to the police station that the mayor of San Jacinto town allegedly mauled him while a barangay kapitan pulled a gun on him and threatened to kill him. For these alleged attacks during a drinking spree at 11:00 a.m. of November 25 in Barangay…

USURPATION OF AUTHORITY, RESISTING ARREST MANGALDAN– The barangay captain and councilwoman in barangay Poblacion here were charged with usurpation of authority, resisting arrest and assault on authorities by the Mangaldan Police Station (MPS) following an incident inside the barangay hall last December 3. P/Supt. Jackie Candelario, chief of MPS, said…

DASOL— Never stop a man from singing because it could be hazardous to your health. A painter found this out too late when he was hacked dead by his elder brother after a spat over the use of a videoke machine inside their house around 7:00 p.m. on Nov. 30…