URDANETA CITY—A drug buy-bust operation in the evening of June 17 in Purok Urduja, Barangay Sto Domingo here turned bloody with one suspect shot dead and two policemen wounded. Shot dead by pursuing policemen was identified as Cabugatna Ramuros, alias “Abu”, 38, who was cornered in adjacent Barangay Sta. Lucia after fleeing…
LINGAYEN—The home of a former provincial police chief and the adjacent house of his daughter were broken into by still unidentified robbers who took away personal belongings and jewelries of still undetermined total value. The suspects entered the compound of retired Police Sr Supt. Mariano Luis Verzosa around 3:50 a.m….
SAN CARLOS CITY—A young scrap metal trader died after a rifle grenade he bought exploded while he was trying to tinker it around 3:00 p.m. Thursday in his shanty in Barangay Calobaoan this city. P/Sr. Insp. Lodovico Eleazar, city police investigation and operations officer, said the victim, Benjie Mendez, 23, tinkered…
MANGATAREM—A 16-year old male was shot dead while two other teenagers were wounded by a still unidentified suspect around 9:30 p.m. on June 11 along the provincial road in Barangay Dorongan Punta here. Killed was Monsour Licuanan, resident of Barangay Bituag, Urbiztondo, who was brought by responding policemen to the…
URDANETA CITY—A notorious drug dealer, ranked number one in the list of drug personalities in Rosales town, has been recaptured by the Urdaneta City police on May 31 in Barangay Raymundo, Ramos town in Tarlac, four days after he escaped from jail. P/Supt. Jeff Fanged, city police chief, said the…
LINGAYEN, Pangasinan June 02 (PIA) –Criminals, beware the police patrollers in the province. Cops assigned to street patrols recently particiapted in a “Patrollers Challenge”, a shooting competition organized by the Provincial Police Office (PPO) to test their marksmanship. Teams of four patrollers from the various police stations in the province…
URDANETA CITY—A tracker team has been formed to recapture and bring back behind bars the number one personality in the list of illegal drug personalities in Rosales town who was earlier arrested but escaped last Tuesday from his detention cell here. P/Supt. Jeff Fanged, police chief here, said Thursday it…
BLAST FISHING—Employees of the City Agriculture Office examine some of the fish packed in 86 boxes that were seized at the Dagupan Fish Market loaded inside a truck that came from Magsingal, Ilocos Sur at dawn of May 26. Examiners determined that the fish were caught through blast fishing. The…
TWO persons have been arrested and charged for trading about 2.6 tons of galunggong (mackarel scad) that were caught through the dynamite fishing. P/Supt. Christopher Abrahano, Dagupan City police chief, identified the two as Romeo Rabara of San Vicente and Ethel Tiqui of Magsingal, both in Ilocos Sur. Rabara and…
THEY are not new and many have been duped in the past, but pyramiding scams appear to continue to claim victims. The Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) recently issued a warning again to the public against pyramiding scams conducted by certain individuals or syndicates.
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