THE suspect in a robbery case on a lottery outlet on Burgos Street was arrested within 24 hours of the crime, thanks to a witness who stepped forward to provide information. Superintended Romeo Caramat Jr., city police chief, said the information led to the arrest of Jojo Quiton, a resident…
ANOTHER person was arrested in a buy-bust operation conducted by the police in Barangay Bonuan Binloc, tagged as the haven of illegal drugs in Dagupan and the rest of Pangasinan. Arrested at 4:00 p.m. of December 11 in Sitio Silungan, Bonuan Binloc by elements of the City Anti-Illegal Drug Special…
SAN CARLOS CITY–A lady account collector was held up in Barangay Abanon here last December 11 and divested of her collections worth P12,000, a cellphone and other personal belongings. The victim, Maria Teresa Santos, 29, account officer of the company TSPI based in Sta. Barbara town, was on board a…
UMINGAN–A flash alarm was issued by the police when a 68-year old woman from Barangay Poblacion East here failed to return home after she met supposed members of a “budol-budol” gang who took her money and jewelry last December 11. The victim, identified as Remegia Cacatian, first went to the…
ALAMINOS CITY—A Japanese national was recently arrested by the police for the alleged killing of a fellow Japanese and burying the corpse in Camantiles Island here. Superintendent Armando Muena, city police chief, said the prosecutor has downgraded the case to robbery with homicide against the suspect, Mitsuaki Sato, 59, for…
SAN JACINTO—A rural health unit (RHU) worker here has been arrested and charged for alleged illegal drug pushing. The suspect has been identified as Rene Hiquina, an ambulance driver in the RHU. “We have already filed a case of violation of RA 9165 particularly the possession of illegal drugs and…
MALASIQUI—A speeding SUV vehicle ran into two eight-year old girls on their way to school Monday afternoon, killing one and hurting the other. The fatality was Mia Zaya Dagmel, grade one student of Cabatling Elementary School, a resident of Barangay Talospatang here. Her classmate, Shamel Villena, from the same barangay,…
IT’S glory days for robbers in Dagupan it seems, victimizing three establishments on A.B. Fernandez Avenue in just one night last December 5. Robbed were Cris Hardware Supply managed by Cherrylyn Lapeña, 36, of Carangalaan-Bacayao Road; Splash Direct Sales managed by Marvin Abasalo, 34, of Central Fairview, Baguio City; and…
BAYAMBANG–Joint elements of the Bayambang Police Station and the Criminal Investigation and Detection Group (CIDG) raided the house of the barangay administrator of Pangdel here and seized several magazines of high-powered firearms and ammunition at 6:15 of December 5. The raiders, who swooped down on the house of Flaviano Arenas,…
MALASIQUI–Seven persons are set to be charged for violation of Republic Act 8485 (An Act prohibiting Cruelty to Animals) after were caught by the local police Thursday in the act of slaughtering dogs in Barangay Dinacuan here. The suspects were arrested based on a tip provided by Melchor Alipio, a…
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