WITH an ill-repute as an illegal drug trading center in Pangasinan, the Dagupan City government has recently reorganized its anti-drug abuse council with Mayor Benjamin Lim now sitting as chairman. The reorganization was in response to the recent memorandum circular issued by Interior and Local Government Secretary Jesse M. Robredo…

A SHOCKING incident happened inside the Dagupan City National High School (DCNHS) Friday afternoon, just three days before the opening of classes. An incoming second-year student was brutally stabbed and killed. The fatality was identified as Madelyn Goyena, 14, daughter of a prominent family in Sitio Calarin in Barangay Malued.

MAPANDAN–A heated altercation between two men in Barangay Luyan here led to a shooting that left one man dead. The fatality was identified as Jose Soriano, 52, of Barangay Luyan, who was shot to death by one Reynaldo Dulay of the same place. The police gathered that the two men…

DAGUPAN CITY–A businessman was arrested in Bonuan Binloc during a buy-bust operation conducted by the police at 1:00 a.m. on May 30. The operation against Dante Melecio, 41, took place at BLISS site where lawmen seized from the suspect five pieces of marked P100 bills, one heat-sealed transparent plastic sachet…

VILLASIS—Hitmen riding in tandem on a motorcycle claimed another victim when they shot to death a mango sprayer in Barangay Unzad here at about 1:00 a.m. of May 30. The fatality was identified as Igmedio Esteva Jr., 57, a resident of Barangay Tomling, Malasiqui who suffered a gunshot wound in his…

ROSALES–A barangay kagawad of San Juan, Umingan was reportedly abducted by four men wearing bonnets at around 6:45 a.m. of May 31 and forced to board a red vehicle that sped towards the direction of Barangay Carmen. The incident was reported to the police by Linda Lanoza, 49, a housewife and cousin of…

SAN QUINTIN–A woman is now facing a case of large-scale estafa after she swindled an engineer and contractor in the amount of P1.05 million, supposedly as partial payment for her purported expenses for transactions with some town officials relating to the construction of the two-storey San Quintin Public Market. Engineer Rodolfo…

SAN JACINTO—A suspected drug pusher was gunned down by still unidentified hitmen riding in tandem on a motorcycle while he was inside the public plaza here at 12:10 p.m. last May 23. The fatality was identified as Almario Aoanan, 26, of Barangay Pag-asa, who sustained gunshot wounds in the chest and head…

A 71-year old grandmother was arrested by the police in the afternoon of May 21 in Sitio Aling on Arellano Street, Dagupan City after she sold dried marijuana placed in sachets to a policeman disguised as buyer. The suspect was identified as Aracile Mejia, also known as “Mother”, who sold…

MALASIQUI–Two persons were killed and three others wounded that stemmed from an alleged cheating in a card game during a wake in Barangay Bogtong here at 9:30 p.m. on May 14. Dead on the spot were Zaldy Garcia, 39, of Poblacion, Urbiztondo; and Maribel Lambino. 38, of Sangguniang Village in Dagupan City.