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…
Armed robbers escape with jewelry after shootout with cops
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…
PRO1 chief: Capture of Pozorrubio robbers a priority
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…
3-yr old boy rescued from hostage situation in Laoac
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…
Barangay chief tanod injured, arrested in drug-bust ops
(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…
POLICE REPORTS

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…
5 drown in Pangasinan during the Holy Week
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…
Lingayen PNP to deploy personnel for Pista’y Dayat, elections
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…
57 jellyfish sting cases reported during Holy Week
(Filed by Ahikam Pasion) Cop wounded in Santa Barbara shooting A police intelligence officer at the Sta. Barbara station is currently in critical condition at a hospital after being shot multiple times. According to the investigation led by Officer-in-Charge Police Chief Michael Datuin, the incident occurred at around midnight on…