THE Pangasinan Police Provincial Office (PPPO) categorically denied allegations made by Urdaneta Mayor Julio “Rammy” Parayno that a barangay in the city is a transshipment point for illegal drugs. PPPO Director P/Col. Rollyfer Capoquian, in an interview last week, labeled Parayno’s claim as “untrue and baseless.” The mayor earlier posted…
2 CHINESE, 3 FILIPINOS ARRESTED TEN human trafficking victims, nine of whom are minors, were rescued in an operation by the National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) in Sual town on May 1, and arrested two Chinese nationals and three Filipinos. Those apprehended and presented for inquest proceedings were Chinese nationals…
(Filed by Ahikam Pasion) 5-year-old dies from electrocution A five-year-old from Mandaluyong City died after being electrocuted on May 3 while staying at a transient house in Barangay Patar, Bolinao. According to initial investigations, power suddenly went out at the place where the child’s family was lodged, prompting a transient…
A member of the Civilian Volunteer Organization (CVO) was shot dead inside the barangay hall of Pinmaludpod in Urdaneta City on the evening of May 2, 2025. According to police reports, the victim Edgar Nosis, 58, a resident of Zone 2 in the same barangay, was shot by two motorcycle…
THE tense situation in Sual, one of the areas of concern by the Commission on Elections (Comelec) and the police in this year’s elections, escalated when a barangay chairman and supporter of incumbent Mayor Liseldo Calugay was threatened with a hand gun and slapped twice by still unidentified assailants. Bernardo…
THE Pangasinan PNP reminded the public that the gun ban remains in effect until June 11, the official last day of the 2025 election period. P/ Col. Rollyfer Capoquian, Pangasinan PNP provincial director, said the police will continue to monitor and conduct operations to prevent carrying, transport, or possession of…
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…
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…
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…
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