DESPITE existing laws against human trafficking, prostitution remains rampant in Region 1, according to Assistant Prosecutor Roderick Aquino from the Department of Justice – Office of the City Prosecutor in La Union. He said 189 prostitution cases were filed from January to June this year, but no breakdown of the…
HALF of a human body, specifically the lower extremity, was found by Bantay Dagat members floating along the shoreline in Barangay Ilio-Ilio, Burgos town around 8:00 p.m. on August 4. They informed the police about the incident, and the remains were later identified by relatives as Eduardo Gille Sr. from…
(Filed by Ahikam Pasion) Drunk SUV driver injures 2 motorcycle riders A collision between a motorcycle and an SUV driven by an intoxicated man left two young riders injured in Sta. Barbara. Ivander Brix Dela Cruz Zara, a 22, was riding along Barangay Maticmatic with his backrider, Rene Rose Pascua…
TWO women in the wanted list for swindling were arrested when lawmen served warrants for their arrest last July 30 in Villasis. P/Major Edgar Allan Serquiña, Villasis chief of police, identified the suspects as Gina Sanchez, 49, and Marites Mones, 52, both residents of Barangay San Nicolas, Villasis. He revealed that…
(Filed by Ahikam Pasion) Motorcycle crashes into electric post, rider injured A motorcycle rider was rushed to the hospital after crashing into an electric post in the town of Mapandan. According to the police investigation, Jomarie Torres Marquez, a 47-year-old construction worker and resident of Barangay Baloling, Mapandan, was driving…
(Filed by Ahikam Pasion) Live-in partners arrested in buy-bust operation, 2 others nabbed A live-in couple and their two visitors were arrested in Barangay Pogo Grande, Dagupan City in a joint anti-illegal drugs operation led by the Dagupan City Police. The couple, identified as Jeffrey Salcedo Inocencio, 43, and Janine…
IN a successful buy-bust operation conducted by authorities in Barangay Amansabina, Mangaldan Thursday night, three high-value targets were arrested, and recovered 65 grams of shabu. Arrested were Loreto Mariano Jr., 41, from Anolid, Mangaldan; Lezter Mayrina, 36, a resident of Macabito, Calasiao; and Ronnie Ambat, 40, from Nalsian Sur, Bayambang….
(Filed by Ahikam Pasion) Promodiser killed in motorcycle collision A 43-year-old motorcycle-riding promodiser in Bugallon was declared dead on arrival at the hospital after a head-on collision with another motorcycle rider. The incident occurred at 2 AM when the victim, Erwin Aquino Salazar, a resident of Brgy. Umanday, Bugallon, was…
NINE more packs of suspected shabu were found by residents along the shoreline of Barangay Gayusan in Agno town on July 9, just a few days after a group of fishermen discovered 18 packs of shabu floating in the waters some 25 nautical miles from the shoreline of Barangay Olanen…
THE Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) in Pangasinan announced that 1,184 barangays, out or 1,364, have been declared drug-cleared in the province. According to PDEA Pangasinan Provincial Officer Richie Camacho, only 88 barangays, or approximately 6.45% of all barangays, remain affected by drug-related issues. In an interview Tuesday, July 9,…
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