THE family of a domestic helper from Dagupan City who was reportedly murdered in Saudi Arabia by her fellow migrant worker from another country is crying for justice. The body of the victim, Marjorette Biay Garcia, 32, of Bonuan Boquig, Dagupan City, and married to Tito Garcia of Barangay Awai,…
A barangay kagawad seeking the post of chairman in the upcoming Barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan Elections (BSKE) was injured in a shooting incident in Urdaneta City. The victim, Salvador Tan Garcia, 45, a resident of Barangay Asin East in Malasiqui town, was targeted by unidentified assailants. Initial police investigation showed…
IN a predawn raid on September 25, joint police operatives arrested one of Pangasinan’s Most Wanted Man, Arnulfo Cerezo Alipio, also known as “Anong,” in Binmaley town, who had been in hiding for over four years. Alipio faced warrants of arrest for two counts of murder (with no recommended bail…
THE Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) dismantled a drug den in Barangay Tapuac, Dagupan City, after a successful buy-bust operation conducted past midnight on Tuesday, September 26. PDEA provincial officer Rechie Camacho said the operation initially targeted Mary Ann Villanueva, alleged drug dealer in the city but a Raymund Ballesteros…
THE Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) has confirmed that only ten percent of barangays in Pangasinan have not been cleared of illegal drugs. This was revealed by PDEA-Pangasinan provincial officer Rechie Camacho, in an interview Tuesday, September 26. Camacho said 130 out of 1,364 barangays in Pangasinan remain drug affected….
UNIDENTIFIED individuals falsely representing themselves as employees of the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) provincial office have been approaching and calling traders, soliciting sponsorships for alleged agency events, and seeking advertisements of supposed DTI projects. Natalia Dalaten, the DTI provincial director, disclosed that she received two reports, the most…
MORE than 2,000 firearms have been voluntarily deposited by their owners at various police stations as a result of the police’s intensified campaign against loose firearms, preparatory to holding of the Barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan Elections. According to police authorities, the statistics show an average of five firearms being surrendered…
ALARMING, much more disturbing to the sensibilities. This was how two provincial board members expressed alarm over their perception that there is a high rate of rapes cases in Pangasinan but the Police Provincial Police assured the board members that this is not the case. Sixth District Board Member Noel…
FOUR individuals reported to the Calasiao Police Station on September 5, 2023, against the wife of the town mayor after they invested a huge sum of money for a business scheme but she allegedly went into hiding after that. The complainants are Jovert Francisco Choi, 40, Toyota sales agent, resident…
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