POLICE CONTROL FIRECRACKER SALE – A policeman in Dagupan City stands guard inside the designated firecracker selling zone, watching out for clandestine selling of banned firecrackers. (Punchphoto by Butch Uka)
MAYOR Belen Fernandez ordered the police and the Bureau of Fire Protection (BFP) to seek out clandestine firecracker factories in Dagupan following a big firecracker explosion in Barangay Malued on Christmas Day where five persons, including a child, were hurt and seven houses destroyed. Exasperated over the incident, Fernandez called…
FOUR unidentified armed men held up at gunpoint three women inside a dental clinic in Barangay San Vicente, Urdaneta City at around 3:40 p.m. on December 26. The suspects armed with a short firearm tied their victims and took away from them six cellular phones, cash money worth more than…
OVER A LAND INHERITANCE ANOTHER land dispute among siblings in San Carlos City caused a man to stab his younger brother in Barangay Lipas, last December 23. Stabbed by his 51-year-old brother Wilfredo Ramos, Jolly Ramos, 50, was stabbed in the head, leg and arm and was rushed to the…
THE Bureau of Jail Management and Penology (BJMP) in Dagupan City is ready for heavy influx of visitors of Persons Deprived of Liberty (PDLs) this holiday season. Jail Superintendent Roque Constantino Sison III, warden of the BJMP-Dagupan City Male Dormitory, said the facility will be under red alert and strict…
A DRUG DEN in the once-cleared Sitio Aliguas in Barangay Pantal, formerly known as Sitio Aling, was dismantled by operatives of the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) early morning Monday, December 11. PDEA Pangasinan Provincial Officer Rechie Camacho said it was Monday’s implementation of a search warrant that resulted from…
POLICE authorities arrested on December 7 in Barangay Baay, Lingayen town a man who posed as Secretary of Interior and Local Government (SILG) Benhur Abalos by extorting money from local executives. Personnel of Internal Security, Office of the SILG as the lead unit, together with Provincial Intelligence Unit and Pangasinan…
THE Pangasinan Police Provincial Office (PPPO), Special Investigation Task Group (SITG) Morillo, released images of suspects involved in the murder of Mangaldan’s Barangay Poblacion, chairwoman Melinda ‘Tonet’ Morillo. In a Facebook post by the Mangaldan PNP, the photos were screenshots from a CCTV footage collected by authorities during their investigation….
THE Balay Silangan, a reformation center for drug offenders, in Dagupan City will be operational starting January 1, 2024 after its inauguration this month. This was confirmed by Mayor Belen Fernandez that she’s s been in talks with PDEA Regional Director Joel Plaza, and officials of the DILG, PNP, DOH,…
THE reelected barangay captain of Poblacion, Mangaldan for a second term was killed when the vehicle she was riding was ambushed by unidentified armed men in Barangay Tebag Mangaldan at about 6:00 p.m. on Thursday, December 7. Barangay Captain Melinda “Tonet” Morillo died on the spot with bullet wounds in her…
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