THE Pangasinan Provincial Cyber Response Team (PPCRT) has identified online scams as the leading form of cybercrime-related incidents in Region I. Six months after the first-ever Cyber Response Team in the region was established in Dagupan City, it has already recorded 80 confirmed cybercrime victims in the region, where 40-percent…
“INVESTMENT ADVISER” IDENTIFIED THE Rosales Police Station continues to gather more evidence and testimonies from victims of an investment scam that victimized more than 50 town residents for the filing of criminal cases against the suspected perpetrator. P/Major Felimon Oligo Jr., Rosales chief of police, said cases of large-scale estafa…
THE barangay administrator of Tapuac in Dagupan City lost more than P500,000 of his savings deposit after he was victimized by an online scammer. The victim, identified as Ryan de Guzman, said the online scammer misrepresented himself as a bank employee and asked for his personal information through text messages….
THE Pangasinan Police Provincial Office (PPPO) warned private armed groups (PAGs) and suspected guns-for-hire that they will be dealt with severely if caught planning and committing violence during the Barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan Elections (BSKE) period in October. In an interview with mediamen, P/Colonel Jeff Fanged, PPPO director, warned that…
BLESSED are the peacemakers because they get hurt. This was the case of Bautista town Mayor Joseph Espino who attempted to break up a rumble between two warring groups. Investigation showed the town was holding its SK Night in the municipal gymnasium as part of its town fiesta, when 20-year-old…
A CRIME of passion, says policemen. Two persons died, while one was rushed to the hospital after a shooting incident in Barangay Nancamaliran East, Urdaneta City Tuesday night, June 13. P/Lieutenant Colonel Lawrence Keith Calub, officer-in-charge at the Urdaneta City Police Station, said the victims Josefina Mercado Manzano, and daughter…
THREE persons were arrested after lawmen busted a drug den that was operating clandestinely in Sitio Guam, Barangay Pantal in Dagupan City on June 6. The suspects, who will all be charged for violation of Republic Act 9165 or the Comprehensive Dangerous Drugs Act of 1992, were led by the…
By Ahikam Pasion Woman stabbed dead by live-in partner A 21-year-old woman was stabbed to death by her live-in partner in Mabini town. Victim Hazel Capitle, and partner Lyndon Rapay-Rapay, both residents of Barangay De Guzman, were reportedly having a heated argument and the victim threatened to end their relationship….
THREE members of the Communist Terrorist Group (CTG) surrendered and returned to the fold of the law through the government’s Oplan Balik-Loob program facilitated by the Provincial Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict (ELCAC) in Pangasinan. The three surrenderers, whose identities were withheld by police authorities for security…
By Ahikam Pasion Known gun-for-hire group leader shot dead A leader of a gun-for-hire group was shot dead by still unidentified suspects on Tuesday night, May 30. Victim was identified as Virgilio dela Cruz, resident of Barangay Taloyan, Malasiqui town. Dela Cruz was riding his scooter along the provincial…
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