PRANK CALLERS WARNED TWENTY fire incidents have been recorded in Pangasinan by the Bureau of Fire Protection (BFP) since the onset of 2023, lower than the 35 fire incidents were recorded in 2022. In its tally from January to February this year, F/Chief Inspector Jun Eland Wanawan, OIC-Provincial Fire Marshal,…
THE tunnel robbery gang, responsible for a number of heists in Pangasinan in the past, struck again last February 19, victimizing a pawn shop in Mangaldan town that lost over P1 million cash and jewelry. A group of suspected gang members managed to pull off a Hollywood-style heist, dug their their…
STUDENTS and teachers of the Urdaneta City National High School (UCNHS) were sent home after receiving a reports of a bomb threat on Tuesday, February 21. Personnel from the Urdaneta City Police Station and the 5th District Explosive Ordnance Disposal and Canine Unit (DECU) were dispatched to the school building,…
By Ahikam Pasion Minor dies in San Nicolas road mishap A 16-year-old boy was declared dead on arrival after the motorcycle he was riding crashed into a parked harvester in San Nicolas town on Tuesday, February 22. Victim Russel Mendoza Oriña, grade 9 student, a resident of San Nicolas, was…
DRUG HVT NABBED – PDEA operatives prepare to bring Jon Jon Marcellano, listed as No. 5 Most Wanted Target in the region under Oplan Anito to headquarters for further interrogation on his operations shortly after he was arrested in a buy-bust operation in San Carlos City. (Punchphoto by Butch Uka)
TOPS IN ARREST RECORDS THE Pangasinan Police Provincial Office (PPPO) logged the most number of wanted persons and of drug personalities arrested in Region 1 during the nationwide ‘Simultaneous Anti-Criminality and Law Enforcement Operations’ (SACLEO) from January 22 to 29, 2023. According to P/Brig. General John Chua, Police Regional Office…
THE Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) recognized 7 local government units (LGUs) in Pangasinan out of the 22 in Ilocos Region for their exceptional performance in the implementation, monitoring, and evaluation of their anti-illegal drug programs, projects and activities. The regional awarding ceremony was held at the…
YOU ARE UNDER ARREST – Suspected drug pusher Vincent Don from Manila is held back by a PDEA agent after he received the payment for 500 grams of shabu inside his car during a buy-bust operation in Barangay Tapuac in Dagupan City. (Punchphoto by Butch Uka)
A SUSPECTED drug carrier from Metro Manila, believed to be supplying illegal drugs to drug personalities in Pangasinan and Dagupan City, was arrested in a buy-bust operation by the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) Region 1, and Pangasinan and Dagupan City PNP on February 16, 1:04 a.m. in Barangay Tapuac…
MOST number of cybercrime and cyber-related crimes in Region 1 were committed and reported in Pangasinan. P/Colonel Domingo Soriano, PNP Anti-Cybercrime Group (PNP-ACG) Chief of Operation Management Division in the region said during the establishment of the Provincial Cyber Response Team in Dagupan City on Monday, February 13, at the…
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