FOR ILLEGAL POSSESSION OF FIREARMS A FORMER provincial correspondent of a national newspaper was arrested on March 15 afternoon for alleged violation of Republic Act 10591 in his resort/residence in Barangay Aserda, Mapandan town. Former news correspondent Jaime Aquino was nabbed during the implementation of a search warrant made by…
THE Pangasinan Police Provincial Office (PPPO) presented the seized and surrendered 223 firearms to newly designated Ilocos Regional Police Office (PRO 1) director, P/Brig. Gen. Westrimundo Obinque during his first command visit on Monday, March 14. PPPO director P/Col. Richmond Tadina said the following seized and surrendered firearms were the…
THREE radio commentators in Pangasinan are facing libel suits in complaints filed before the City Prosecutors Office in Dagupan City on March 8 by Mangaldan Mayor Marilyn Lambino. Named respondents in the complaints were Joel Balolong of DWCM Aksyon Radyo, Tito Tamayo of DWIZ-FM and Dennis Mojares of DWJE-FM. Mayor…
THE continuous oil price hike since the beginning of the year may have pushed others to resort to fuel-saving schemes but one man saw in it an opportunity to make a profit of others’ misery Lawrence Anthony Cruz, a 38-year-old electrician and a resident of Barangay Sta Maria Bued in…
A FORMER campus executive director of the Pangasinan State University’s (PSU) Infanta campus was found dead with head wounds from hacking on March 8 at the back of her residence in Sitio Sawang Barangay Bamban in Infanta town. The victim, Naominada Olermo, single, a retired employee of PSU Infanta campus,…
NABBED FOR ILLEGAL POSSESSION OF GUN – Dagupan police operatives stand by as Junjie Llamas y Pajarillo, a construction worker, acknowledges the report on his arrest for possessing an unlicensed firearm after search warrant was served to him. He was reported earlier to have threatened a minor with the gun. (Punchphoto by Butch Uka)
THE Philippine National Police, Criminal Investigation and Detection Group and the National Bureau of Investigation were called upon to stop and file cases against operators of all unauthorised and illegal numbers game in Pangasinan. The call was made by Royina Marzan- Garma, general manager of the Philippine Charity Sweepstakes Office…
TWO men committed suicide in separate incidents in Alaminos City on Feb. 27. Jervie Navarro, 33, a resident of Palali St., Barangay Poblacion, Alaminos City was discovered dead with a nylon rope tied around his neck hanging inside his rented apartment. The victim’s mother said her son was suffering from…
A MAN who recently got out of jail was arrested again by operatives of the Dagupan City PNP following a drug operation in Barangay Bonuan Boquig. Police arrested Nichol Gumanong, 23, a resident of Sition Silungan in Bonuan Binloc in Dagupan City, after he sold two heat-sealed transparent plastic sachets…
FINALLY BUSTED – A Dagupan resident waits to be cuffed by police and PDEA operatives after he sold shabu to an undercover cop in a buy-bust operation in Dagupan City. The suspect is listed in the city police and PDEA’s drug watchlist. (Punchphoto by Butch Uka)
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