END OF ILLEGAL FIRECRACKERS, PYROTECHNICS — P/Col. Richmond Tadina, acting police provincial director, leads the smashing of seized illegal firecrackers and pyrotechnics in the presence of officials from the Bureau of Fire Protection (BFP) at the Camp Antonio Sison in Lingayen. (Punchphoto by Cesar Ramirez)
THE former bodyguard of ex-Anda mayor Aldrin Cerdan was charged with murder at the Regional Trial Court in Alaminos City on January 3. PO/Col. Richmond Tadina, Pangasinan Police Provincial Office director, told a press conference that William Cagampan of Barangay Namagbagan was charged for the killing of Cerdan on New…
SOME 2,832 pieces of confiscated illegal firecracker and pyrotechnic devices worth P33,596 were destroyed at the Pangasinan Police Provincial Office (PPPO) on Monday. During the ceremonial destruction, PPPO director Col. Richmond Tadina said the items were seized during 15 police operations in the province during the holiday season, in support…
FIRE DEPARTMENT ON FULL ALERT – The presence of a firetruck is posted at the area where firecracker vendors are located is a daily reminder of the strict enforcement of the city ordinance’s on sale of firecrackers. Last week, four persons, including a 7-year old, suffered burns from exploding firecrackers. (Punchphoto by Butch…
THREE drug peddlers were arrested in two separate operations in Barangays Tambac and Pantal in Dagupan City by operatives from the Dagupan City Police that resulted in seizure of more than seven grams of suspected shabu. The first buy-bust operation was launched last Monday, December 27, 10 p.m. and arrested…
TWO persons were arrested separately by the police operatives a day after Christmas, one was nabbed in a buy-bust operation while the other was arrested for raising three fully grown marijuana plants in his backyard. First to fall in a buy-bust operation conducted by the police in Barangay Buenlag, Binmaley…
PANGASINAN’S two most wanted persons accused of rape were arrested separately on Dec. 18 in San Quintin and Batangas. Joint police elements nabbed Florencio Gayo, 55, a Civilian Volunteer Organization member, and a resident of Barangay Baligayan in San Quintin town, was arrested for statutory rape with no bail by…
TWO high-value targets (HVTs) of the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) were arrested, following a search warrant implementation in Barangay II, Dagupan City, dawn of Tuesday, December 21. Arrested in separate implementations of the warrants on Nueva Street were Diamond Saro, and Javer Hadji Acmad Macaayao, both residents of the…
A 12-year-old boy and his 30-year-old cousin, drowned at the Lingayen beach in Barangay Estanza on Dec. 20. Matthew Ace Feralca and his elder cousin Jennifer Peralta, both residents of Barangay Estanza this town, were declared dead on arrival at the Jesus Nazarene Hospital and Lingayen District Hospital respectively where…
LINGAYEN BAYWALK WATCH – Tourist police, recently reactivated in the province, keep a close watch at the activities of residents and visitors at the Lingayen baywalk to secure their safety and to enforce minimum health protocol in the area. (Punchphoto by Cesar Ramirez)
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