RUMBLE AT THE PARK – The police arrived in time to stop the rumble between two warring teenage groups at the Japanese Garden in Tondaligan Beach. No charges were filed but parents were asked to fetch their children from the police station. (Punchphoto by Butch Uka)
THE police have ascertained so far that the motives behind the killings of three barangay officials in Pangasinan this month were not due to politics. P/Major Arturo Melchor Jr, spokesman of the Pangasinan Police Provincial Office, said the police are set to file charges until next week against the suspects…
A 30-year-old area manager of a pawnshop was peppered with bullets by still unidentified gunmen in Barangay Coliling, San Carlos City, Wednesday afternoon, but survived. Initial investigation from the San Carlos City Police revealed victim Celestino Layacan, a resident of San Pedro-Taloy, San Carlos City, was riding his scooter, when…
LIQUOR BAN VIOLATORS — Two residents in Barangay Poblacion Oeste scamper away to evade police arrest after they were caught drinking liquor in public. (Punchphoto by Butch Uka)
ANOTHER barangay kapitan was shot dead by hitmen riding in tandem (HRIT). The victim was identified as Frederick Abalos, incumbent barangay captain of Balococ, Lingayen. The police immediately formed special investigation task group “Abalos” composed of different units of the police to track down the perpetrators in a bid to…
THE Pangasinan Provincial Police Office (PPPO) reported that forty-five of the 57 shooting incidents in Pangasinan from January up to July 5 this year have been resolved. PPPO spokesperson P/Maj. Arturo Melchor Jr. said the identified suspects in those cases have been arrested and charged in courts. He said the…
THE Liga ng Barangay provincial federation condemned the brutal slaying of a barangay captain of Laoac town on July 3, and calls on the police to step up its investigation and bring the perpetrators before the bar of justice. The provincial Liga headed by ex-officio provincial board member Jinky Zaplan condoled with the bereaved…
THE Pangasinan Police Provincial Office (PPPO) assured the provincial government that Pangasinan remains generally peaceful despite the consecutive killings of two village officials this week. In an interview Thursday, PPPO information officer P/Maj. Arturo Melchor Jr said the two killings are isolated cases and Pangasinan has maintained its peace and…
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