THE Lingayen Police Station arrested 13 persons caught engaged in illegal cockfighting along Don Claudio St., in Barangay Pangapisan North in Lingayen, and wondered if the gambling was prompted by the recent distribution of allotted financial assistance from the DSWD’s Social Amelioration Program (SAP). According to P/Lt. Col. Theodore Perez,…

TWO teachers and three others were arrested for illegal cockfighting on Sept. 13 in Barangay Songkoy, Calasiao. P/Lt. Col. Ferdinand de Asis, town police chief, said Apolinario Rosario, 53; Joeffrey Ordona, 46; Allan Reyes, 31; Roberto Aquino, 61 and Abraham Ferrer, 50, all from San Carlos City were arrested participating…

TWO mechanics died in Barangay Rosario in Lingayen while one survived when a dump truck they were repairing pinned them down. Police investigation identified the fatalities as Elvin Viliran and Bleck Garcia. Romnick Ferrer survived the accident. They were repairing the dump truck when the iron bar supporting the elevated…

THE Pangasinan Police Provincial Office (PPPO) recorded 161 rape cases from March to August this year while the province was under strict implementation of the community quarantine. PPPO Women and Children Protection Desk Chief Capt. Jairilyn Camangian said the 161 cases were from violation on women (21) while violation on…

A 70-year-old woman in Alaminos City was brutally murdered by a still unknown suspect with no known motive. The victim, Virginia Macadangdang, a resident of Barangay San Jose, was found by her granddaughter inside her home lying on a pool of blood, her throat slit. P/ Lt. Colonel Garry Noel…

A 33-year-old man was arrested on August 29 for 22 counts of rape in a joint operation by the Pangasinan Police Provincial Office and the Manaoag Police. The police served a warrant of arrest at the residence of the suspect identified as Prudencio Moreno, alias “Meme”, 33, jobless, of Barangay…

TWO men died of electrocution in separate incidents in Bolinao and Lingayen towns. Perfecto Quimado, 54 years old and a resident of Barangay Salud, Bolinao, was busy working in his welding shop, was suddenly electrocuted when he accidentally touched a live wire. In Poblacion, Lingayen, Leo Peren, a tricycle driver,…

TO further strengthen the anti-criminality campaign, the Pangasinan Police Provincial Office installed 46 CCTV cameras at police checkpoints in the province. Pangasinan Police Provincial Director Colonel Redrico A. Maranan said the cameras were installed to boost the Oplan Matang Agila of Pangasinan PPO program and monitor crime activities on the…

A policeman in San Quintin town was wounded after a former colleague shot him last Wednesday afternoon, August 19 in Barangay Lagasit. P/Lt. Benedict Espinoza, officer-in-charge at San Quintin PNP, identified the victim as P/Staff Sergeant Gaspar Lucena, assigned at the Pangasinan 2nd Provincial Mobile Force Company (PMFC) in Tayug….

A retired policeman and his wife here were brutally killed, stabbed 27 times last Saturday August 8. Police identified the victims as Rogelio Mamuyat, 63, and Myrna Mamuyat, 62 years old, both residents of Barangay Domalandan West in Lingayen town. Investigation revealed Rogelio was reprimanding his neighbors for playing videoke…