THE remains of seven-year-old Alleria Gabrielle “Portia” Jamias, who was found lifeless on a beach in Dagupan City on August 15, were laid to rest Monday morning, August 25, in a private cemetery in her hometown Asingan. Portia’s casket was gently carried in a white and pink-themed funeral carriage adorned…
MURDER SOLVED — Police Col. Arbel Mercullo, OIC Pangasinan police director, gives a media briefing on August 18, 2025 at the provincial police office in Lingayen on the swift resolution of the murder of a 7-year-old girl who was found dead on August 15. The suspects had been indicted by…
A high-value drug personality was arrested and illegal drugs worth ₱408,000.00 were confiscated in an anti-illegal drug operation conducted late Sunday night, August 17, 2025, in Urdaneta City. Joint police and anti-narcotics operatives carried out a search warrant at the residence of an unnamed 39-year-old male suspect, identified as a…
LOPEZ SPEAKS AFTER CHILD KIDNAPPING CASE ASINGAN Mayor Carlos Lopez Jr. admitted that the number of police officers in the municipality is significantly lacking, raising concerns about public safety, especially in the aftermath of the abduction and eventual murder of a seven-year-old child from the town’s Barangay Bantog, whose body…
TWO victims of sex trafficking were rescued in Urdaneta City by the National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) Dagupan District Office, in coordination with the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD). The case was referred to NBI-Dagupan by a non-profit organization that was approached by the victims’ concerned relatives seeking…
(Filed by Ahikam Pasion) 3 HVTs nabbed in Manaoag drug ops THREE High-Value Targets (HVTs) were apprehended during a buy-bust operation conducted by the combined forces of PDEA Region 1 and local police in Manaoag on August 18. The arrested suspects were identified as Virgilio De Guzman Agda Jr., also…
NORMAL operations at the PHINMA University of Pangasinan (UPang) in Dagupan City resumed on August 13 after authorities confirmed that a bomb threat that circulated online the day before was unfounded. In an official statement issued Wednesday morning, the university said a thorough inspection of its main campus was conducted…
THE Dagupan City police are tracing the source of the fake bomb threat at the PHINMA University of Pangasinan (UPang) on August 12, in coordination with the Regional Police CyberCrime Division and Meta, the company that owns Facebook. P/Lt. Colonel Lawrence Keith Calub, chief of police of Dagupan, told the media…
AUTHORITIES responded promptly to a bomb threat involving two schools in Barangay Minien, Sta. Barbara, on August 13, but found both sites safe after a thorough inspection. Police are now working with the Regional Anti-Cybercrime Unit 1 to preserve evidence and possibly take down the Facebook account that posted a…
(Filed by Ahikam Pasion) Debt collectors robbed at gunpoint in San Carlos City TWO debt collectors were robbed at gunpoint while on duty in San Carlos City, resulting in the loss of cash, passbooks, and important documents. According to a report filed at the San Carlos City Police Station, the…
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