(Filed by Ahikam Pasion) Wanted illegal recruiter nabbed in San Manuel A wanted illegal recruiter, identified as Rogelio Paddit Mendoza, 63, was apprehended by local authorities in San Manuel on July 1, 2025 based on a court-issued warrant. Mendoza, a resident of Barangay Guiset Sur, was apprehended by a joint…
ONLY 6.7% IN ILOCOS REGION THERE are 75 barangays in Pangasinan, representing 5.5% of the 1,364 total, that remain affected by illegal drugs, according to a report from the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) last week Across Region 1, about 7% or 219 of the 3,267 total barangays, are still…
IN SUPPORT OF 5-MINUTE RESPONSE TIME POLICY CONVINCED that the 5-minute response time policy of the police would be a big boon in preventing crimes as well as enhancing emergency response, the Dagupan Sangguniang Panlungsod (SP) passed a resolution urging Mayor Belen Fernandez to procure an additional five new vehicles and…
THE Pangasinan Police Provincial Office (PPPO) has intensified its child protection initiatives to ensure the safety and welfare of minors across the province, including in schools and in their communities. Among the key efforts rolled out are school-based information drives, community dialogues on abuse prevention, and public awareness campaigns focused…
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…
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