THE leader of a gun-for-hire and robbery group operating in Pangasinan was killed in an encounter with the authorities in Barangay Guilig in Rosales town last Thursday, July 9. P/Colonel Redrico Maranan, police provincial director, said the suspect, idenitfied as Charlie Espanto, was shot and died in a gunfight that…

A 45-year-old gay was found dead in NatIvidad town along the Ambaoyoan River in Barangay Lungao, body peppered with gunshots. Police identified the victim as Angelito Hidalgo, a resident of Barangay Poblacion East in San Nicolas. Investigation revealed that Rogelio Javinar, a farmer, found the victim’s lifeless body, riddled with…

TEN fishermen were arrested by the joint Maritime Police and the Dagupan City police in the early morning of July 7 while fishing in the territorial water off Bonuan Tondaligan. The 10 were reportedly fishing about 10 kilometers from the shoreline, using a long net called “korokor” without any permit/license…

TWO minors died after drowning in a river along Barangay Guesang in Mangaldan last Wednesday afternoon. According to police investigation, the victims Jennifer Capua and Alliana Grace Biacan, 10 and 12 years old respectively, both residents of Barangay Poblacion in Mapandan town. The victims were having a picnic along the…

A policeman stationed here assigned as investigator, was arrested over alleged extortion Monday. Arrested in an entrapment set by joint elements of the Lingayen Police Station and the Police Intelligence Unit was P/ Senior Master Sergeant Pedro Vinluan, 38 years old, a resident of Barangay Buenlag in Calasiao, after receiving…

AN ex-policeman, tagged as a member of a gun-for-hire group operating in the province, was shot dead in Mangaldan town by authorities in a shootout last Monday after resisting arrest. P/Lt. Col. Colonel Jun Wacnag, Mangaldan chief of police, identified the suspect as Efren Ponceja, a resident of Barangay Bued…

JUST when two robbery suspects armed with a fan knife thought they spotted an easy victim, they ended up in a worse situation they never imagined. P/Corporal Lawrence Ocampo was off-duty and was walking by the street in Barangay San Miguel in Calasiao town, when he was suddenly accosted by…

A man and woman working in tandem in illegal drug trade fell in another drug buy-bust operation conducted by operatives of the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) and Dagupan City Police in the afternoon of June 22 along Galvan Street in Barangay II and III. The suspects were identified as…

DYNAMITE fishing has not stopped in the Lingayen Gulf at anytime during the General Community Quarantine. This was bared by the report of the Binmaley Police on June 4 after the joint Binmaley Police and Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) team responded to a call from a Bike…

AGENTS of the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) arrested the drug den maintainer and four others in what was supposed to be a mere buys-bust operation in Barangay Bonuan Gueset in Dagupan City that led to the seizure of PHP 85,000 worth of suspected shabu in an operation last May…