A POLICEMAN in Tayug was arrested in an entrapment operation for extorting cash from an applicant wanting to join the Philippine National Police. P/Major Arnold Soriano, officer-in-charge at Tayug Police Station, said the suspect, P/ Exec. Master Sgt. Marlon Aguilar, 39 years old, a resident of Brgy. Camantiles, Urdaneta City,…

THE Pangasinan Police Provincial Office has formed a special investigation task group (SITG) to investigate and determine the identity of the suspects behind the killing of a barangay chairman in Bautista town. According to P/Colonel Redrico Maranan, police provincial director, the SITG will investigate the murder of Richard Baricuatro Roldan,…

A FAKE dentist in Mangaldan town was arrested by the National Bureau of Investigation Dagupan District Office (NBI-DADO) in an entrapment operation last Monday. Atty. Rizaldy Jaymalin, NBI-DADO chief, identified the suspect as 55-year-old Wilma Ylang Almazan, who was operating in a dental clinic inside the Mangaldan Public Market. The…

THREE individuals from Dagupan City were arrested, following a buy-bust operation by operatives of the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA). Retchie Camacho, PDEA Pangasinan Team Leader, said that the suspects Bernadette Navarro, 48; Marcos Paras, 59; and Noel Muerong, 44, all considered high value targets (HVT) were nabbed in Barangay…

FREED EARLIER ON PLEA BARGAINING THREE high value target drug personalities were arrested last Thursday at 1.30 a.m. in a buy-bust operation by the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency in old De Venecia Highway in Barangay Lucao, Dagupan City.   PDEA Pangasinan Provincial Officer Dexter Asayco identified the suspects as Christopher Villa,…

A teacher from Sta. Maria town was found dead in a rice field in Tayug last Tuesday allegedly killed by two 17-year-old boys. P/Major Wilmer Pagaduan, Tayug police chief, said the victim Arnaldo Tabucol, was found dead by a resident in Barangay Libertad with his throat slit open. Police’s initial…

THE policemen in Region 1 are fearless but they fear only one thing–being involved in administrative cases that may affect their career growth. This was how National Police Commission Regional Director Monday Samson described a career in the police during the KBP forum on Thursday. Samson said in 2017 administrative cases against policemen were…

A MUNICIPAL employee in Calasiao town was shot dead by unidentified suspects along an interior road in Barangay Ambonao-Nansangaan Friday last week. The victim was identified as Edu Gabriana, 42 years old and a resident of Barangay Lasip of the town. Calasiao police investigation showed that Gabriana was riding his…

A businessman and a student were wounded when a farmer shot them on New Year’s Eve in Barangay Gumot, San Fabian. P/Major Francisco Castillo, town police chief, identified the victims as Roberto Casipit, 37, resident of Inmalog Norte, and 16-year old John Kenneth Madiola, of Barangay Gumot, both from San…

A policeman of San Nicolas town and a still unidentified rider at presstime, died after their motorcycles collided with another motorcycle on January 3, Friday while crossing the provincial road, Zone 2 Brgy. San Roque in the town of San Nicolas.   P/Captain Renato Gacad, town police chief, identified the fatality as…