Three Filipino fishermen were rescued by a United States Navy vessel off the coast of Pangasinan after their boat submerged on New Year’s Day, Jan. 1. The fisherfolk were identified as Michael Lebios, Michael John Lebios, and Lorjun Lupague, who are all residents of Sitio Pocdol, Barangay Cato,...
DAGUPAN CITY – Missing bride-to-be Sherra de Juan has been reunited with her family. De Juan was found in Sison, Pangasinan and police and her family arrived on Monday afternoon to pick her up. The Quezon City Police District is expected to announce details about this development once De Juan...
Police in Pangasinan and Cagayan provinces destroyed confiscated illegal firecrackers on Saturday, Dec. 27. Pangasinan The Pangasinan Police Provincial Office recovered 10,906 illegal firecrackers, mufflers, and “boga” or improvised cannon. These were destroyed as part of the intensified...
DAGUPAN CITY – Police said an illegal fireworks manufacturing and storage facility exploded in Barangay Bacayao Norte here on Christmas Day. Dagupan police chief Police Col. Orly Pagaduan said debris from a makeshift fireworks factory were discovered in the house. Two individuals were killed and...
SAN JACINTO, Pangasinan – Eleven individuals were injured after an amusement park ride at the town plaza here collapsed on Wednesday night, Dec. 24. The Police Regional Office-1 said injured were a 37-year-old mechanic, a 19-year-old female, two female minors, and seven male minors. Investigation...
CAMP FLORENDO, San Fernando City, La Union – Six people were injured in an accident on the Tarlac-Pangasinan-La Union Expressway (TPLEX) in Barangay San Blas, Villasis, Pangasinan on Saturday, Dec. 20. Police said the incident occurred at around 3:12 a.m. A 61-year-old engineer reportedly...
Four people were stabbed in an altercation during a drinking spree before dawn on Monday, Dec. 15, in Mangatarem, Pangasinan. Police said the victims were a 19-year-old man, 31-year-old man, 25-year-old woman, and a 24-year-old man. Investigation said the victims were having a drinking spree with...
LINGAYEN, Pangasinan – The Pangasinan Police Provincial Office led by officer-in-charge Police Col. Arbel Mercullo deployed a 300-strong Civil Disturbance Management (CDM) unit to secure the three-day Iglesia ni Cristo rally in Manila from Nov. 16 to 18. Mercullo said their presence in the event...
CALASIAO, Pangasinan – Several statues and liturgical equipment were destroyed by a woman at the Saints Peter and Paul Parish Church here on Thursday afternoon. A church employee said the woman – Julie, 44 – entered and destroyed religious properties without any apparent reason with a wooden...
Suspected shabu valued at P13.6 million was seized in a buy-bust operation in Bolinao town, Pangasinan province on Wednesday. Two high-value individuals were arrested and two kilos of shabu were recovered in the operation in Purok 4, Barangay Ilog-Malino. In a statement Thursday, acting Philippine...
CALASIAO, Pangasinan – Businessmen suffered losses as super typhoon “Uwan” battered this province this week. Hundreds of mango trees toppled here, San Carlos City, and nearby municipalities. As a result, mangoes due for harvest in the last week of November are now being sold for as low as...
A total of 2,291 families or 7,641 individuals have evacuated as of 5 p.m. on Sunday in Pangasinan after the provincial government, in coordination with the Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG), mandated forced evacuation amid the threat of super typhoon ‘’Uwan.‘’...
