AWARD. Brig. Gen. Flynn Dongbo, director of Police Regional Office-Western Visayas, awards the Philippine National Police Wounded Personnel Medal to Lt. Charles Richard Casalan, deputy chief of Binalbagan Municipal Police Station, at a hospital in Bacolod City on Monday (Feb. 14, 2022). Casalan was injured when NPA rebels detonated an anti-personnel mine by the roadside while his team was responding to a call for assistance on February 13.(Photo courtesy of Negros Occidental Police Provincial Office) BACOLOD CITY - All stations and units under the Negros Occidental Police Provincial Office (NOCPPO) have strengthened security operations after two policemen were wounded in a roadside blast perpetrated by the Communist Party of the Philippines-New People's Army (CPP-NPA) in the southern town of Binalbagan on February 13. "After the incident, we have switched to full alert status. We don't want any incident like that to happen again in our police stations especially those in v
CONDEMNED. The site of the roadside encounter where suspected CPP-NPA members engaged policemen and detonated an anti-personal mine in Barangay Bi-ao, Binalbagan, Negros Occidental on Sunday (Feb. 13, 2022). The Western Visayas Regional Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict condemned the "senseless violence" calling it a "treacherous attack" for detonating anti-personnel mine aimed at the policemen. (Photo courtesy of Negros Occidental Police Provincial Office) ILOILO CITY - The people of Negros Island should stand up and cooperate with the government to put an end to the local communist insurgency. The Western Visayas Regional Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict (RTF6-ELCAC) made the call on Monday following a roadside encounter with suspected members of the Communist Party of the Philippines-New People's Army (CPP-NPA) and the Binalbagan Municipal Police Station (BMPS) in Barangay Bi-ao on Sunday that injured two policemen and one minor
Brig. Gen. Inocencio Pasaporte, commander of the Philippine Army's 303rdInfantry Brigade (PNA Bacolod file photo) BACOLOD CITY - A top official of the Philippine Army in Negros Island has urged candidates in the May 9 national and local elections to reject the extortion demands of the Communist Party of the Philippines-New People's Army (CPP-NPA) during the campaign period. Brig. Gen. Inocencio Pasaporte, commander of the 303rd Infantry Brigade based in Murcia, Negros Occidental, said on Monday that Sunday's attack on the police officers in Binalbagan town seems to indicate that the communist terrorists want to make their presence felt. "They want to impress on the public and the candidates that they still exist, that they are still a force to reckon. However, we can see they only have minimal force. They don't even want to face our troops on the ground," Pasaporte said in a radio interview. He added that the NPA apparently wants to pressure candidates in cert
ROADSIDE BOMB. The encounter site, where suspected CPP-NPA members engaged policemen and detonated an anti-personal mine, in Barangay Bi-ao, Binalbagan, Negros Occidental on Sunday (Feb. 13, 2022). Two personnel of Binalbagan Municipal Police Station were injured during the explosion while a 15-year-old boy was hit by a stray bullet. (Photo courtesy of Negros Occidental Police Provincial Office) BACOLOD CITY - Two policemen and a minor in Binalbagan, Negros Occidental were wounded during a roadside encounter with suspected members of Communist Party of the Philippines-New People's Army (CPP-NPA) in Barangay Bi-ao on Sunday morning. Police report said Lt. Charles Richard Casalan, the station's deputy chief of police, and Cpl. Julius Tranquillero, sustained minor injuries during an explosion and were treated in the town infirmary, along with a 15-year-old boy, who was hit by a stray bullet. Maj. Ellendie Rebusquillo, chief of Binalbagan Municipal Police Station, said 10 of his me