DETONATED. The area where the Communist Party of the Philippines-New People's Army (CPP-NPA) detonated two-directional type anti-personnel mine (APM) in Barangay Jolason, Tubungan in Iloilo on Oct. 24. In an interview on Wednesday (Oct. 27, 2021), Col. Gilbert Gorero, director of the Iloilo Police Provincial Office (IPPO), said the rebel group would like to get rid of the presence of the Philippine National Police in the area so they can harass and get the support of the community.(Photo courtesy of Tubungan Municipal Police Station) ILOILO CITY - The atrocity committed by the Communist Party of the Philippines-New People's Army (CPP-NPA) in the municipality of Tubungan, Iloilo on Sunday was a tactic to prevent development in the area. This is according to Col. Gilbert Gorero, director of the Iloilo Police Provincial Office (IPPO), in an interview Wednesday following an explosion near the patrol base of the 1st Iloilo Provincial Mobile Force Command (IPMFC) morning of Oct. 24 i
MANILA - Philippine National Police (PNP) chief, Gen. Guillermo Eleazar, on Tuesday directed the Iloilo police to conduct follow-up operations against the communist terrorists behind the bomb attack that injured two police officers during an encounter in the province. "The NPA (New People's Army) attack that resulted in the wounding of two of our policemen is certainly a strategy being employed to make it appear that they are still strong and eventually use as a leverage for their extortion activities to candidates for the next year's elections," PNP chief, Gen. Guillermo Eleazar said in a statement. Eleazar identified the injured policemen as Pat. Jessie Castamado and Cpl. Genel Simpas. Initial reports indicated that personnel from the Iloilo Police Mobile Force Company were harassed by members of the NPA's Southern Front Komite, Komiteng Rehiyon Panay at their base area in Barangay Mayang in the town of Tubungan on Sunday afternoon. The local police then pursued
ENCOUNTER SITE. Policemen cordon off the area where two anti-personnel mines were detonated by insurgents in an encounter in Barangay Jolason, Tubungan, Iloilo on Sunday afternoon (Oct. 24, 2021). The incident wounded two members of the 1st Iloilo Provincial Mobile Force Command. (Photo courtesy of Tubungan MPS) ILOILO CITY - Strings of criminal cases will be filed against the Communist Party of the Philippines-New People's Army (CPP-NPA) for detonating two anti-personnel mines (APM) that injured two government troops during an encounter that lasted about seven minutes in Barangay Jolason, Tubungan, Iloilo on Oct. 24. Two members of the 1st Iloilo Provincial Mobile Force Command (IPMFC) were injured in the clash against elements of the NPA's Southern Front Committee, Komiteng Rehiyon Panay. Lt. Alwin Salmon, officer-in-charge of the Tubungan Municipal Police Station, identified the wounded as Pat. Jessie Castamado, who was already discharged from the hospital, and Corporal Gene
ENCOUNTER SITE. Policemen cordon off the area where two anti-personnel mines were detonated by insurgents in an encounter in Barangay Jolason, Tubungan, Iloilo on Sunday afternoon (Oct. 24, 2021). The incident wounded two members of the 1st Iloilo Provincial Mobile Force Command. (Photo courtesy of Tubungan MPS) ILOILO CITY - Strings of criminal cases will be filed against the Communist Party of the Philippines-New People's Army (CPP-NPA) that detonated two anti-personnel mines (APM) during an encounter that lasted about seven minutes in Barangay Jolason, Tubungan, Iloilo on Sunday. Two members of the 1st Iloilo Provincial Mobile Force Command (IPMFC) were injured in the clash against elements of the NPA's Southern Front Committee, Komiteng Rehiyon Panay. Lt. Alwin Salmon, officer-in-charge of the Tubungan Municipal Police Station, identified the wounded as Pat. Jessie Castamado, who was already discharged from the hospital, and Corporal Genel Simpas, who is confined in a hospi