{"id":223702,"date":"2019-07-21T00:17:16","date_gmt":"2019-07-21T04:17:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=223702"},"modified":"2019-07-21T00:17:46","modified_gmt":"2019-07-21T04:17:46","slug":"prrd-visits-wake-of-cops-killed-by-alleged-npas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2019\/07\/21\/prrd-visits-wake-of-cops-killed-by-alleged-npas\/","title":{"rendered":"PRRD visits wake of cops killed by alleged NPAs"},"content":{"rendered":"
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FILE: President Rodrigo Roa Duterte commiserates with the kin of one of the slain police officers as he visits the wake at Camp Lt. Col. Francisco C. Fernandez Jr. in Sibulan, Negros Oriental on July 20, 2019. During his visit, the President honors the four police officers who were killed in an ambush by suspected communist rebels last July 18. With the President are Interior and Local Government Secretary Eduardo A\u00f1o, Senator Christopher Lawrence “Bong” Go, and Philippine National Police Chief General Oscar Albayalde. ALBERT ALCAIN\/PRESIDENTIAL PHOTO<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

MANILA<\/strong>\u00a0\u2014 President Rodrigo Duterte on Saturday night visited the wake of four police personnel killed in an ambush by alleged members of the New People\u2019s Army (NPA), an armed wing of the Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP), in Ayungon, Negros Oriental on Thursday (July 18).<\/p>\n

Duterte was accompanied by his former top aide, Senator Christopher \u201cBong\u201d Go, Interior and Local Government Secretary Eduardo A\u00f1o, Philippine National Police (PNP) chief, Gen. Oscar Albayalde, and Office of the Presidential Assistant for the Visayas, Secretary Michael Lloyd Dino.<\/p>\n

The President did not give any speech but led the conferment of the Order of Lapu-Lapu during the awarding rites held at Camp Francisco Fernandez, Sibulan, Negros Oriental.<\/p>\n

They will also be receiving a PHP250,000 financial assistance from the government among other forms of aid.<\/p>\n

The slain cops who received the posthumous award were Cpl. Relebert Beronio, Pat. Raffy Callao, Pat. Ruel Cabellon, and Pat. Marquino de Leon.<\/p>\n

The slain cops who received the posthumous award were Cpl. Relebert Beronio, Pat. Raffy Callao, Pat. Ruel Cabellon, and Pat. Marquino de Leon.<\/p>\n

They are all intelligence personnel from the 704th Mobile Force Company Regional Mobile Force Battalion of the PNP in Central Visayas.<\/p>\n

An initial report from the PNP showed that at around 2:30 p.m. on July 18, the four cops were on their way to the detachment at Sitio Nabinca when they were abducted by a group of NPA rebels and shot several times.<\/p>\n

The Order of Lapu-Lapu is given to persons in government or private sector who have rendered extraordinary service or have made exceptional contributions to the success of the President\u2019s campaign or advocacy.<\/p>\n

CPP-NPA is listed as a terrorist organization by the United States, European Union, the United Kingdom, Australia, Canada, New Zealand, and the Philippines.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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