Defenses of police stations in Negros Island have been fortified in anticipation of more violent activities of the New People's Army, in line with its 47th founding anniversary on March 29, police regional director Chief Supt. Conrado Capa said yesterday.
Capa said troopers of the PNP safety companies were also ordered to operate against lawless elements.
The strengthening of police defenses also came in the wake of the recent ambush in Candoni town that claimed the lives of two policemen and caused injuries to four others, including two civilians, the responsibility for which was claimed by the Armando Sumayang Command of the NPA in southern Negros.
Capa said it has been a tradition of the NPA to initiate violent activities during its founding anniversary, just to prove that they are still a force to reckon with.
He, however, said he is not inclined to believe that the NPA in Negros is going strong.
Military estimates say that there are still about 200 armed NPA rebels operating in Negros island.
Capa raised the possibility of conferring posthumous promotions to slain Police Officers Joe Harry Peralta and Henry Vell Pacheco, but a PNP board should be determined if they qualify.
He also called on the NPA to stop justifying its action of staging the ambush in Candoni.
Capa said that the two slain policemen have no connection whatsoever to illegal activities, as they were only office personnel, contrary to accusations of the NPA.
Capa led the donning of ranks on newly-promoted Supts. Cresenciano Cordero, Charles Tancinco, Giovani Martinez and Elmer Conchas, all assigned as deputies of various divisions of the Police Regional Office 18, in a ceremony held at Camp Alfredo Montelibano Sr. in Bacolod City.
He also announced the transfer of PRO 18 staff offices in Brgy. Mandalagan, Bacolod City, next month.
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