Posted by Mindanao Pagadian Frontline
Hirohito D. Cadion
| Dumalinao Mayor Ace Cerilles (Photo by Jong Cadion) |
PAGADIAN
CITY, Zamboanga del Sur, Jan. 31 (PNA) -- Mayor Ace William Cerilles of the
nearby Dumalinao town said the death of the Special Action Force (SAF) police
officers, who were his town mates, is a great loss for his municipality.
Cerilles
issued the statement as he joined the arrival honors ceremony Saturday afforded
to the late Senior Insp. John Garry Erana, the commanding officer of the 55th
Special Action Company.
Erana,
who hails from Dumalinao town, this province, is one of the 44 SAF policemen,
including seven officers, that killed in the alleged “misencounter” last Sunday
in Barangay Tukanalipao, Mamasapano, Maguindanao.
The
remains of Erana arrived here at 9 a.m. Saturday aboard a commercial plane from
Manila.
Supposedly,
the remains of three slain SAF policemen, including Erana, are scheduled to
arrive here Saturday.