Subic expressway guard gunned down
By Dante M. Fabian Sun Star
CAMP OLIVAS -- A security man at the Subic-Clark-Tarlac Expressway Project (SCTEP) was shot dead by suspected members of the New People's Army (NPA) in Barangay Alfonso, Concepcion, Tarlac last Thursday.
Police said the slain security man was identified as Rolando Merido, 47, of San Julian, Moncada, Tarlac was rushed to a hospital in Concepcion but he died later of several bullet wounds.
Merido was a former member of the Civilian Armed Forces Geographical Unit (Cafgu) and among those employed to provide security to the SCTEP construction in Concepcion.
The SCTEP is being implemented by government through the Bases Conversion and Development Authority (BCDA) now headed by former Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) chief of staff Narciso Abaya.
Many farmers and landowners displaced along its 94-kilometer path have reportedly grown impatient with the failure of the BCDA to fulfill its promises of compensation for their right-of-way (ROW) claims.
A report reaching the office of Chief Superintendent Alejandro C. Lapinid, director of the Central Luzon police, blamed the harassment on six armed men believed to be NPA members.
The military and police reported that the rebels were led by Oliver Millo alias "Ka Red" and Renato Gonzala alias "Ka Joe" who are operating in the province of Tarlac.
Police said the alleged communist rebels, armed with M16 and M14 rifles, alighted from a light-colored van of unknown plate stopped near the Philippine Army (PA) Detachment along Alfonso Concepcion Road and shot at the victim. The first volley of gunfire hit Merido, prompting the soldiers and Cafgu volunteers to fire back that forced the rebels to speed away headed to the town proper.
CAMP OLIVAS -- A security man at the Subic-Clark-Tarlac Expressway Project (SCTEP) was shot dead by suspected members of the New People's Army (NPA) in Barangay Alfonso, Concepcion, Tarlac last Thursday.
Police said the slain security man was identified as Rolando Merido, 47, of San Julian, Moncada, Tarlac was rushed to a hospital in Concepcion but he died later of several bullet wounds.
Merido was a former member of the Civilian Armed Forces Geographical Unit (Cafgu) and among those employed to provide security to the SCTEP construction in Concepcion.
The SCTEP is being implemented by government through the Bases Conversion and Development Authority (BCDA) now headed by former Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) chief of staff Narciso Abaya.
Many farmers and landowners displaced along its 94-kilometer path have reportedly grown impatient with the failure of the BCDA to fulfill its promises of compensation for their right-of-way (ROW) claims.
A report reaching the office of Chief Superintendent Alejandro C. Lapinid, director of the Central Luzon police, blamed the harassment on six armed men believed to be NPA members.
The military and police reported that the rebels were led by Oliver Millo alias "Ka Red" and Renato Gonzala alias "Ka Joe" who are operating in the province of Tarlac.
Police said the alleged communist rebels, armed with M16 and M14 rifles, alighted from a light-colored van of unknown plate stopped near the Philippine Army (PA) Detachment along Alfonso Concepcion Road and shot at the victim. The first volley of gunfire hit Merido, prompting the soldiers and Cafgu volunteers to fire back that forced the rebels to speed away headed to the town proper.
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