PO1 Oliebeth Ligutan Viernes

About PO1 Oliebeth Ligutan Viernes:

• >> PO1 Oliebeth Ligutan Viernes, from Tuguegarao City, had dreams of seeing his wife Virgie sign up for the police force. 
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• >> “He was always envious of couples who are both serving in the Philippine National Police, so he also dreamed that one day, I can join him there,” she said. 
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• >> It’s a dream that she intends to turn into a reality after his tragic death at the age of 34. 
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• >> “I would want to assume the position left behind by my husband,” Virgie told the Inquirer 
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• >> After graduating from Cagayan College with a degree in BS Criminology, Oliebeth joined the PNP in 2007.  

PO1 Joseph Gumatay Sagonoy

About PO1 Joseph Gumatay Sagonoy:

• >> On Jan. 25, 2015, PO1 Joseph Sagonoy, 26, was seen online on Facebook. 
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• >> His older brother James, an overseas Filipino worker in United Arab Emirates, messaged him immediately when he saw the green dot beside Joseph’s name. “Tol, kamusta ka na? Hope you’re OK dyan (Brother, how are you? Hope you’re OK there),” James said. 
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• >> He knew that Joseph was in Mindanao for a mission right after just finishing training. They last spoke via phone call three day earlier before Joseph left for Mamasapano, Maguindanao. 
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• >> Joseph did not reply. Only after James messaged did he get sent via Facebook message an initial list of 41 men – the number has since been raised to 44 – who died in Mamasapano, Maguindanao, on Jan. 25 after 11 hours of fighting. Joseph’s name was No. 28. 
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• >> James struggled to hold back tears in an interview with INQUIRER.net during the arrival of 42 bodies on Jan. 29 at Villamor Air Base.
  
  
   

PO1 Mark Lory Orloque Clemencio

About PO1 Mark Lory Orloque Clemencio:

• >> Before PO1 Mark Clemencio joined the Philippine National Police Special Action Force (PNP-SAF), he worked as an instructor in Tacloban City.
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• >> He and his family survived Supertyphoon “Yolanda” (international name: Haiyan) when it ravaged Eastern Visayas in November 2013. 
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• >> Mark also worked at Adamson University as a teacher before his death. 
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• >> Originally from Cariaga, Leyte province, Mark was based in Zamboanga City as part of the PNP-SAF. He graduated from Philippine College of Criminology as part of “Mabikas” Class of 2010, to which four others slain belonged: Police Officers 2 Noel Balaca and Rodel Ramacula, and Police Officers 1 Windel Candano and Angel Kodiamat.
  
  
   

PO1 Romeo Cumanoy Cempron

About PO1 Romeo Cumanoy Cempron:

• >> PO1 Romeo Cempron, based in Zamboanga City as part of the Philippine National Police Special Action Force, wanted to seek reassignment to Cebu province after five years of service in order to be closer to Christine, his wife of three years.
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• >> Romeo, a native of Bohol province, leaves not only a wife behind, but also plans for a baby Cempron.  

PO1 Gringo Charag Cayang-O

About PO1 Gringo Charag Cayang-O:

• >> PO1 Gringo Cayang-o was from Sadanga, Mountain Province. 
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• >> In 2010, he graduated from Mountain Province State Polytechnic College and passed the Criminologist Licensure Examination. 
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• >> Gringo was honored along with six other policemen hailing from the Cordillera region during a Mass at the headquarters of the Cordillera police. His remains arrived early morning on Jan. 31.
  
  
   

PO1 Loreto Guyab Capinding

About PO1 Loreto Guyab Capinding: 

• >> At the necrological services for the slain 44 policemen at Camp Bagong Diwa in Taguig, the mother of PO1 Loreto Capinding II let out one hysterical wail after another at the sight of her son’s coffin. 
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• >> Loreto was set to marry his girlfriend of seven years, Genevieve Binoya, in 2016. He did not tell her about the Mamasapano mission. Had it succeeded, Loreto would have been reassigned to Isabela to be closer to Genevieve and the rest of his family. 
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• >> Anastacia remembered her son Loreto – a native of San Mateo, Isabela province – as a good man whose fate should have instead been inflicted onto his killer. 
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• >> Loreto’s remains were returned to Barangay Villa Fuerte around 8 a.m. on Jan. 31.

PO1 Windel Llano Candano

About PO1 Windel Llano Candano:

• >> PO1 Windel Candano – a native of Dumanjug, Cebu province – will be remembered as a man who left no soldier behind on the battlefield.
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• >> Windel, the soldiers recounted, was killed when he was shot while treating a soldier.
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• >> Windel was a graduate of electrical engineering but took an exam to become a policeman despite her mother's reluctance. He later became part of the PNP-SAF and was assigned to the medical team.

• >> Windel could have chosen to save himself amid the heavy gunfire but he stayed and treat the wounded until he was fatally shot.

•  >> When his remains arrived at Mactan International Airport on Jan. 31, Windel’s relatives wore shirts bearing his photo and the words, “Our hero” and “Justice for Windel.”