About PO2 Joel Bimidang Dulnuan:
- >> PO2 Joel Dulnuan did not let obstacles get in his way.
- >> In his desire to finish his degree in BS Criminology at University of the Cordilleras, he worked hard, first as a janitor and then a crew member at a fast food joint, according to the Philippine News Agency.
- >> As a child, Joel and his cousins used to play with wooden rifles during their free time in between tending to their vegetable farm.
- >> Joel joined the Philippine National Police in 2007 and was a veteran of the Zamboanga City siege and was given a Medal of Heroism for his courage and gallantry in action.
- >> The 30-year-old, who died in the Mamapasano operation, was given a hero’s welcome in his hometown on January 31. Residents lined the highway as the convoy carrying his body made its way to Villaverde, Nueva Vizcaya province.
- >> Joel was laid to rest beside the grave of his brother PO1 Jackson Dulnuan near their family home in Barangay Ocapon. He leaves behind a wife and child.
- >> His sister Corazon is even more determined to pursue her dream of joining the PNP in honor of her brother. Joel has also inspired many from his village to become either a police officer or soldier, even out of school youth and the unemployed.
- >> Family, friends and neighbors expressed messages of love and mourning at Joel’s burial and online.
