Donation Drive: A CALL FOR CORDILLERAN UNITY

The group behind the 14 Cordilleran Heroes tribute page have put up an account for everyone who would like to give their donations to the families of the 14 brave Cordilleran SAF (Special Action Force) members. [Read the story behind the creation of the page here and another one written by Mr. Alexander Bangsoy, here ] The page name states "13", because it was only later that they found out that another SAF is also an Ifugao, who grew up in Nueva Vizcaya. They can no longer change the name of the page to "14 Cordilleran Heroes" due to Facebook's policy that the name can no longer be changed when more than 200 likes are reached.

Here are the names of the 14 Heroes and where they were from:

1. PO3 Robert D. Allaga - Banaue, Ifugao
2. Police Senior Inspector Cyrus Anniban - Balbalan, Kalinga
3. PO1 Russel Bilog - Tabuk, Kalinga and Sagada, Mt. Province
4. PO2 Peterson I. Carap - Kabayan, Benguet
5. PO1 Gringo C. Cayang-O - Sadanga, Mt. Province
6. PO2 Franklin C. Danao - Tinoc, Ifugao
7. PO2 Walner F. Danao - Irisan, Baguio City
8. PO2 Joel Dulnuan - Kiangan, Ifugao
9. PO3 Noel O. Golocan - Lepanto, Benguet and Mt. Province
10. PO2 Jerry D. Kayob - La Trinidad, Benguet
11. PO2 Noble S. Kiangan - Mankayan, Benguet
12. PO1 Angel C. Kodiamat - Bontoc, Mt. Province
13. PO2 Nicky D.C. Nacino Jr- Baguio City
    
14. Police Senior Inspector Gednat G. Tabdi - La Trinidad, Benguet

The bank account made is a joint account under the names of Fr. ANDRES COSALAN Jr. (an ibaloi representing the catholic church), BISHOP JOEL PACHAO (from Bontoc and representing the episcopal church), BISHOP PETER MAYYAM (an Ifugao representing the evangelical churches) and ALEXANDER BANGSOY (from Mountain Province).

You may place your donations through:

• BPI SAVINGS ACCOUNT No. 0573-3545-83.

FOR OVERSEAS DEPOSITORS, please indicate this SWIFT CODE : BOPIPHMN. You can address your donations to any of the names of the four account holders.

Important Reminders:

• *Please take note that the account will only be open for ONE MONTH from February 2 up to March 2, 2015. The four account holders will be closing the account on the last day. The four account holders of the joint account will withdraw and close the account in the presence of the representatives of each of the 14 families where the entire balance of the account would be WITHDRAWN and DIVIDED EQUALLY among the 14 families.
• **If you want to still help after March 2, 2015 the individual contact details of the families where you can contact them directly will be published.
• ***An initial amount of Php 14,000 has been deposited on the account as a symbolism of Cordillera's 14 brave SAF officers.

For more info:

• A daily update of the donations received is announced on the Official Facebook Page: 14-Cordilleran-Heroes
• You may also contact: Alexander Bangsoy
• The Faces Behind the Names
• The SAF 44: Our Sons, our Heroes