The guerilla in Panay

Abstract

Hon. Borra was deeply involved in the resistance movement in Panay during World War II, and consequently he knows whereof he speaks. He was for some time congressman and former chairman, Commission on Election. A man of principles and unquestioned integrity, he is a respected leader in Iloilo.

This is an account of the Panay Guerrilla from a higher perspective. It is intended to depict, as if from a distance, the philosophy behind it, the policies and changes thereof adopted in pursuance of the philosophy as well as the concrete steps taken to apply the policies in actual operation. Details of the resistance movement which could have been more interesting for the pathos, excitement, suffering, and triumphs that were experienced had been limited to the minimum and only to better present in bold relief the projections intended by the account.

This account is written, more or less, from memory. Documents which were in the possession of the author had long been lost, although parallel and confirmatory documents might be in the possession of others who, having the time to relate the incidents as near as possible to the time of their occurrence, might have had the good fortune of still preserving them. This notwithstanding, the author gives assurance that his own presentation here is as near the truth as is humanly possible to do so.