Capt. Goyo Casenas Monument

Overview

The Capt. Goyo Casenas Monument is a historic monument in Poblacion, Jagna, Bohol. It is recorded in the BPTO provincial tourist-attraction inventory under the “History and Culture / Historic Monuments” classification. The monument is near the Jagna Baywalk and the St. Michael Parish Church in the Poblacion area.

A statue honoring Captain Gregorio “Goyo” Caseñas and his men was erected on April 24, 2011, at Jagna’s municipal plaza — placing it in Poblacion, consistent with this entity’s location. Caseñas led a force of roughly 413 Bohol fighters, armed mainly with daggers, machetes, and spears and few firearms, against American colonial troops during the Philippine-American War. The planned ambush, at Barangay Lonoy, was betrayed in advance to the Americans by a local named Francisco “Isko” Acala, and the encounter — which took place on Easter Sunday, 1901 — became a rout: over 406 of the roughly 413 Filipino fighters were killed, including Caseñas, against 3 Americans killed and 10 wounded. See the Lonoy Martyr Site entry for the battle site itself, in the same municipality.

Location

Poblacion, Jagna, Bohol. The Jagna Poblacion is the town centre, adjacent to the baywalk and the parish church along the south coast.

Getting There

From Tagbilaran City, travel east by bus or van to Jagna — approximately 1.5 to 2 hours. The monument is in the Poblacion, walkable from the Jagna port and baywalk area.

Practical Info

• Installation date: April 24, 2011 (statue at the municipal plaza)
• Located in a plaza setting, walkable from the baywalk and parish church
• [TO ENRICH: monument material, dimensions, access hours]

What to Expect

The event is locally known as the Battle — some accounts say Massacre — of Lonoy. In its aftermath, American forces reportedly burned Jagna town, sparing only the church, convent, and a handful of houses. Together with the historical marker at the actual battle site in Barangay Lonoy (see Lonoy Martyr Site), this plaza monument gives the same event two focal points in the same municipality — one at the town center, one at the ground where it happened.

Notes

• The monument is in the Jagna Poblacion, making it accessible as part of a walking tour of Jagna’s central heritage sites alongside St. Michael Parish Church and the baywalk.
• Jagna also contains the Lonoy Martyr Site — the historical marker at the actual battle site, in the same municipality.
• Era confirmed: Philippine-American War, 1901 (not the earlier Philippine Revolution against Spain).
• Battle of Lonoy — Wikipedia, accessed 2026-07-17.
• Jagna Martyrs — NHCP Philippine Historic Sites Registry, accessed 2026-07-17.
• 2026-07-28 research pass on monument material, dimensions, and access hours: no source found any of these three facts. Checked, with fresh angles beyond the original Wikipedia/NHCP citations: the Jagna LGU official site (jagna.gov.ph and jagna.gov.ph/tourism — tourism subpage returned no monument content, described as under maintenance), the Bohol Provincial Tourism Office site (tourism.bohol.gov.ph/visitbohol-jagna), the Provincial Government of Bohol municipal profile (bohol.gov.ph/about/municipalities/3rd-district/jagna), two Bohol travel blogs with on-site photos of the statue (Adrenaline Romance, My Wanderings), and a second NHCP mirror page. None describe the statue’s material, height/dimensions, sculptor, or any access-hours restriction (as an open plaza monument it likely has none, but this is inference, not a sourced fact, so left unstated). One incidental finding: the plaza itself is locally called “Goyo Plaza” (per Adrenaline Romance, 2017) — not currently reflected in this entity’s body text, flagged here for a future pass rather than added now since it wasn’t a tagged fact gap. TripAdvisor and Facebook searches for the monument specifically returned no dedicated listing. Next attempt should try: direct outreach to Jagna Tourism Office (jagnatourism@gmail.com / 09985441077, per Bohol Provincial Tourism Office listing) or the “Jagna Bohol Tourism” Facebook page, since no further public web source appears to document these specifics.