MANILA, Philippines — The Philippine National Police (PNP) has reassigned six ranking police officials effective on Tuesday, July 2.
The reorganization is in line with PNP chief General Rommel Marbil’s order dated July 1.
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Below is the list of police officers and their new assignment, based on the order:
- Lieutenant General Jonnel Estomo – Commander of Area Police Command (APC)-Southern Luzon
- Major General Bernard Banac – Acting Commander, APC-Western Mindanao
- Major General Mafelino Bazar – officer-in-charge (OIC), Directorate for Information and Communications Technology Management
- Brigadier General Roderick Augustus Alba – OIC, Directorate for Police Community Relations
- Brigadier General Jerich Royales – Deputy Director for Human Resource and Doctrine Development
- Brigadier General Neri Vincent Ignacio – Deputy Director for Comptrollership
In a press briefing, PNP spokesperson Col. Jean Fajardo said the reshuffle came after the retirement of some senior police officials.
“If you remember, the director of DICTM (Directorate for Information and Communications Technology Management) of LSS (Logistics Support Service) has retired, and more senior police officers are scheduled to retire this week,” she said.
“So we need to fill out these vacancies, so there was a reshuffle,” she added.