Pinangunahan ni Philippine National Police (PNP) Chief Police General Benjamin Acorda Jr. ang paggawad ng promosyon sa 15 heneral ng PNP sa Donning of Ranks Ceremony kahapon sa Camp Crame.
Ang mga na-promote ay pinangunahan ni Police Lieutenant General Jon Arnaldo, ang Chief Directorial Staff na tumanggap ng kanyang pangatlong estrella.
Sina PNP Director for Intelligence Police Major General Robert Alexander Morico, II, at Director for Information and Communications Technology Management, Police Major General Neil Alinsangan ay kapwa ginawaran naman ng kanilang pangalawang estrella.
Habang ang iba pang na-promote ay umangat sa Brigadier o one-Star General mula sa full Colonel.
Kabilang dito sina: PBGEN Jerico Baldeo – Chief, Human Rights Affairs Office; PBGEN Jovencio Badua, Jr – Deputy Regional Director for Administration, Police Regional Office 1; PBGEN Noel Reyes Sandoval – Executive Officer, Directorate for Investigation and Detective Management; PBGEN Aligre Martinez – Deputy Regional Director for Administration, Police Regional Office 4A; PBGEN Eleazar Matta – Deputy Regional Director for Administration, Police Regional Office 13; PBGEN Dionisio Bartolome, Jr – Director, PNP Drug Enforcement Group; PBGEN Rogelio Simon – Director, Police Security Protection Group; PBGEN Manuel Jabrugena – Deputy Director, Special Action Force; PBGEN Noel Vallo – Executive Officer, Logistics Support Service; PBGEN Nestor Babagay, Jr – Executive Officer, Directorate for Intelligence; PBGEN Christopher Abrahano – Senior Executive Assistant of the Chief, PNP; at PBGEN Luis Maria Pascual – Deputy Director, National Police Training Institute.
Sa kanyang mensahe, sinabi ni Gen. Acorda na inaasahan niyang patuloy na gagampanan ng mga na-promote na opisyal, ang kanilang tungkulin na may pinakamataas na antas ng propesyonalismo.
Una na ring pinasalamatan ni Gen. Acorda ang Pangulong Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. sa pag-apruba ng promosyon ng naturang mga opisyal. | ulat ni Leo Sarne
📸: PNP-PIO