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Saturday, August 05, 2006
National police now has 1st female general
CHIEF Superintendent Yolanda Tanigue has become the national police's first female police general.
Concurrent head of the Women and Children Concerns Division (WCCD) and executive officer of the directorate for investigation and detective management (DIDM), PNP Chief Oscar Calderon has administered the oath of office to Tanigue.
In his remarks during the simple Oath-taking rites in Camp Crame, Calderon said the promotion of Tanigue to star-rank manifests the responsiveness of the National Government as well as the PNP leadership to promote gender equality in the police service where almost nine percent of personnel are female.
Tanigue is the first female officer to become police general in the PNP's 15-year history after Police Brigadier General Luisa Dimayuga of the defunct Integrated National Police (INP).
"The PNP advocates the gender awareness and development in all aspects of administrative and operational activities, and female members are given equal opportunity as their male counterparts," Calderon said.
Tanigue rose from the ranks as a police lieutenant commissioned in the INP in 1980.
She was former chief of police of San Pablo City, and task group commander under Task Force Zebra, which is responsible for operations and investigation against places that cater to prostitution. (VR/Sunnex)
(August 5, 2006 issue)
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