Sunday, May 18, 2008 2 Pangasinense police generals promoted
DAGUPAN CITY -- Two Pangasinense police generals got their second star last Friday.
Chief Superintendents (one-star general in military rank) Leopoldo Bataoil of the Directorate for Police Community Relations and Silverio Alarcio of the Directorate for Police Operations were promoted to Director (two-star general)
National Police Chief Avelino Razon Jr. led the oath taking of the two inside his office at Camp Crame in Quezon City.
Bataoil and Alarcio are both members of the Philippine Military Academy (PMA) Class of 1976.
They are also both Pangasinenses. Bataoil is from Lingayen town while Alarcio is from Laoac town.
"God is really great," Bataoil said as he thanked his fellow Pangasinenses and the people of the Ilocos Region for continuously praying for him.
Bataoil served as spokesperson for the Philippine National Police (PNP) under the leadership of three PNP chiefs.
His recent achievement was the back-to-back (2006 and 2007) award of Police Regional Office (PRO) 1 as Best Regional Police Office Nationwide while he was the regional director of PRO-1.
Meanwhile, two other police officers were promoted to Chief Superintendent (one-star general).
They are Chief Superintendents Juan Luna of the Directorate for Police Comptrollership and Rommel Heredia, secretary to the PNP Directorial Staff. (LCMY/Sunnex)
