PNP chief, Gen. Dionardo Carlos (File photo) MANILA - Another 16 senior officials were included in the latest reshuffle in the Philippine National Police (PNP) which took effect on Thursday. In an order dated Jan. 31, PNP chief Gen. Dionardo Carlos designated Brig. Gen. Remus Medina, chief of the Drug Enforcement Group (PNP-DEG), as the new director of Quezon City Police District (QCPD), replacing Brig. Gen Antonio Yarra. Yarra was designated as the new chief of the Police Regional Office 4A (Calabarzon), replacing Brig. Gen. Eliseo Cruz who is now the deputy director of the Area Police Command (APC) in the Visayas. Meanwhile, PNP Training Service director Brig, Gen. Bernard Banac will now head the PRO 8 (Eastern Visayas), replacing Brig. Gen. Rommel Cabagnot, who was reassigned to the Office of the Chief PNP (OCPNP). Also included in the reshuffle were Maj. Gen. Herminio Tadeo, from APC Visayas to the Directorate for Personnel and Records Management (DPRM); Maj. Gen. Bartolome Bustama
"The retirement this month of senior officers’ [.] triggered the upward movement and opened opportunities in the career pattern of other senior officers," Police Gen. Dionardo Carlos said.Â
The former spokesperson of the Philippine National Police (PNP) was designated as the new director of the Eastern Visayas regional police in a major revamp that affected 15 other senior officers. Aside from former PNP spokesman Brig. Gen. Bernard Banac who was named as the director of the Police Re