- GILBERT P. BAYORAN
Former Negros Occidental Provincial Police Office (NOCPPO) officer-in-charge PBrig. Gen. Roderick Augustus Alba was promoted to the rank of major general in permanent status. His promotion took effect Oct. 4 this year.
Alba’s promotion came after his recent designation as Director of the Police Community Relations.
Prior to his present position, Alba, a member of the Philippine National Police Academy Class 1992, served as former Deputy Director, PNP Directorate for Human Resource Development Division (DHRDD); regional police director of Central Visayas; chief of the PNP Public Information Office; Deputy Chief of PNP Information Technology Management Service (ITMS); Officer-in-Charge of Negros Occidental Police Provincial Office (NOCPPO); provincial director of the Iloilo Police Provincial Office (IPPO); Chief, Regional Operations and Plans Division of Police Regional Office 6; and other command, staff and training assignments as a senior PNP officer.
PNP chief Gen. Rommel Francisco Marbil will lead the donning of ranks to the newly promoted police generals, including Maj. Gen. Alba, today at Camp Crame in Quezon City.
Alba said that to reach this far, after 34 years of being in the field of law enforcement, is not a walk in the park, stressing that he advertently missed lots of birthdays, anniversaries and travels with his family.
“Lots of sacrifices, discipline and patience are part of the entire process” he said.
“In order for you to reach your dream is to wake up and work on that dream, maximize all God-given talents and skills,” the newly promoted police general added.
His other predecessors in Western Visayas, who used to occupy the position as Director of PCR, include retired Maj. Gen. Reynaldo De Leon, who is now the National Intelligence Coordinating Agency head, and retired Maj. Gen. Leopoldo Bataoil, former congressman-turned mayor of Lingayen in Pangasinan. | GB
