From Panay News (Jan 11, 2024): Ilonggo general new APC-Visayas chief (By Ruby P. Silubrico)
RODRIGUEZ
ILOILO City – A native of this southern city has recently taken over the directorship of the Area Police Command (APC)-Visayas based in Negros Occidental.
Police Major General Robert Rodriguez of Jaro district assumed his new post on Jan. 1, replacing outgoing APC-Visayas commander Police Lieutenant General Patrick Villacorte.
“It is a dream come true for me to serve my fellow Ilonggos. When I graduated from the Philippine Military Academy (PMA) handum ko gid nga magserbisyo sa aton lugar,” Rodriguez told Panay News.
Rodriguez, who will soon be promoted to three-star general, previously served as chief of the Philippine National Police’s (PNP) Personnel and Records Management in Camp Crame.
He served as chief of the Pototan Municipal Police Station in Iloilo in 1997 and chief of the Iloilo Police Provincial Office’s intelligence and special operations group in 2001.
Rodriguez was also the former chief of the Police Regional Office 6’s (PRO-6) Regional Intelligence Division from 2011 to 2012 under then PRO-6 director Chief Superintendent Cipriano Querol.
APC-Visayas covers three police regional offices in regions 6, 7 and 8.
With APC-Visayas’ mandate to orchestrate, supervise and control the conduct of inter-regional operations against insurgency, terrorism and other internal security threats, Rodriguez is calling for public cooperation in the fight against insurgency and terrorism.
“We are optimistic nga ma-solve naton ang insurgency with the help of the Philippine Army kag sang pumuluyo,” the Ilonggo general added.
On the other hand, Major General Marion Sison, commander of the Army’s 3rd Infantry Division (3ID), welcomed Rodriguez as the news APC-Visayas chief.
“The whole of 3ID warmly welcomes the designation of Major General Robert Rodriguez as the acting commander of the APC-Visayas. The PNP plays a crucial role in our mutual goal and collaborative effort to end local communist armed conflict. With his visionary and sterling leadership, the Army and the PNP in Western Visayas would be more effective and efficient in achieving this goal which will eventually pave the way towards declaring both the islands of Negros and Panay as insurgency free,” said Sison.
For his part, Brigadier General Michael Samson, commander of the Philippine Army’s 301st Infantry Brigade, said he is confident that Rodriguez can deliver and could be an effective APC-Visayas chief given his experiences.
Rodriquez, Sison and Samson were classmates at the PMA (Class of 1991).
https://www.panaynews.net/ilonggo-general-new-apc-visayas-chief/
ILOILO City – A native of this southern city has recently taken over the directorship of the Area Police Command (APC)-Visayas based in Negros Occidental.
Police Major General Robert Rodriguez of Jaro district assumed his new post on Jan. 1, replacing outgoing APC-Visayas commander Police Lieutenant General Patrick Villacorte.
“It is a dream come true for me to serve my fellow Ilonggos. When I graduated from the Philippine Military Academy (PMA) handum ko gid nga magserbisyo sa aton lugar,” Rodriguez told Panay News.
Rodriguez, who will soon be promoted to three-star general, previously served as chief of the Philippine National Police’s (PNP) Personnel and Records Management in Camp Crame.
He served as chief of the Pototan Municipal Police Station in Iloilo in 1997 and chief of the Iloilo Police Provincial Office’s intelligence and special operations group in 2001.
Rodriguez was also the former chief of the Police Regional Office 6’s (PRO-6) Regional Intelligence Division from 2011 to 2012 under then PRO-6 director Chief Superintendent Cipriano Querol.
APC-Visayas covers three police regional offices in regions 6, 7 and 8.
With APC-Visayas’ mandate to orchestrate, supervise and control the conduct of inter-regional operations against insurgency, terrorism and other internal security threats, Rodriguez is calling for public cooperation in the fight against insurgency and terrorism.
“We are optimistic nga ma-solve naton ang insurgency with the help of the Philippine Army kag sang pumuluyo,” the Ilonggo general added.
On the other hand, Major General Marion Sison, commander of the Army’s 3rd Infantry Division (3ID), welcomed Rodriguez as the news APC-Visayas chief.
“The whole of 3ID warmly welcomes the designation of Major General Robert Rodriguez as the acting commander of the APC-Visayas. The PNP plays a crucial role in our mutual goal and collaborative effort to end local communist armed conflict. With his visionary and sterling leadership, the Army and the PNP in Western Visayas would be more effective and efficient in achieving this goal which will eventually pave the way towards declaring both the islands of Negros and Panay as insurgency free,” said Sison.
For his part, Brigadier General Michael Samson, commander of the Philippine Army’s 301st Infantry Brigade, said he is confident that Rodriguez can deliver and could be an effective APC-Visayas chief given his experiences.
Rodriquez, Sison and Samson were classmates at the PMA (Class of 1991).
https://www.panaynews.net/ilonggo-general-new-apc-visayas-chief/
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