{"id":19405,"date":"2026-04-01T00:42:45","date_gmt":"2026-03-31T16:42:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/?p=19405"},"modified":"2026-04-01T00:42:45","modified_gmt":"2026-03-31T16:42:45","slug":"bulacan-has-new-top-cop","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/2026\/04\/01\/bulacan-has-new-top-cop\/","title":{"rendered":"BULACAN HAS NEW TOP COP"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>BY KEVIN GALANG<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>CAMP OLIVAS, Pampanga &#8212; The Bulacan Police Provincial Office (PPO) has a new officer-in-charge in the person of Police Colonel Jay B. Baybayan.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Baybayan on Monday officially took over the post from Police Colonel Angel L. Garcillano during a formal turnover rites held at Camp Alejo Santos in Malolos City.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Garcillano was appointed as Deputy Regional Director for Operations of the Police Regional Office 3 (PRO3).\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>The turnover ceremony was led by PRO3 Director Police Brigadier General Jess B. Mendez.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Both Baybayan and Garcillano are alumni of the Philippine National Police Academy (PNPA).\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Garcillano is a member of Class \u201cKabalikat\u201d 1998 while Baybayan belongs to Class \u201cMagilas\u201d 2000.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Before his new assignment, Baybayan served as chief of the Regional Intelligence Division of PRO3, where he played a key role in intelligence-driven operations across Central Luzon.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>In his remarks, Mendez emphasized that the change in leadership highlights the organization\u2019s commitment to continuity, stability, and effective police operations.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>He expressed confidence that Baybayan will sustain ongoing programs in Bulacan, particularly in boosting intelligence capabilities, increasing police visibility, and strengthening collaboration with local government units and the community.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>The leadership change signals a seamless transition in one of Central Luzon\u2019s key provinces.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>PRO3 continues to pursue the Philippine National Police\u2019s goal of maintaining peace and order through responsive and accountable policing.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>BY KEVIN GALANG &nbsp; CAMP OLIVAS, Pampanga &mdash; The Bulacan Police Provincial Office (PPO) has a new officer-in-charge in the person of Police Colonel Jay<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":19406,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[6],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19405"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=19405"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19405\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":19407,"href":"https:\/\/journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19405\/revisions\/19407"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/19406"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=19405"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=19405"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=19405"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}