By Jennifer P. Rendon
Colonel Calixto Mabugat is again the chief of the PNP Regional Internal Affairs Service (RIAS)-6.
And nope, it wasn’t for the second time but his third stint already.
Mabugat, who hails from Negros Occidental, was RIAS-6 chief in 2016. He was again appointed in 2019 and later became PNP IAS chief of staff.
Mabugat officially took over the post from Colonel Roger James Brillantes during a turnover of command ceremony Monday morning at the RIAS-6 office in Camp Delgado, Iloilo City.
Brillantes retired from police service after reaching the mandatory age of retirement at 56 on Sunday, July 25.
After 34 years and 10 months from service, Brillantes said it is time to go back “home.”
By home, he said he would be spending his retirements days at their ancestral home in Guimbal, Iloilo.
Brillantes’ mother is from Molo, Iloilo City but they decided to settle in Guimbal town.
“After almost 35 years, I think I was able to accomplish what I need to do. At the end of the day, I want to be remembered as someone who is always willing to help in any way I could,” he said.
Brillantes said he had been through several odds and was able to accomplish a lot because of the help extended by family, peers, colleagues, and even strangers alike.
“I don’t think I could have done it without everyone’s help,” he said.
He acknowledged PNP chief General Guillermo Lorenzo Eleazar, Police Regional Office 6 (PRO-6) director Brigadier General Rolando Miranda, IAS inspector general Atty. Alfegar Triambulo, and his real “boss” God Almighty.
Brillantes was also presented with a plaque of recognition for his outstanding accomplishment as head of RIAS-6.
Meanwhile, given his “seniority” in IAS, Mabugat is expected to deliver the IAS mission of acting as an essential part of the disciplinary mechanism of the PNP.
Serving as the monitoring body of the character and behavior of all policemen, IAS also operates as the investigating and adjudicatory body on all administrative offenses committed by PNP personnel.
