Lady cop from Mt.Province is the first Igorota General of Cordillera

Photo Courtesy || Office of the Chief PNP

Cordillera - A proud Igorota from Sabangan, Mountain Province was among the Cordilleran cops promoted to Police Brigadier Generals at the Camp Crame on December 12, 2022. 

PB General Jezebel Dominguez Medina is the first Igorot woman to be promoted Police Brigadier General. 

PG Gen. Medina is the acting director of the Philippine National Police Health Service. She was a former dentist before joining the PNP Class of 1993 through lateral entry.

During her tenure as Chief of the Quezon City Police District Medical and Dental Unit, where she and her unit were awarded the Best District Support Unit in 2005, she pioneered the "Bagong Ngiti sa Dating Bungi" Program, a free denture initiative that helped hundreds of NCRPO officers. Now, under the name "Serbisyong May Ngiti para sa Kapulisan," the aforementioned initiative is being implemented in many regions in the country.

Her remarkable leadership abilities were consistently acknowledged in the numerous jobs she had. She was named Dental Officer of the Year in 2008 and Best Support Unit Chief twice, in 2008 and 2014, respectively. She was also named Best Regional Health Service Chief and Outstanding Regional Service Unit at the national level in 2017. For three years in a row, the Regional Health Service 3 was named the Best Regional Health Service 3.

PBGen. Medina was accompanied by her husband PBGen. Remus Medina and their children during the donning of ranks ceremony. 

Major Generals or with two-stars who were promoted were Edgar Allan Okubo who is the director of the PNP Special Action Force and Ritchie Posadas who is the Deputy Director of the APC Southern Luzon. 

The new Cordilleran Generals include PBGen. Mark Pespes, PBGen. Ramil Saculles, PBGen. Patrick Joseph Alan, and PBGen. Roderick Minong.

source || PNP PIO