NEW REGIONAL CHIEF.Brig. Gen. Bernard Banac arrives at the Police Regional Office 8 headquarters in Palo, Leyte on Monday (Feb. 7, 2022). He assumed the post as the new regional director for Eastern Visayas in a ceremony held on the same day.(Photo courtesy of Bernard Banac) TACLOBAN CITY - Former Philippine National Police (PNP) spokesperson Brig. Gen. Bernard Banac is the new regional director of the Eastern Visayas police regional office (PRO-8) and he asked for the full cooperation of those under his new command. In a simple ceremony attended by PNP Chief Gen. Dionardo Carlos and key PNP officials held on Monday, Brig. Gen. Rommel Cabagnot relinquished the post to Banac. Cabagnot, who led the PNP regional office for six months, will be assigned to the Office of the Chief PNP. "I am deeply humbled being your new regional director, a position which entails a lot of hard work and determination. I just want to ask for your full support and cooperation under my command. I know ther