BACOLOD CITY — Negros Occidental Governor Alfredo Marañon Jr. told Cadet Fritz John Napalinga Vallador, 2018 class valedictorian of the Philippine National Police Academy (PNPA), to serve the country well in his police work.
Vallador, 24, who hails from Kabankalan City, Negros Occidental, met with the governor at the Provincial Capitol on Monday afternoon.
“Continue to do good in serving the country and in performing police work,” Marañon advised Vallador, who will join the PNP-Special Action Force after graduation.
He received a cash incentive from the governor.
The top police cadet told Marañon he grew up with his maternal grandparents and foster parents after his mother Anna Marie Vallador, a single parent, had to leave him and his siblings to find a job.
Vallador’s mother, who works as a domestic helper in Spain, was not able to attend his graduation rites last March 21 at Camp General Mariano Castañeda in Silang, Cavite.
Vallador entered the PNPA in 2014 after taking up criminology units at Bago City College.
For topping the Maragtas (Magiting at Responsableng Alagad ng Batas na Gagabay sa Transpormasyong Alay sa Bayang Sinilangan) Class of 2018, Vallador received the Presidential Kampilan Award and Plaque of Merit from President Rodrigo R. Duterte.
He was also given a brand-new house and lot by the national government. (Nanette Guadalquiver/PNA)
