Visayas army command gets new chief from North

The military's Cebu-based Central Command (CentCom) has a new chief who hails from Isabela and is a “mistah” classmate of Armed Forces chief Gen. Rey Leonardo Guerrero.

Maj. Gen. Paul Atal, who was previously the commander of the Philippine Army's Isabela-based 5th Infantry Division, replaced Lt. Gen. Oscar Lactao as CentCom chief, which covers all the islands of Visayas.