Lt. Gen. Camilo Cascolan succeeds PNP chief Gen. Archie Gamboa

Date:

Share post:

DAVAO CITY — Lieutenant General  Camilo Cascolan is the  new Philippine National Police Chief, he will succeed PNP Chief Archie Francisco Gamboa who will retire tomorrow.

Gamboa will reach the mandatory retirement age of 56 on Wednesday, September 2.

In a statement, Department of Interior and Local Government Secretary Eduardo Año confirmed that  President Rodrigo Duterte signed Cascolan’s  appointment on Tuesday, September 1.

Cascolan  served as chief of the Davao Region Police Office Finance Service and was later assigned as provincial commander of the then  Compostela Valley Police Provincial, now Davao de Oro from July 2012 to April 2014.

He  belongs to PMA Class of 1986. Newsline.ph

RIZAL MEMORIAL COLLEGEspot_img

Related articles

MNLF tells members: Keep 2026 Bangsamoro campaign respectful

COTABATO CITY (June 6)  — With campaigning expected to intensify ahead of the Sept. 14 Bangsamoro parliamentary elections,...

Marcos Leaves Decision on Bonoan to Ombudsman

VANCOUVER (July 5) – President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. said the decision on whether former Public Works Secretary Manuel...

NCRPO Deploys Over 6,000 Personnel for VP Duterte Impeachment Trial

MANILA (July 5) – The National Capital Region Police Office (NCRPO) has deployed more than 6,000 police personnel...

FBI: Scam Hubs, Online Extremism, and Cross-Border Crime Pose Growing Threat to Philippines

DAVAO CITY, Philippines — The United States Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) has warned that industrial-scale scam compounds,...