Tag: Camilo Cascolan

DILG: Three names on shortlist submitted to President Duterte for next PNP chief

(Eagle News)–Three senior police officials are on the shortlist of candidates for the next Philippine National Police chief submitted to President Rodrigo Duterte. Interior Secretary Eduardo Año, however, did not identify who the three police officials were. He said the names were submitted through a Napolcom resolution, which means the submission of the three was a decision of the body. PNP Chief Camilo Cascolan is slated to retire on Nov. 10. President Duterte, however, may […]

PNP implements reshuffle involving three key posts

(Eagle News)–There has been a reshuffle involving  three top posts of the Philippine National Police. The reshuffle announced by Brig. General Bernard Banac came a day after Lt. Gen. Camilo Cascolan assumed the helm of the 209000-strong police force. According to Banac, with the reshuffle, Police Lt. Gen. Eleazar was now the   deputy chief for administration, or the PNP’s number two man. Lt. Gen. Cesar Hawthorne Binag assumes Eleazar’s previous post as PNP deputy chief […]

Palace to incoming PNP chief Cascolan: Sustain war on drugs, remove corrupt policemen, uphold the law

(Eagle News)–President Rodrigo Duterte wants incoming PNP Chief Lt. Gen. Camilo Cascolan to focus on three things during his term. In a television interview aired on Wednesday, Sept. 2, Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque said these are to remove corrupt policemen, uphold the law, and sustain the war on drugs. Roque’s pronouncement came on the day Cascolan takes over the 209,000-strong police force, following the retirement of General Archie Gamboa. Earlier, the PNP welcomed Cascolan’s appointment, […]

PNP welcomes appointment of Cascolan as chief of 209,000-strong police force

(Eagle News)–The Philippine National Police welcomed the appointment of Lt. Gen. Camilo Cascolan as PNP chief. In a statement, the PNP said the PNP officer corps and the rank-and-file employees were behind Cascolan, who takes command of the 209,000-strong police force today, Sept. 2, following the retirement of Gen. Archie Gamboa. According to the PNP, Cascolan “brings with him the occupational specialty in command and control, honed by a vast experience in field operations and […]

Año says Cascolan is PNP officer-in-charge while Gamboa recovers

(Eagle News) — Philippine National Police Deputy Chief for Administration Lt. Gen. Camilo Cascolan will serve as officer-in-charge of the PNP. Interior Secretary Eduardo Año said this was until PNP chief General Archie Gamboa recovers from the injuries he sustained during a helicopter crash on Thursday, March 5. Gamboa and his five companions are in stable condition after the helicopter crashed in San Pedro, Laguna in the morning after getting entangled in wires due to […]

UPDATED: PNP reshuffles key posts; Eleazar now NCRPO director

By Mar Gabriel Eagle News Service Philippine National Police Chief Oscar Albayalde on Friday, June 1, implemented a reshuffle of key posts in the police force. Chief Supt. Guillermo Eleazar is replacing Chief Supt. Camilo Cascolan at the helm of the National Capital Region Police Office. Cascolan has been assigned to the Civil Security Group, while Chief Supt. Edward Carranza of the Cordillera region police office will replace Eleazar at the helm of the Calabarzon […]

UPDATED: Police official who said Trillanes should study statistics named new NCRPO chief

  (Eagle News) –A reshuffle is in the works in the Philippine National Police, as Oscar Albayalde takes the helm of the force on Thursday, April 19. Police Director Camilo Cascolan, the PNP’s director for operations, has been appointed to head the National Capital Region Police Office, a post held by Albayalde before he was named PNP chief. Cascolan made the news after he said Senator Antonio Trillanes IV needed to study statistics. This was […]