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New PNP Chief Guillermo Eleazar (Contributed via Third Anne Peralta-Malonzo)
+ May 05, 2021 POLICE Lieutenant General Guillermo Eleazar has been appointed as the new chief of the Philippine National Police (PNP), Department of the Interior and Local Government Secretary Eduardo Año confirmed Wednesday, May 5, 2021.
Eleazar is currently the PNP’s deputy chief for administration, the second highest ranking officer in the police organization.
He will succeed General Debold Sinas, who will retire on May 8.
“President (Rodrigo) Duterte has just approved the appointment of PLt. Gen. Guillermo Eleazer as the next chief of Philippine National Police with the rank of Police General vice PGen. Debold Sinas who retires on May 8, 2021,” Año said in a message to reporters.
Published May 5, 2021, 5:53 PM
Police Lt. Gen. Guillermo Lorenzo T. Eleazar is the next chief of the 220,000-strong Philippine National Police (PNP), Interior and Local Government Secretary Eduardo Año confirmed on Wednesday, May 5.
Eleazar, the current number two man of the PNP being the PNP deputy chief for Administration, is set to replace his
mistah Gen. Debold Sinas who is set to retire on May 8, Saturday.
Both Eleazar and Sinas are members of the Philippine Military Academy (PMA) Hinirang Class of 1987.
Año said that President Duterte has already approved the appointment of Eleazar, based on the recommendation of the National Police Commission (NAPOLCOM) which he heads. He earlier disclosed that he only recommended one PNP senior official in the NAPOLCOM resolution.
Local government officials may be slapped with administrative and criminal charges if they don't enforce the quarantine rules in their areas of jurisdiction, President Duterte warned Wednesday, April 28.
President Rodrigo Duterte (Malacañang)
The President said he would direct Interior and Loc
Published April 21, 2021, 1:41 PM
President Duterte intends to resign alongside any former military official in his Cabinet if he or anyone of them gets entangled with corruption.
President Rodrigo Roa Duterte talks to the people after holding a meeting with the Inter-Agency Task Force on the Emerging Infectious Diseases (IATF-EID) core members at the Malacañang Golf (Malago) Clubhouse in Malacañang Park, Manila on April 19, 2021.
(KING RODRIGUEZ / PRESIDENTIAL PHOTO / FILE PHOTO)
But so far, the President is convinced that his Cabinet members, who previously served in the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP), remained corruption-free. Duterte is even satisfied with the performance of these retired military officers in his official family.
Makabayan bloc seeks probe of alleged profiling of community pantry organizers By ANNA FELICIA BAJO, GMA News
Published April 21, 2021 5:31pm Lawmakers from the Makabayan bloc filed a resolution on Wednesday pushing for an investigation into the alleged red-tagging and profiling of the organizers of community pantries that have sprouted to serve needy families amid the pandemic. In their resolution, Representatives Carlos Isagani Zarate, Ferdinand Gaite, Eufemia Cullamat, France Castro, Arlene Brosas and Sarah Elago urged the House Committee on Human Rights to look into the alleged harassment of people behind these initiatives. The community pantries are mutual and sustained through community efforts and not by an individual or a certain group or organization. Its existence nationwide manifests the government inaction, lack of aid, widespread poverty and worsening unemployment in the Philippines, the lawmakers said.