PNP chief Torre orders first major reshuffle
Tempo
|June 20, 2025
Calabarzon and four other regions will have new police regional directors in a first major reshuffle under Philippine National Police (PNP) chief Gen. Nicolas Torre III, which also covered 18 other senior officers.
Police Brig. Gen. Jack L. Wanky is now the new top cop of Calabarzon (Cavite, Laguna, Batangas, Rizal, Quezon), replacing Police Brig. Gen. Paul Kenneth Lucas who was named as the deputy regional director of the National Capital Region Police Office (NCRPO).
Wanky will be replaced by Police Brig. Gen. Ponce Rogelio I Peñones as regional director of Police Regional Office6, or Western Visayas. On the other hand, Police Brig. Gen. Rolindo Suguilon, the current officer-in-charge of the Criminal Investigation and Detection Group (CIDG) was designated as top cop of Region 10, or Northern Mindanao.
Police Brig. Gen. Joseph R. Arguelles, meanwhile, was named as head of the Police Regional Office 11, or the Davao Region.
This story is from the June 20, 2025 edition of Tempo.
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