8 ranking cops get new posts, 2 placed in floating status
MANILA, Philippines — Eight ranking police officials were given new posts, while two were placed in a floating status in the latest Philippine National Police (PNP) reshuffle.
Sent to reporters on Thursday, Special Order No. NHQ-SO-URA-2025-8727 and General Orders Nos. NHQ-GO-DES-2025-6027 and 6028 reassigned the following police officials:
- Directorate for Information and Communication Technology Management (DICTM) Deputy Director Brig. Gen. Wilson Casil Asueta — PNP ACG Acting Director
- Police Regional Office Zamboanga Peninsula (PRO 9) Director Brig. Gen. Eleazar Pepito Matta — DICTM Deputy Director
- Drug Enforcement Group (DEG) Director Brig. Gen. Edwin Aguilan Quilates — PRO 9 Acting Director
- Peace Process and Development Center (PPDC) Director Brig. Gen. Elmer Esquivel Ragay — DEG Acting Director
- PRO Eastern Visayas (PRO 8) Deputy Director for Administration Brig. Gen. Salvador Tingowan Alacyang — Explosives Ordnance Disposal and Canine Unit (EOD K9) Acting Director
- Public Information Office (PIO) Deputy Director Col. Froilan Balaguer Navaroza — PRO 8 Deputy Director for Administration
- Metro Davao Police District (MDPD) Director Col. Thor Valiente Punay Cuyos — PPDC Officer-in-Charge
- Former Human Rights Affairs Office (HRAO) Director Brig. Gen. Leon Victor Zamora Rosete, currently in the Personnel Holding and Accounting Unit (PHAU) — PRO Davao Region (PRO 11) Director
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Police officers sent to the PHAU do not have an assignment and thus have a “floating status.”
The new PNP orders sent both PRO 11 Director Brig. Gen. Joseph Reyes Arguelles and EOD K9 Director Col. Jonathan Bernaldez Abella to the PHAU.
The PNP did not explain why Arguelles and Abella were relieved from their posts.
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However, it can be recalled that a team leader of the EOD K9 unit in Abra province was shot dead in their barracks in Bangued town last Monday night after he killed a fellow officer who reported him for alleged misconduct. /jpv
