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President Rodrigo Duterte has appointed Gregorio Pimentel, former head of the Directorate for Intelligence of the Philippine National Police, as Deputy Director General of the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency.
President Duterte signed Pimentel’s appointment paper last Tuesday, June 4, but the Palace only released the appointment on Monday.
Pimentel takes the place of Jesus Fajardo, who left the PDEA to join the Bureau of Customs as the bureau’s deputy commissioner.
Duterte served as a sponsor at the wedding of Pimentel and Department of Social Welfare and Development Assistant Secretary Michelle Ortega in Baguio City last year.
The new PDEA deputy chief also served in the Davao Region as head of the PNP Highway Patrol Group.