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Duterte appoints Cebu City police chief as new PCSO general manager

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<div class="embed-wrap"><figure data-feedback="fb:likes,fb:comments"><img src="https://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/2018/news/07/02/20180702_cebu.jpg"/><figcaption>Police Colonel Royina Garma. <em>ABS-CBN News/file</em></figcaption></figure></div><p>MANILA - <strong>(UPDATE)</strong> President Rodrigo Duterte has appointed Cebu City police chief Police Colonel Royina Garma as the new general manager of the Philippine Charity Sweepstakes Office (PCSO).</p><p>Duterte made the announcement Monday during a speech at the premiere night of the movie &quot;Kontradiksyon&quot; at a mall in Ortigas.</p><blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">President Duterte appoints Cebu City Police Chief Royina Garma to replace Alexander Balutan as PCSO General Manager</p>— Pia Gutierrez (@pia_gutierrez) <a href="https://twitter.com/pia_gutierrez/status/1143130795369910272?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 24, 2019</a></blockquote><div><script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charSet="utf-8" type="text/javascript"></script></div><p>“Balutan has been out, si Garma ang papalit,” Duterte told reporters.</p><p>Garma, Cebu City&#x27;s <a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/07/02/18/cebu-citys-first-female-police-chief-assumes-office" target="_blank">first female police chief</a>, will replace retired Marine general Alexander Balutan, who was <a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/03/08/19/duterte-fires-pcso-general-manager-balutan" target="_blank">fired</a> last March &quot;due to serious allegations of corruption.&quot; </p><div><strong>- with a report from Pia Gutierrez, ABS-CBN News</strong></div>

<p>MANILA - President Rodrigo Duterte has appointed Cebu City police chief Police Colonel Royina Garma as the new general manager of the Philippine Charity Sweepstakes Office (PCSO).</p>

MANILA - President Rodrigo Duterte has appointed Cebu City police chief Police Colonel Royina Garma as the new general manager of the Philippine Charity Sweepstakes Office (PCSO).