Rommel Supangan is PCG’s new commandant – Palace

Inquirer.net - Oct 19, 2026

Updated at 6:28 P.M. MANILA, Philippines — Vice Admiral Rommel Supangan is the new commandant of the Philippine Coast Guard (PCG), replacing Ronnie Gil Gavan, Palace Press Officer Claire Castro announced on Monday. President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. led the change-of-command and retirement ceremony for Supangan and Gavan at the Coast Guard Fleet in the Port

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