Verzosa feels elated about President Noynoy’s plan to retain him as Chief PNP

By PIA Samar
June 10, 2010

CATBALOGAN CITY  –  Philippine National Police chief Jesus Verzosa is elated that President-elect Benigno Simeon "Noynoy" Aquino III announced after his proclamation to retain Verzosa in his post.

This was announced by a fellow Verzosa named Boy in a gathering of Verzosa clan in the island town of Zumarraga, Samar yesterday afternoon.

His Information Officer told the media that Noynoy's statement is an indication that the President-elect has confidence in Verzosa.

Verzosa was also there to grace a ‘Legacy Run’ for his more than a thousand PNP constituents in Eastern Visayas although only some 400 joined the run in a 7-kilometer stretch.

The Chief PNP said his PNP program on transformation has attained significant results and that he intends to sustain it.

Verzosa also stressed that his men are serious in its mandate on law enforcement, fighting criminality and environmental preservation.

 In a press conference, President-elect Noynoy Aquino told reporters he will retain Verzosa as PNP chief.

Some 350 Samareños from Allen, Northern Samar, Calbayog, Gandara, Catbalogan bearing Verzosa surnames gathered in Zumarraga, Samar to meet their fellow Verzosa, Jesus.

The Chief PNP in his speech said he is honoured that his Verzosa kins have invited him to this annual reunion going on for the last twenty years.

He said that his roots come from Ilocos and that in his every assignment as a young PNP officer, he scours for Verzosa families be it in Mindanao, Luzon and recently Samar where he met a big Verzosa clan led by newly-elected Mayor of Zumarraga, Myrna Ojeda Tan whose mother is also a Verzosa.