The Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) welcomed its new Director General Undersecretary Isagani R. Nerez during the traditional Turnover of Command Ceremony held at the Main Conference Room, PDEA National Headquarters in Quezon City, on February 5, 2025

Outgoing Director General Moro Virgilio Lazo, through Undersecretary Earl Saavedra of the Dangerous Drugs Board (DDB), handed over the PDEA Flag and Books of Property and Equipment to Director General Nerez as a symbolic gesture of transfer of mantle of PDEA leadership. A PDEA Badge was also conferred to the new Director General.

The event was also attended by Assistant Secretary Israel Ephraim Dickson, Deputy Director General for Administration; Assistant Secretary Renato Gumban, Deputy Director General for Operations; Director Emiterio Bitong, Chief-of-Staff; Service Directors, Regional Directors who were on hand via online; Heads of Offices and personnel.

Before joining PDEA, Director General Nerez was the Undersecretary for Police Affairs at the Office of the Presidential Adviser on Military Affairs.