COL. Vicente Gregorio Tomas has been named acting commander of the government’s anti-coup force.

The Armed Forces of the Philippines’ (AFP) Joint Task Force-National Capital Region (JTF-NCR) will honor its outgoing commander, Brig. Gen. Apolinario Alobba on Monday at the General Headquarters parade grounds in Camp Aguinaldo in Quezon City a day before his retirement on July 5.