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Albayalde’s successor will be known during a joint PNP-Armed Forces command conference to be presided over by President Duterte at Malacañang Palace on Tuesday, the Journal Group learned. Interior and Local Government Secretary Eduardo M. Año has been asked by the President to come up with a short list of the candidates.

“So definitely kailangan natin pag-aralan kung paano manumbalik ang sigla ng ating coconut industry at katulad nung ibang bansa na may mga produkto na kilala, katulad ng coco water, yung virgin coconut oil... Maraming mga produkto from coconut na tingin ko na puwedeng pagkakitaan natin, yung coco sugar ‘di ba?! pero kung hindi bubuhusan ng pera hindi ito basta i-invest-an ito ng private sector kasi relatively new yung industry so ito po yung ilan sa mga programa na sa tingin ko kailangan buhusan yung agriculture,” he said.

Buhay party-list Rep. Lito Atienza said ninja cops have been flouting the 17-year-old law that requires all police units to have representatives of the media, the Department of Justice and at least one elected official to observe and verify the recording of illegal drugs seized.

SENATOR Richard Gordon yesterday hinted that the Senate Blue Ribbon committee will recommend the filing of charges against Philippine National Police chief General Oscar Albayalde over his alleged involvement in drug recycling and ninja cops.

SENATOR Christopher Lawrence “Bong” Go continues to aid fire victims in the country, this time visiting the affected families of two separate fire incidents at Brgy. 779, Sta. Ana, Manila, and Brgy. BF International, Las Piñas on Friday.

AFTER two consecutive weeks of price rollback, local oil firms are expected to increase the pump prices of gasoline while a minimal decrease in diesel and kerosene prices is expected next week.

TOKYO — Powerful Typhoon Hagibis on Saturday claimed its first victim even before making landfall, as Japanese weather authorities issued a top-level emergency rain warning and millions were issued non-compulsory evacuation orders.

LOS ANGELES — Wind-driven wildfires forced the evacuation of about 100,000 people in southern California Friday and destroyed dozens of structures and homes as authorities warned it could take days to extinguish the flames.

A Canada-bound information specialist who was arrested for selling a pair of tarantulas and pythons yielded 11 more tarantulas of different breeds, the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) reported yesterday.

MAJOR General Gullermo Lorenzo T. Eleazar, the newly-designated Chief Directorial Staff of the Philippine National Police, yesterday said his goodbye to the officers and men of the National Capital Region Police Office as well as the media which covered his activities without let-up for the past 16 months.

Speaking before officers and members of the United Print Media Group Philippines, Moreno said he is very grateful to the print media for giving him and his programs free exposure by publishing his government’s actions and pronouncements.

THE four suspects in the shooting death of Masbate Vice Mayor Charlie Yuson III in Sampaloc, Manila were released by the Manila Prosecutors’ Office for further investigation.

All lotto draws are being aired live every 9 p.m. at PTV 4. Lotto 6/42 draw is every Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday; Super Lotto 6/49 draw is every Tuesday, Thursday and Sunday; Mega Lotto 6/45 is every Monday, Wednesday and Friday; Grand Lotto 6/55 draw is every Monday, Wednesday and Saturday; and Ultra Lotto 6/58 draw is every Tuesday, Friday and Sunday.

CONTRARY to the belief of Presidential spokesman Secretary Salvador Panelo, an administration ally is convinced there is a “transport crisis” in Metro Manila.

THE Embassy of the Czech Republic donated a mobile water treatment plant to provide a safe supply of drinking water to the residents of Sapian town in Panay Island.