Let's Do The News! (October 31, 2013)

The big news today

1) Honda announces recall for 2014 Fit Hybrid

2014 Honda Fit

Honda issued a recall on 4,833 units of the all-new 2014 Honda Fit Hybrid mated with a 7-speed double clutch gearbox. Reason for this sudden recall is because of the hybrid model's double clutch gearbox getting some problems. Honda will issue a fix on the DCT glitch as possible.

Report: http://car-research.jp/honda/fit-hybrid-dct-recall.html

Middle class Filipinos by 2030

During his televised speech, Philippine President Noynoy Aquino said that in the year 2030, about 4 out of 5 Filipino families will be "middle-classed" Is this true?

Listen: http://n5e.interaksyon.com/videos/1CE437B527C440C/audio-4-sa-5-pinoy-middle-class-na-sa-2030-pnoy

NSA claims Europeans did the spying.

As the NSA scandal continues, there are some reports saying that NSA or the National Security Agency claimed that it was the Europeans did the espionage and then handed the info to the Americans. WHAT'S THEIR EXCUSE?

Report: http://www.interaksyon.com/article/73856/whats-your-excuse--nsa-claims-europeans-did-the-spying-and-passed-the-info-to-us

In other NSA-related news...

NSA tapped directly into communications links used by Google and Yahoo to move huge amounts of email and other user information among overseas data centers. It was based on the leaked documents from fugitive Edward Snowden and has used weak restrictions on its overseas activities to exploit major US companies' data to a far greater extent than realized. Forewarned but I'll check out more on the NSA scandal as the story develops...

Report: http://www.interaksyon.com/article/73865/nsa-intercepts-google-yahoo-traffic-overseas---washington-post-report

Volkswagen is WRC manufacturers' title of 2013

Volkswagen wins WRC 2013 Manufacturer's title

Even though the German carmaker debuted this season, Volkswagen became the first to snagged the manufacturers' trophy and the final round of the WRC 2013 season at Rally Spain, courtesy of Sebastien Ogier and Julien Ingrassia.

Report: http://www.topgear.com.ph/news/racing-news/vw-claims-wrc-manufacturers-title-in-only-its-debut-season

A "new found friend" for Pope Francis

A young boy makes the rounds during Pope Francis' speech on the stage. You know what this young lad did to the Pope? He hugged him, which makes it quite a touching feat. Awww....

Report: http://n5e.interaksyon.com/videos/F6D7E942A06C430/new-found-friend-ng-santo-papa

The return of something gold for flagship Toyota MPVs.

Toyota Alphard TYPE GOLD II

Toyota Vellfire Golden Eyes II

Toyota brings the gold back to our two favorite luxury MPVs, the Alphard and the Vellfire. For the Alphard Type Gold II special model, it comes with a gold Alphard emblem, smoke colored plating on the grille and the back door garnish, TYPE GOLD II emblem, smoke plated fog lights, special aluminum wheels, gold metering, gold wooden trim, Alcantara seats, and so much more. On the Vellfire Golden Eyes II, same gold wooden panels but you can expect the same gold headlamps from the last Golden Eyes model. Expect the Golden Eyes II emblem on the back.

They both start at around 4,070,000 Japanese Yen and comes with a 2.4L and a 3.5L V6 engine.

URL: http://toyota.jp/alphard/typegold2/

         http://toyota.jp/vellfire/goldeneyes2/

Japanese bookstores to retain KuroBas items despite threats

Despite the ongoing threats against Kuroko's Basketball, most of the Japanese bookstores like Kinokuniya, Sanseido, Junkudo, and Miyawaki decided to keep those because they want to uphold freedoms of expression. However, a report from Yomiuri TV news program aired a report on the ongoing threats and showed some of the threat letters sent to convenience stores, newspapers, and TV networks. Not only it singled out KuroBas but they disparaged manga related to pirates, ninja, and gourmet. Wait a minute...

Report: http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2013-10-31/kuroko-basketball-stays-in-bookstore-chains-despite-threats

TTFN!!!