Thursday, February 1, 2018

Let's Do The News! (February 1, 2018)



- The Malacanang Palace denied claims that the Duterte administration favored China after the Philippine government allowed it to conduct marine scientific research in Benham Rise. According to Presidential spokesperson, Harry Roque, the government did not extend special treatment to China as other countries — including the U.S. and Japan — had also been allowed to carry out scientific studies in the Philippine territory off the eastern coast of Aurora province.

- Meanwhile, the Malacanang will investigate Rappler's reported memorandum of agreement with the Department of Education, stating that it will be DepEd's sole partner in promoting and developing the agency's campus journalism programs.

- Customs fixer Mark Taguba has surrendered himself to the National Bureau of Investigation following his arrest order last month. Taguba, together with his legal counsel Attorney Raymund Fortun, voluntarily surrender to the NBI after they received information of the arrest warrant in relation to his violation of the Comprehensive Dangerous Drugs Act of 2002.

- Earlier, those in the western part of America saw the "Super Blue Blood Moon", which is the first time in 35 years a blue moon has synced up with both a supermoon and a lunar eclipse. The East Coast, Europe, and most of Latin America and Africa only got to see the super blue moon. The next one will occur in 2037.

- SEAT will debut the Cupra performance sub-brand at next month's Geneva Motor Show.

- Lotus will launch two new sports cars in 2020 followed by an SUV two years later.

- See what happens when all of the Ford Performance cars battle each other on the track...



- Nintendo Switch's paid online service will commence this September.

- Universal Studios' Illumination will animate the Super Mario Bros. movie with Illumination CEO Chris Meledandri and Mario creator Shigeru Miyamoto as producers.

TTFN!!!

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