Friday, September 14, 2018

Let's Do The News! (September 14, 2018)



- The number of individuals projected to be affected by Typhoon Ompong has increased to 5.4 million while 2,298 families or 9,107 persons were evacuated in the Ilocos Region; Cagayan Valley (Region 2) and Cordillera Administrative Region as part of preemptive measures, according to the NDRRMC.

- More criminal complaints have been filed at the Department of Justice against former Health Secretary Janette Garin over the deaths of two children who received the anti-dengue vaccine Dengvaxia.

- The Department of Justice offered a 500,000 Peso bounty against fugitive suspected drug lord Peter Lim.

- Numerous gas explosions killed a teenager, injured at least 10 other people and ignited fires in at least 39 homes in three communities north of Boston, forcing entire neighborhoods to evacuate as crews scrambled to fight the flames and shut off the gas. Authorities said Leonel Rondon, 18, of Lawrence, died Thursday after a chimney toppled by an exploding house crashed into his car. He was rushed to a Boston hospital but pronounced dead there in the evening.

- Japanese PM Shinzo Abe says he will meet again this year for more talks with Russian leader Vladimir Putin on the proposal for the two countries to sign a peace treaty and discuss the status of disputed islands.

- The outer edge of Hurricane Florence began buffeting the Carolinas with wind and rain on Thursday as forecasters warned the monster storm would trigger life-threatening flooding as it assaults the US east coast. As Florence churned slowly towards the coasts of North and South Carolina as a Category 2 hurricane, federal and state officials issued final appeals to residents to get out of the path of the “once in a lifetime” weather system.

- DS Automobiles unveiled the DS3 Crossback along with its E-Tense variant.

2019 DS 3 Crossback

- Things we learned from the recent Nintendo Direct announcement; Isabelle from Animal Crossing joins Super Smash Bros. Ultimate, a new Animal Crossing game for Switch, Luigi's Mansion 3, a 3DS version of Kirby's Epic Yarn, a Switch verion of New Super Mario Bros., Town RPG by Game Freak, and a Switch version of Katamari Damacy. There's also another update for Splatoon 2, a new Yoshi game, and more.

- The Yo-Kai Watch 5th anniversary celebration continues with the announcement of the new Medal Wars app game.

- Actor Henry Cavill announced that he will step down from his Superman role.

TTFN!!!

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