Wednesday, October 3, 2018

Let's Do The News! (October 3, 2018)



- Davao City 1st district Representative Karlo Nograles won't be running for Senate in 2019. The House Appropriations Committee chairman on Wednesday ended speculation about a possible run in the 2019 elections, saying that he would rather support the senatorial bids of fellow Mindanaoans in the administration slate.

- The Malacanang said that President Duterte is not inclined to declare nationwide martial law and fall for the trap of the communist rebels. “President Duterte sees no ground to declare martial law nationwide as the whole situation is under control,” Presidential Spokesman Harry Roque said in a statement.

- It is up to President Duterte whether or not to revive the Office of the Press Secretary to replace the Presidential Communications Operations Office, MalacaƱang said Wednesday.

- France said there was no doubt Iran’s intelligence ministry was behind a June plot to attack an exiled opposition group’s rally outside Paris and it seized assets belonging to Tehran’s intelligence services and two Iranian nationals. The hardening of relations between Paris and Tehran could have far-reaching consequences for Iran as President Hassan Rouhani’s government looks to European capitals to salvage a 2015 nuclear deal after the United States pulled out and reimposed tough sanctions on Iran.

- The FBI has finished interviewing a friend of SCOTUS nominee Brett Kavanaugh who was said to have attended a high school gathering in the early 1980s where a woman says she was sexually assaulted by Kavanaugh, the man’s lawyer said Tuesday.

- The Iraqi parliament elected as president Kurdish politician Barham Salih, who immediately named Shi’ite Adel Abdul Mahdi prime minister-designate, ending months of deadlock after an inconclusive national election in May.

- Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi became the first person to be stripped of honorary Canadian citizenship over her refusal to call out atrocities by her nation’s military against the Rohingya Muslim minority. The move was made official after Canada’s Senate voted to revoke the symbolic honor.

- Russia has delivered an S-300 surface-to-air missile system to Syria, it said on Tuesday, in defiance of Israeli and U.S. concerns that the arms sale would embolden Iran and escalate the Syrian war.

- The new BMW 3-Series was unveiled at the Paris Motor Show.

2019 BMW 3-Series

- Mercedes-Benz unveiled the all-new B-Class MPV at the Paris Motor Show.

2019 Mercedes-Benz B-Class

- Expect past Precure heroines to appear in upcoming HuGtto! Precure episodes!

- Steven Spielberg is directing a new movie adaptation of West Side Story musical with Baby Driver actor Ansel Elgort starring in this film.

TTFN!!!

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