Let's Do The News! (November 23, 2018)

- With Typhoon Samuel out of the Philippine Area of Responsibility, a new typhoon is expected to enter the Philippine area of responsibility this weekend. To be called Tomas, PAGASA said that Typhoon Man-Yi (international name) was 1,400 kilometers east of Southern Luzon as of Friday morning.

- Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte does not see any need to declare nationwide martial law to maintain peace and order. The President has argued that the government could apprehend or shoot persons involved in criminal activities without having to declare martial law across the country.

- Former Health Secretary Janette Garin has filed a response to denials of former Health Secretary Paulyn Jean Ubial concerning the liability over the deaths of children who received shots of the Dengvaxia anti-dengue vaccine.

- A panel from the Congress has approved a measure that would prohibit the live streaming and broadcasting of cockfights in radio, television, internet and other social media platform for betting and gambling purposes.

- US President Donald Trump demanded “some common sense” from America’s judges and directed his ire at a liberal-leaning appeals court. He professed respect for Chief Justice John Roberts, with whom he is engaged in a startling public dispute over the independence of the judiciary, yet shrugged off the Republican appointee as someone who “can say what he wants.”

- Meanwhile, President Trump hinted that he might soon visit American troops in Afghanistan for the first time.

- Frigid weather and blustery winds didn’t chill the enthusiasm at the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade, where spectators bundled up in blankets and sleeping bags and the giant character balloons flew lower than usual.

- The opening of a KFC outlet in Kiev, in a landmark building that played a central role in Ukraine’s fateful 2013-14 revolution, sparked public anger and protests that forced it Thursday to temporarily shut its doors.

- The second-generation Range Rover Evoque was unveiled with the addition of the new PHEV and three-cylinder petrol Ingenium engine coming soon.

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- TBS and Diomedea cancel production of the Girlish Number Shura anime series.

- A scientist of the Canadian Museum of Nature named a newly discovered species of bettle after baseball player Jose Bautista.

- ICYMI: Department of Interior and Local Government and ABS-CBN resolved their issues earlier this week related to the Ang Probinsyano program.

TTFN!!!