Thursday, November 8, 2018

Let's Do The News! (November 8, 2018)



- The House Committee on Transportation and the House Committee on Metro Manila Development will conduct next week a joint hearing on the government's planned removal of all provincial bus terminals along EDSA by January 2019.

- Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana on Thursday thanked the Japanese government for the P5 billion grant it provided the Philippines for the maintenance and rehabilitation of its UH-1H helicopters.

- The Sandiganbayan First Division is all set to promulgate its decision on former Senator Ramon “Bong” Revilla Jr.’s plunder case involving the multi-million priority development assistance fund scam on December 7.

- US President Donald Trump recently fired Attorney General Jeff Sessions in a brazen attempt to stop the ongoing Robert Mueller investigation. He named Matthew Whitaker as in charge of the Mueller investigation.

- Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau formally apologized Wednesday on behalf of his nation for turning away a ship full of Jewish refugees trying to flee Nazi Germany in 1939.

- Guam’s Catholic Church will file for bankruptcy — a move that will allow the archdiocese to avoid trial in dozens of lawsuits alleging child sexual abuse by priests and move toward settlements.

Hungary’s ruling party pledged Wednesday to respect democracy and the rule of law as center-right parties across Europe weighed whether to eject it and the Hungarian prime minister from the biggest and most influential political group in the European Union.

- The recently facelifted Hyundai Avante gets a new Sport variant with the 204PS 1.6L T-GDi engine.

2019 Hyundai Avante Sport
- Genesis teases their new G90 flagship sedan, which serves as the replacement of the EQ900.

Genesis G90 teaser

- In case you missed last night's Roselia's Vier concert, Kanon Shizaki is named as the new Rinko Shirokane.

- Formula 1 adds Vietnam for the first time in the 2020 season.

- Korean R&B artist DEAN will celebrate his 26th birthday in Manila.

TTFN!!!

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