Wednesday, February 6, 2019

Let's Do The News! (February 6, 2019)



- Department of Health Secretary Francisco Duque confirmed that there is a measles outbreak in National Capital Region. A total of 169 measles cases are recorded in NCR compared to last year’s 26 from January 1 to February 6.

- Senatorial bet retired Philippine National Police chief Ronald “Bato” dela Rosa asked forgiveness from Caceres Archbishop Rolando Tria Tirona for the drug personalities and policemen who were killed during his watch in the government’s war on drugs.

- Department of Environment and Natural Resources Secretary Roy Cimatu warned the public that Manila Bay remains unsafe for bathing due to high levels of fecal coliform.

- US President Donald Trump delivered his annual State Of The Union Tuesday night. The speech lasted for 82 minutes.

- The United States warns the European Union not to buy Huawei equipment for 5G networks, according to a State Department official. After meetings with the European Commission and the Belgian government in Brussels, U.S. officials are set to take a message to other European capitals that the world’s biggest telecommunications gear maker poses a security risk, said the official, who declined to be named.

- Weary residents in Australia’s flood-hit northeast returned home to begin a massive clean-up after almost two weeks of heavy rain, as the wild weather moved south to inundate more towns.

- The Range Rover Velar gets a more powerful SVAutobiography variant, packed with a 5.0L Supercharged V8 engine producing 550HP, making it capable of going 170mph of top speed.



- The Volkswagen Passat B8 range received a minor change. featuring the first-ever capacitive steering wheel and cutting-edge safety features.



- The Audi TT RS range returns for the 2020 minor change.



- Nickelodeon announced that they will make movie adaptations of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles and The Loud House for Netflix.

- John Wall of Washington Wizards badly damaged his left Achilles tendon, which he tore in a fall at home. He will miss a year of games.

TTFN!!!

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