Let's Do The News! (March 22, 2019)

- The Department of Education (DepEd) readies for School Year 2019-2020 by conducting this year's “Brigada Eskwela” and the launching of the national Oplan Balik Eskwela.

- The Diocese of Cubao will finally have its first church granted the status of a Minor Basilica.

- Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte is confident of winning against terror groups and drug traffickers in the Philippines. The President said the military has made significant gains in defending the country and the nation’s democratic way of life, adding he expects the troops to never waver in performing their duties.

- Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro’s regime defied the US to arrest a top aide of opposition leader Juan Guaido, whom Washington recognizes as the crisis-hit country’s interim leader.

- Former FBI director James Comey said in a New York Times op-ed that he neither knows nor cares what the conclusion of Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s Russia investigation will be — so long as the probe was conducted properly.

- The Muslim call to prayer rang out across New Zealand followed by two minutes of silence nationwide to mark a week since a white supremacist gunned down 50 people at two mosques in the city of Christchurch.

- The United Kingdom has granted a short Brexit delay, meaning that they won't leave the European Union next week but they had three weeks to sort things out. Should lawmakers fail to approve the twice-defeated Brexit deal, the deadline will be on the 12th of April.

- The first-ever Porsche Cayenne Coupe was unveiled.

2020 Porsche Cayenne Coupe

- The Renault-Nissan-Mitsubishi Alliance announced the new Alliance Intelligent Cloud connectivity platform offering internet access technologies by Microsoft Azure. The new Renault Clio and Nissan Leaf will be the first to use this connectivity platform.

- According to reports, former San Francisco 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick and current Carolina Panthers safety Eric Reid will receive less than $10 million total.

- The libel case filed against Marie Lozano by newscaster Gretchen Fullido has been dismissed.

- Actors Matteo Guidicelli, Nico Bolzico, and Erwan Heussaff are now newly inducted officers of the Philippine Coast Guard Auxiliary.

TTFN!!!