Let's Do The News! (April 15, 2019)

- According to Senate President Vicente Sotto III, PH President Duterte is likely to use line-item veto before approving 2019 national budget. Sotto expressed confidence that Duterte will reject the illegal realignments in the General Appropritaions Bill as he had pointed out and asked for.

- The Philippines remains in the list of top 10 countries with the highest cases of online sexual exploitation of children where many parents even act as perpetrators, according to a coalition to protect the children. “Some parents say that it’s easy money (engaging children in online sexual exploitation), that’s why we need to educate the communities to work with parents,” said Save the Children Executive Officer Albert Muyot during the launch of SaferKidsPH at the Australian Embassy in Makati City.

- The Metro Manila Development Authority has suspended the color coding scheme from April 17 to April 22.

- A top Democrat in the US Congress ordered a safety review for a Muslim lawmaker and her family after accusing President Donald Trump of putting her in danger by tweeting a video of her spliced with footage of the 9/11 attacks. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi took time out from an official trip to issue a strong statement urging Trump to remove the clip featuring Minnesota congresswoman Ilhan Omar.

- The operator of Japan’s crippled Fukushima power plant on Monday began removing atomic fuel from inside a building housing one of the reactors that melted down in 2011.

- Finland’s Social Democrat party leader Antti Rinne has declared victory in Sunday’s general election, after partial results showed his party winning by a tight margin with 17.8 percent.

- Audi to showcase their AI:ME concept at the Auto Shanghai, previewing the future of autonomous mobility for megacities.



- Volkswagen's ID Roomzz concept has been unveiled at the Auto Shanghai, previewing more on VW's electric offense.



- The movie adaptation of High School Fleet will hit theaters this Spring 2020.

- Tiger Woods won his first Masters since 2005.

- World's Strongest Man and Game of Thrones's The Mountain, Hafthor Julius Bjornsson, says he is willing to do whatever is necessary to win, including taking steroids.

TTFN!!!