Monday, May 27, 2019

Let's Do The News! (May 27, 2019)



- A new Supreme Court magistrate has been appointed by Malacanang to fill the seat vacated by then-associate justice Lucas P Bersamin, now the Philippines’ chief justice. According to Justice Secretary Menardo Guevarra, an Ex Officio member of the Judicial and Bar Council, President Rodrigo Duterte assigned Court of Appeals Associate Justice Henri Jean-Paul Inting to the post.

- Senator Antonio Trillanes IV denies claims allegedly made by Peter Joemel Advincula in the controversial “Ang Totoong Narcolist” videos.

- Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte plans to quit if his son Paolo seeks to become the next House Speaker. The President said although he remains “neutral” in the Speakership race, he opposes to having a Duterte at the top House post especially since he and his two other children are already in power.

- Over 300 health advocates reaffirmed their call for the swift passage of the tobacco tax increase in the Senate as its chance to be passed into law gets slimmer with only five sessions day left in the 17th Congress.

- About 18,000 bottles of bootleg alcohol were crushed by a steamroller in Muslim-majority Indonesia’s capital as police warned tipplers off booze during the Ramadan fasting month.

- German Chancellor Angela Merkel’s embattled coalition will hold crisis talks after a thumping at European polls that has reignited questions over its survival. Voters handed her CDU party and its center-left coalition partner SPD their worst score in European election history while doubling support for the Greens amid rising fears over global warming.

- Nigel Farage’s Brexit Party stormed to victory in a European election, riding a wave of anger at the failure of Prime Minister Theresa May to take the United Kingdom out of the European Union.

- The family of former Renault and Nissan CEO Carlos Ghosn has submitted another request for UN intervention against what it says is his “judicial persecution” in Japan, one of their lawyers said.

- The third-generation BMW 1-Series was unveiled and for the first time, the new model utilizes its all-new front-wheel drive platform for space.

2020 BMW 1-Series

- SSSS.GRIDMAN will have a stage play next year with manga adaptations of the hit series heading their way.

- For the sixth time, Lionel Messi won the European Golden Shoe after his record-breaking fifth win last season.

TTFN!!!

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