Monday, June 17, 2019

Let's Do The News! (June 17, 2019)



- Senator Leila de Lima has called on the Department of Foreign Affairs to look into the status of some 100 Filipino women overseas workers in Israel who are set to be deported back in the Philippines together with their Israeli-born children.

- The Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency said the move by the National Telecommunications Commission to compel the Kapisanan Ng Mga Brodkaster ng Pilipinas to ban the airing of the song “Amatz” in member television networks and radio stations in the country has boosted the government’s undying campaign against illegal drugs.

- Following the sinking of a Filipino fishing boat by a Chinese vessel, Philippine Vice President Leni Robredo asserted it is time for the government to rethink its policies toward China.

- Boeing executives apologized to airlines and families of victims of 737 Max crashes in Indonesia and Ethiopia as the US plane maker struggles to regain trust of regulators, pilots and the global traveling public.

- The Los Angeles Police Department is gathering evidence and video footage in an administrative investigation into an off-duty officer who shot and killed a man authorities say attacked him inside a Southern California Costco Wholesale warehouse store.

- Austrian far-right veteran Heinz-Christian Strache, who quit as deputy head of the coalition government over a video sting, said he would not take up a European Parliament seat, forgoing a move that might have hurt his Freedom Party further.

- US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo tries rallying wary leaders in Asia and Europe that Iran was behind alleged attacks on shipping in a key Middle East oil route — and that it’s a problem for the whole international community to deal with, not just the United States.

Hong Kong police and protesters faced off as authorities began trying to clear the streets of a few hundred who remained near the city government headquarters after massive demonstrations that stretched deep into the night before.

- Hyundai and Kia have invested in Aurora to speed up the development of autonomous vehicle technology, according to reports.

- Tesla delayed production of the Semi to 2020 due to battery supply.

- Mercedes-Benz celebrates 40 years of the G-Class with three Stronger Than Time specials.



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