Let's Do The News! (June 24, 2019)

- The National Bureau of Investigation is set to present before the Department of Justice an additional witness to bolster its complaint against 23 policemen in the alleged murder of the aide of former Biliran Representative Glenn Chong and his female companion.

- Consumers were warned by the Food and Drug Administration over unregistered food products such as jam, junk food, coffee, and juice mixtures being sold in the market which could pose health risks.

- The low pressure area being monitored east of the Philippines will likely develop into a tropical depression within 48 hours and will be named “Dodong.” According to the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration, the LPA was at 760 kilometers east of Casiguran, Aurora before mid-Monday.

- Senator Panfilo Lacson dismissed rumors that he was starting to position himself for a crack at presidency in the 2022 elections.

- Ethiopia’s army chief of staff has been shot, Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed announced on television as the government said it had thwarted an attempted coup in a regional state of this Horn of Africa nation.

- A Magnitude 7.5 quake struck in a remote area of Indonesia in the Banda Sea but no initial tsunami warnings.

- A Magnitude 5.5 quake struck eastern Japan this morning.

- Thousands of Jamaicans turned out for the funeral of former Prime Minister Edward Seaga, who was the last survivor of the generation of politicians who led the country to independence from Britain in 1962.

- Israel’s prime minister said he would give US President Donald Trump’s Middle East peace plan fair and open consideration, while the Palestinian president rejected the proposal.

- MINI previews their upcoming MINI John Cooper Works GP while confirming its limited-to-3000-unit production as well as its 2.0L turbo 4-cylinder engine producing over 300ps of power.

- Comic Market confirms 500-yen per day entry wristbands to manage crowds in smaller venues this August.

- The Department of Labor and Employment orders investigation on the on-set accident that caused the death of veteran actor Eddie Garcia.

- This year's AKB48 Group Asia Festival will be held in Shanghai this 24th of August, 2019.

TTFN!!!