Wednesday, July 24, 2019

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



- Various technologies were showcased by the Department of Science and Technology as the first day of the "Luwas Pilipinas" kicked off in Butuan City.

- The House of Representatives is expected to get its hands on the 2020 National Expenditure Program next month,  according to Deputy Speaker Johnny Pimentel.

- Malacañang remains steadfast in its stand not to allow the United Nations Human Rights Commission to come to the Philippines and investigate the human rights situation in the country under President Duterte’s drug war.

- President Duterte has offered his “100 percent” support for the Philippines’ hosting of the 30th Southeast Asian Games, and directed concerned sports officials to ensure the proper use of public funds related to the event.

- A bill renewing franchise of ABS-CBN has been refiled to Congress.

- Yesterday, Boris Johnson is named the new British Prime Minister after winning the leadership of the Conservative Party. His victory catapults the United Kingdom towards a Brexit showdown with the EU and towards a constitutional crisis at home, as British lawmakers have vowed to bring down any government that tries to leave the bloc without a divorce deal.

- A group of US House Democrats unveiled a climate change plan they said featured a “more realistic” goal to cut carbon emissions to net zero by 2050 rather than by 2030 as envisioned under the Green New Deal introduced early this year.

- Australia is set to pass laws as early as that would allow the government to prevent suspected extremists from returning home for up to two years while Australian supporters of the Islamic State group are demanding to be repatriated from crowded Syrian refugee camps.

- Audi joins the niche coupe-SUV business with the first-ever Q3 Sportback.

2020 Audi Q3 Sportback

- A prototype Ford F-150 electric managed to pull a train full of 1 million pounds of load.

TTFN!!!

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