Thursday, July 4, 2019

Let's Do The News! (July 4, 2019)



- Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte signifies his willingness to visit the United States and return the standing invitation extended to him by President Donald Trump, according to the country's top diplomat to Washington D.C.

- The second Ground Receiving Station of the Philippine Earth Data Resource and Observation was recently launched in Davao City, unveiling the Philippine’s largest tracking antenna for earth observation satellites to date.

- Senator Christopher Lawrence “Bong” Go filed a bill that seeks to provide continuous funding support for a large-scale, pro-poor housing program in the country to curtail widespread homelessness and improve the delivery of housing services to poor Filipinos.

- A fire destroyed a massive Jim Beam warehouse filled with about 45,000 barrels of aging bourbon in Kentucky, and state officials worried that runoff whiskey seeping into nearby waterways would kill fish.

- U.S. Border Patrol agents are searching for a missing 2-year-old girl in the Rio Grande near the Texas town of Del Rio.

California became the first US state to ban racial discrimination based on hairstyle, passing a law to ensure afros and dreadlocks can be worn at all schools and offices.

- Russian President Vladimir Putin will hold talks with Pope Francis on Thursday, a day before Ukraine’s Catholic leaders meet at the Vatican to discuss the crisis in their country, and amid speculation that the visit could be a prelude to the first trip by a pope to Russia.

- Boko Haram's Islamic State-backed faction claimed responsibility for an attack on an army camp in western Niger earlier in the week that killed 18 soldiers.

- Lotus confirms Evija name for its first all-electric hypercar.

- The Kaiju Step cartoon shorts will air on NHK ETV this September 27th.

- A new Kaiketsu Zorori anime is coming spring 2020.

- Codemasters delays GRID reboot launch to October 11th.

- The Philippine Olympic Committee will hold special elections no later than July 28th.

- Actress Gabbi Garcia confirms that GMA cancelled Rosang Agimat in the wake of Eddie Garcia's death during filming.

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