Friday, August 23, 2019

Let's Do The News! (August 23, 2019)



- A Malacanang official warns that rape--murder convict Antonio Sanchez would be "ineligible and disqualified" from benefiting from law on good behavior.

- Meanwhile, Philippine National Police Chief General Oscar Albayalde provided no objection on the possible release from the New Bilibid Prisons of former Calauan, Laguna mayor and convicted rapist and murderer Antonio Sanchez and 11,000 other inmates.

- Detained Senator Leila de Lima asked Google Philippines to take down the fake videos populating YouTube. De Lima lamented that the video-sharing website has becomes the go-to platform for sinister groups to spread lies and misleading content.

- Fox News reporter Sean Hannity slams Bernie Sanders' Green New Deal, saying America “will dive into a depression, probably immediately, if we get rid of oil and gas”

- Senator Ted Cruz defends Hasbro's newest Monopoly game, controversially called Monopoly Socialism, following a backlash from netizens.

- Hong Kong braced for further demonstrations and a "stress test" of the city's international airport at the weekend.

- US officials confirmed that Israel was responsible for bombing of an Iranian weapons depot in Iraq last month, an attack that would mark a significant escalation in Israel’s years-long campaign against Iranian military entrenchment across the region.

- Brazil president Jair Bolsonaro admitted farmers could be illegally setting the Amazon rainforest ablaze but told foreign powers not to interfere. Previously, he blamed NGOs for setting the fires, without providing evidence.

- Opel turned an e-Corsa into a rally car ahead of its Frankfurt appearance.



- Porsche teases the upcoming Taycan electric vehicle with an interior.



- All Major League Baseball-affiliated players are banned from participating in the Venezuela winter league this season, a response intended to comply with the Trump administration's embargo against the Maduro-led government.

TTFN!!!

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