Saturday, October 12, 2019

Let's Do The News! (October 12, 2019)



- Senator Richard "Dick" Gordon warned that Philippine National Police Director-General Oscar Albayalde may still face charges even after retirement.

- Typhoon Hagibis, the strongest typhoon to struck Japan in six decades, approached landfall with heavy downfall and strong winds struck Tokyo and surrounding areas.

- Testifying in defiance of President Donald Trump’s ban, former U.S. Ambassador to Ukraine Marie Yovanovitch told House impeachment investigators that Trump himself had pressured the State Department to oust her from her post and get her out of the country.

- Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam rejected the scheduled meeting with US Senator Ted Cruz.

- Companies have welcomed a U.S.-Chinese trade truce as a possible step toward breaking a deadlock in a 15-month-old tariff war, while economists caution there was little progress toward settling core disputes including technology that threaten global growth.

- Comedian Alec Baldwin fell for a "scam" Statue of Liberty tour.

TTFN!!!

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