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

- Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana said the Philippines' military cadet exchange program with Russia is under evaluation.

- The Philippine Military Academy has confined at least five of its cadets who were seen maltreating what appears to be plebes of the military school in videos that went viral in the social media.

- The Duterte administration named Associate Justice Diosdado Peralta as the new chief justice.

- The House Committee on Agriculture and Food approved a substitute joint resolution urging Congress to authorize the use of the rice subsidy as provided in the General Appropriations Act for the purchase of palay from farmers.

- China has invited a Taliban delegation to attend an “intra-Afghan” conference in Beijing after a prospective deal between the United States and the insurgents collapsed last month.

- Hong Kong’s legislature formally withdrew planned legislation that would have allowed extraditions to mainland China, but the move was unlikely to end months of unrest as it met just one of five demands of pro-democracy protesters.

- Indonesian President Joko Widodo unveiled his new cabinet for a second term, picking former industry minister Airlangga Hartarto to head his economic team and retaining economist Sri Mulyani Indrawati as finance minister.

- European Council President Donald Tusk said he will recommend EU leaders grant another Brexit extension, hours after British MPs rejected Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s bid to force his divorce deal through parliament this week.

- Honda unveiled the fourth-generation Fit at the Tokyo Motor Show, featuring a new e:HEV two-motor hybrid system.

2020 Honda Fit

- Mazda unveiled their first-ever MX-30 electric crossover at the Tokyo Motor Show

Mazda CX-30 Concept

- Subaru previews the next-generation Levorg at the Tokyo Motor Show with the Levorg Prototype

Subaru Levorg Prototype

- Chinese state television did not air the NBA's opening night games, and the league's streaming partner, Tencent, reduced its schedule and showed just the Lakers-Clippers contest. Outside that game at Staples Center in Los Angeles, a group of protesters chanted and offered fans T-shirts that read: "Fight For Freedom Stand For Hong Kong." A smattering of fans wore them inside Staples during the game.

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