Tuesday, October 8, 2019

Let's Do The News! (October 8, 2019)



- The National Police Commission said it will be ready to accept new administrative cases against the 13 Pampanga police officers who were dubbed as “ninja cops’’ for their alleged involvement in the recycling of illegal drugs in an operation in 2013.

- The Presidential Electoral Tribunal deferred to Tuesday next week its resolution on the results of the manual recount and revision of ballots in three provinces identified by former Sen. Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. as pilot areas in his election protest against Vice-President Ma. Leonor “Leni” G. Robredo.

- The Light Rail Transit - Line 2 resumed its partial operation, with only five trains running from Cubao to Recto stations and back.

- The House Committee on Foreign Affairs has adopted a resolution seeking to strengthen the bilateral ties between the Philippines and South Korea and to secure peace, stability, and prosperity in the Asia Pacific Region.

- France will not sign the EU-Mercosur farming deal struck between the European Union and the Mercosur countries of Brazil, Argentina, Uruguay and Paraguay under current conditions, France’s environment minister said.

- Iran urges Turkey not to go ahead with the attack on Syrian Kurds.

- The US Supreme Court wades into a major LGBT rights dispute over whether a landmark decades-old federal anti-discrimination law that prohibits employment discrimination on the basis of sex covers gay and transgender workers.

- Haiti is now on its 4th week of anti-government protests.

- The NBA draws flak for apologizing to China over Houston Rockets GM Daryl Morey's tweet about Hong Kong.

- Aston Martin teases Vantage Roadster coming next year.

- Toyota unveiled the GranAce, a full-size luxury minivan, ahead of its Tokyo Motor Show premiere.



- Volkswagen unveiled the new look of the R high-performance sub-brand.

Carlos Celdran passed away at the age of 46.

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