Tuesday, February 18, 2020

Let's Do The News (February 18, 2020)



- The Senate panel will start tackling ABS-CBN franchise renewal at the final week of February.

- Meanwhile, the Office of the Solicitor General asks the Supreme Court to issue gag order on quo warranto case against ABS-CBN.

- Former Communist Party of the Philippines chair Rodolfo Salas got arrested in Pampanga.

- China reports 1,886 new COVID-19 cases with the death toll now at 1,868.

- The president of the Wuhan hospital dies of COVID-19 pneumonia.

- Seoul to improve living conditions in semi-basement apartments depicted in Parasite.

- Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen defended his decision to allow a U.S. cruise ship to dock despite at least one passenger later being diagnosed with the deadly coronavirus, while authorities scrambled to track down hundreds that came in contact with her.

- Sri Lankan startup Vega Innovations unveiled the Vega EVX, a 804hp electric sportscar set for Geneva Motor Show debut.



- Nissan CEO Makoto Uchida says he's willing to be fired if "circumstances remain uncertain" and no turnaround in the scandal-plagued Japanese car giant.

- This year's Beijing Motor Show has been postponed due to COVID-19 threats.

- ICYMI: Subaru joins the Toyota Group

- Virus threats causes shortages of Nintendo Switch in US and Europe, according to reports.

TTFN!!!

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