Wednesday, August 19, 2020

Let's Do The News! (August 19, 2020)



- Senator Panfilo Lacson said that Filipinos don't deserve a state health insurance that is so corrupt despite the trust and confidence given by the Duterte administration.

- Senator Sherwin Gatchalian wants the Department of Education to ensure smooth opening of classes in the 5th of October.

- The PH Senate finished the PhilHealth hearings with the committee report out soon.

- The US government launches 1.9 billion peso project in collaboration with the Department of Education and TESDA.

- PAGASA warns that the combination of the low pressure area and habagat will induce scattered rain showers in Visayas in Mindanao.

- US President Donald Trump commemorates the 100th anniversary of the ratification of the 19th amendment, which gave women the right to vote, by pardoning the late Susan B. Anthony and made August as National Suffrage Month.

- The second day of the 2020 DNC sees former US Vice President Joe Biden accepted the Democratic presidential nominee after a virtual roll call was held across the country via video.

- Two strong quakes rattled Indonesia

- A small asteroid passed 1,830 miles above Earth, the closest ever observed passing by the planet. according to NASA.

- Canadian PM Justin Trudeau named Chrystia Freeland to be the nation's finance minister, the first female finance minister in Canadian politics.

- A countersuit filed by Toronto Raptors' president of basketball operations Masai Ujiri included a new video showing a policeman initiated shoving after the Raptors won last year's NBA Finals.

- SM Entertainment confirms Red Velvet's Wendy's partial return.

TTFN!!!

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