Tuesday, August 11, 2020

Let's Do The News! (August 11, 2020)



- House Deputy Speaker and Antique Lone District Representative Loren Legarda says that the Better Normal for the Workplace, Public Space Act, approved by the PH House of Representatives, a step toward pandemic recovery.

- President and CEO of PhilHealth, Ricardo Morales, admits systemic fraud prevalent in health systems worldwide, including theirs.

- Facebook creates unit devoted to financial services.

- Secret Service agents shot an armed person outside the White House, briefly evacuated US President Donald Trump in the middle of a press conference.

- US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said that he is "deeply troubled" by the Hong Kong arrest of pro-democracy media mogul Jimmy Lai, accusing Beijing of "eviscerated" Hong Kong freedoms.

- Lebanon Prime Minister Hassan Diab announced his government's resignation under a barrage of pressure over the catastrophic Beirut explosion last week that ignite violent protests.

- Maserati adds powerful Trofeo versions to the Quattroporte and the Ghibli sedans, using the same Ferrari-derived 580PS 3.8L V8 twin turbo engine from the Levante Trofeo.



- Last night's Bandai x BNP Festa announced a new Battle Spirits anime, the new Saikyo Kamizmode arcade game and TV series airing this year, and the brand new Aikatsu installment airing on TV Tokyo in January 2021, the live action-anime hybrid Aikatsu Planet! TV series.

- IZ*ONE to hold online concert in September

- A Knight Rider movie is in the works.

- ABS-CBN cancelled an upcoming teleserye series that would have starred Julia Montes and Nadine Lustre in it.

TTFN!!!

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