Monday, August 31, 2020

Let's Do The News! (August 31, 2020)



- Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte appeals for peace in Mindanao.

- Senator Bong Go wants suspects of the Jolo bombings to be held accountable.

- Senator Kiko Pangilingan called on the Department of Health on 500 peso daily hazard pay for medical frontliners.

- The Court of Tax Appeals rejected the petition of a oil company's petition to recover from the Bureau of Internal Revenue more than 65 million pesos in excise tax.

- US President Donald Trump presses law and order message as protest turns deadly.

- Zimbabwe investigates the death of 12 elephants near Hwange park.

- Tens of thousands march in Minsk despite crackdown.

- Japanese Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga will join the race to succeed Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, according to reports, as the battle for Abe's successor heats up.

- Turkish president Recep Tayyip Erdogan called French and Greek leaders "greedy and incompetent" for challenging Turkish energy exploration in the eastern Mediterranean.

- YouTube deleted over 11.4 million videos to keep internet safe.

- Clint Vahsholtz is named overall winner of this year's Pikes Peak International Hill Climb after setting a 9:35.490 time in his 2013 Ford Open Wheeler.

- Eiyuden Chronicle became the 3rd-most funded game in Kickstarted as it ends its fundraising with over 4.5 million US dollars raised.

- The director of the Black Panther movie pays tribute to the actor who player the titular superhero, Chadwick Boseman, who recently died last weekend due to colon cancer.

TTFN!!!

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