Thursday, May 13, 2021

Let's Do The News! (May 13, 2021)

   

Your daily round-up of today's news:

- Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte hopes for peace, unity, and healing in his Eid'l Fitr message.

- Foreign Affairs Secretary Teodoro Locsin Jr. orders filing of protest over the presence of 287 Chinese vessels in the West Philippine Sea.

- Joma Sison, the founder of the Communist Party of the Philippines, and 18 other CPP officials have been tagged as terrorists by the Anti-Terrorism Council along with 10 Abu Sayyaf bandits.

- Crising is now a tropical storm with Signal No. 2 raised in 4 Mindanao areas, PAGASA warns.

- Senator Antonio Trillanes III denies dividing opposition with a potential 2022 presidential bid.

- Panic buying shuts down US gas stations as pipelines begin to reopen

- US President Joe Biden says he spoke with Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu, hoping that the violence in Israel will end "sooner than later."

- World powers call for de-escalation of violence after intense hostilities between Israel and the Palestinians left at least 72 killed and hundreds injured.

- Revue Starlight movie delayed to early June due to COVID-19

- Two Los Angeles firefighters could be sacked and a third suspended after some first responders took and shared graphic photos from the site of the helicopter crash that killed Kobe Bryant, his daughter, and seven others, according to sources.

- The NCAA cancels its women's golf regional in Baton Rouge, sparking backlash.

- The Ellen DeGeneres show will end after its 19th season.

TTFN.

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