Wednesday, August 18, 2021

Let's Do The News! (August 18, 2021)

             

Your daily round-up of today's news:

1Sambayan seeks a possible alliance with the Liberal Party and Aksyon Demokratiko in the 2022 elections.

- TESDA says the 160 million peso fund flagged by the Commission on Audit was used for various scholarship and livelihood programs.

- The Philippine Space Agency prepares to launch its biggest Filipino-made satellite to space.

- There are less than 100 overseas Filipino workers awaiting repatriation from Afghanistan, according to OWWA.

- Asian countries evacuate diplomats and citizens from Afghanistan as the Taliban declares general amnesty.

- A certain Filipino got hurt in a homophobic attack in the United Kingdom.

- Over half a million children are affected by the Haiti earthquake, according to UNICEF.

- US President Joe Biden hasn't spoken to other world leaders since the fall of Kabul by the Taliban.

- The first-ever Mercedes-Benz C-Class All-Terrain has been unveiled.



- Formula 1 cancels the Japanese Grand Prix for the 2021 season due to COVID-19.

- KBS to air a special spin-off of The Return of Superman this Chuseok holiday.

TTFN.

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