Thursday, August 19, 2021

Let's Do The News! (August 19, 2021)

              

Your daily round-up of today's news:

- The Commission on Elections suspends all pending plebiscites so as not to derail the 2022 election preparations.

- Students from De La Salle University and Ateneo de Manila University, together with 1Sambayan representatives, collaborate in an effort to mobilize the youth sector in next year's elections.

- Department of Agriculture Secretary William Dar asserted that no irregularities were committed despite the recent findings of state auditors on the alleged non-utilization of the 9.8 billion peso fund intended for farmers.

- Death toll from the Haiti quake reaches 2,189.

- US President Joe Biden sees "chaos" as his nation pleaded with the Taliban to allow safe passage for evacuees.

- The Taliban faces a critical need for international aid.

- The largest wildfire of the year is still active in central Spain.

- The United Kingdom warns that the Taliban will be judged "by its actions" as Prime Minister Boris Johnson revealed that the country helped over 2,000 Afghans to evacuate.

- The Lincoln Navigator receives a 2022 model year minor change.

- Your first look at the first-ever Genesis GV60 electric crossover.


- Mercedes-Benz to leave Formula E after 2022.

- Actor Francis Mossman dies at the age of 33.

TTFN.

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