Monday, August 23, 2021

Let's Do The News! (August 23, 2021)

                

Your daily round-up of today's news:

- Expect scattered rain showers and thunderstorms over Palawan and Occidental Mindoro due to the Habagat, according to PAGASA.

- Senators slammed the Department of Transportation for the return of the mandatory vehicle inspection, calling it a "criminal, insensitive policy".

- The Philippines welcomed the visit of Admiral John C. Aqulino, Commander for US INDOPACOM in commemoration of the 70th anniversary of the US-PH Mutual Defense Treaty.

- Senator Panfilo Lacson resigns as finance panel vice chair to focus on 2022 budget scrutiny.

- A gunfight occured at an airport in Kabul as the Biden administration speeds up the chaotic evacuation of tens of thousands of people from the Taliban-controlled Afghanistan.

- Hundreds of Taliban fighters are heading to the Panjshir Valley, one of the few parts of Afghanistan not yet controlled by the group.

- The death toll from the Haiti quake reaches 2,207.

- Tropical Storm Henri made landfall near Rhode Island.

- Jang Ki Yong enlists in the military.

- Hall of Gamer Rod Gilbert passed away at the age of 80.

TTFN.

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