Let's Do The News! (December 28, 2023)

                                          

Your daily round-up of today's news...

- According to OCTA, Metro Manila's COVID-19 positivity rate is slightly increasing.

- Firework-related injuries remain at 88 cases, according to the PH Department of Health.

- The Communist Party of the Philippines sees talks as an "additional battlefield" and admits "crucial errors" after the Bukidnon setback. 

- Pro-Palestinian protesters blocked airport roads in New York and Los Angeles, snarling traffic as U.S. airlines contended with a rush of holiday travel.

- Former US Democratic senator and former Milwaukee Bucks owner Herb Kohl passed away at the age of 88. Kohl was a popular figure in Wisconsin, purchasing the Bucks in 1985 for $18 million to keep them from leaving town, and spending generously from his fortune on civic and educational causes throughout the state.

- Maersk resumes sailings through the Red Sea as the Danish shipping giant has scheduled several dozen container vessels following the deployment of a US-led naval alliance to safeguard international trade.

- A top US diplomat is in Mexico to discuss the ongoing migration crisis.

- Former European Commission President Jacques Delors, described as the architect of the modern EU, passed away at the age of 98. Delors served from 1985 to 1995, created the single market allowing the free movement of people, goods, and services within the bloc, and also laid the groundwork for the single European currency, the Euro.

- The Uma Musume Pretty Derby series is getting an anime film this May 2024.

- Boy groups DAY6 and 2AM join forces for a special performance at this Sunday's MBC Music Festival.

- Businessman Mark Cuban hailed the approved sale of the controlling interests of Dallas Mavericks by the NBA Board of Governors to the families who run the Las Vegas Sands casino company, calling it a "great partnership". A deal that will allow Cuban to continue running the franchise's basketball operations.

- Firefly won Best Picture at the 2023 Metro Manila Film Festival Gabi ng Parangal while GomBurZa nailed the most awards with seven.

TTFN.