Let's Do The News! (July 19, 2024)

                                   

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

- The MMDA is establishing re-routing plans across Quezon City for this Monday's SONA of PH President Bongbong Marcos.

- COMELEC Chairman George Garcia is preparing a possible case against those who accused him of bribery.

- Sonny Angara has formally sat as the PH Department of Education's secretary and he's recommending replacements for those who resigned from the organization.

- A magnitude 7.4 quake hits Chile.

- The UK COVID inquiry report reveals that the British government and devolved nations "failed their citizens" with COVID causing more deaths than it should have. "The UK was ill-prepared for dealing with the whole system civil emergency of a pandemic - let alone the coronavirus pandemic that actually struck". Covid inquiry chair Baroness Hallett says there were "serious errors on the part of the state".

- Police have been deployed to Harehills in Leeds after disorder broke out. A police car was flipped over and a bus set alight during what West Yorkshire Police has described as a "serious disorder incident".

- Ursula von der Leyen secured five more years in the European Union's top job after a secret ballot in the European Parliament.

- Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky says that working with Donald Trump, should he win the November presidential elections in the US, is hard work "but we are hard workers".

- Donald Trump delivered his first speech at the Republican convention since surviving last weekend's assassination attempt. "I had God on my side" - Donald Trump tells Republican convention crowd he narrowly avoided death when a gunman opened fire at the rally.

- Kevin Magnussen announced his leave from Haas after the end of the F1 '24 season.

- The Nissan Note Aura Nismo received a minor change for the 2025 model year with the addition of the 4WD model.

2025 Nissan Note Aura Nismo

- Dark Horse Comics says it won't accept AI Art and supports "human creative professionals" in the works it publishes.

- The live-action Halo TV series was canceled on Paramount+ after two seasons.

- Veteran comedian Bob Newhart passed away at the age of 94.

- ICYMI: P-pop boy group SB19 wins Nick Kids Choice Awards' Favorite Asian Act.

TTFN.