Monday, August 19, 2024

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


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

-  The Philippines has reported its first new case of mpox, according to the PH Department of Health. According to DOH, the 10th lab-confirmed mpox case is a 33-year-old Filipino maile with no travel history outside the country but with close, intimate contact three weeks before symptom onset.

- Director Jojo Nones, cited for contempt by Sen. Jinggoy Estrada in the Senate Committee on Public Information hearing. Senator Estrada said that Jojo Nones denied that they offered money to be given to a charitable Institution because of the abuse done to Sandro Muhlach. But in the affidavit of Atty. Annette Gozon that they offered money.

- A magnitude 5.7 quake hits Pambujan, Northern Samar.

- Dindo has strengthened into a Tropical Storm as it heads north out of the Philippine Area of Responsibility. It was last spotted at a distance of 760km northeast of Itbayat, Batanes.

- Emergency move to ease prison overcrowding in England activated as more rioters set to be jailed.

- Ted Baker will close the last 31 stores by Tuesday, putting over 500 jobs at risk.

Ukraine aims to create a military buffer zone inside Russia. President Volodymyr Zelensky outlines his aims for the cross-border offensive.

- The NASCAR Clash pre-season exhibition race for 2025 will be held at the Bowman Gray Stadium this February 2nd, 2025.

- The Koenigsegg Jesko Attack has set a new Laguna Seca production car record with the lap time of 1m24.86s.

- The Halloween franchise is getting its own game with John Carpenter "intimately involved". Boss Team Games is involved in the making of two games based on the horror franchise.

- Former NU'EST member Kim Jonghyeon announced his plans to enlist in the military.

- French actor Alain Delon passed away at the age of 88.

TTFN.

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