Friday, September 20, 2024

Let's Do The News! (September 20, 2024)

 

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

- The low-pressure area east of Batanes has formed into a typhoon called Igme.

- A DPWH road upgrading project will occur along the Outer Northbound Lane of MacArthur Highway, Brgy. Marulas from September 20 (2200 hours Manila Time) to September 23, 2024 (0500 hours Manila Time).

- The reading of the indictment against Alice Guo at the Valenzuela RTC did not proceed because Guo's camp still has a pending motion to quash the graft case filed against her.

- Former PH Vice-President Leni Robredo declared her candidacy for mayor of Naga City.

- More sex attack claims against former Harrods boss Mohamed Al Fayed

- UK PM Sir Keir Starmer tells the BBC he is "completely in control" after a row inside the government over Chief of Staff Sue Gray's pay.

- Warplanes fly low over Beirut as Hezbollah chief Hassan Nasrallah says the exploding pagers are a "declaration of war" and Israel carries out bombings in southern Lebanon.

- A devastating dam burst in Poland, triggered by Storm Boris, unleashed floodwaters that engulfed a town. Stunning footage and satellite imagery reveals the extent of the destruction from similar floods across central Europe.

- Tupperware files for bankruptcy.

- Jeep removed the manual gearbox variants of the Gladiator pickup truck.

- The Himitsu no AiPri TV anime is getting a Nintendo Switch video game coming this December 5, 2024.

- The Sony PlayStation5 range received a PlayStation 30th anniversary limited edition themed after the first-generation PlayStation.

- Netflix Geeked Week announcements featured Sakamoto Days' January release, the new Devil May Cry anime coming this April 2025, Chopper coming to the ONE PIECE Netflix show's second season, and a new animated story from the world of Cyberpunk 2077.

- KBS released a statement regarding the cancellation of Music Bank in Madrid, which was originally scheduled for next month. KBS states that the Santiago Bernabéu Stadium administration announced that “all music concerts scheduled at Santiago Bernabéu Stadium will be canceled until March 2025 due to ongoing noise complaints from local residents.”

- New Orleans Saints quarterback Derek Carr has been fined for his touchdown celebration that imitated Michael Jackson.

TTFN.

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