Tuesday, September 24, 2024

Let's Do The News! (September 24, 2024)

   

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

- Almost 300 Chinese ships have been detected by the Armed Forces of the Philippines in the islands under the country's jurisdiction in the West Philippine Sea. The PH Navy monitored 251 Chinese vessels from September 17 to 23, 2024.

- Transport group MANIBELA showed stranded passengers on the second day of the transport strike.

- The PH Senate lifted the contempt order against Sheila Guo, the sibling of dismissed mayor Alice Guo, ordering her transfer to the custody of the Bureau of Immigration.

- COMELEC accredited 41 new party lists for the 2025 midterm elections.

- Atty. Harry Roque filed a petition with the PH Supreme Court to question the arrest order of the House Quad Committee.

- The OVP dismissed reports of PH Vice President Sara Duterte going on the beach at the same time as the plenary deliberation of the OVP 2025 budget, calling it "fake news".

- Nearly 500 were killed in the Israeli air strikes in Lebanon as thousands fled.

- Harrods is looking into whether any current staff were involved in abuse allegations against Mohamed Al Fayed.

- The suspect arrested on the recent Donald Trump golf course incident left a note saying he intended to kill Trump, prosecutors say.

- Volvo scrapped plans to become a fully electric car company by 2030 as it shifts focus on PHEVs instead. The automaker cites changing market conditions, tariffs, and slower EV adoption,

- INDYCAR immediately establishes its historic charter system across the NTT INDYCAR SERIES. In total, owners of 10 teams have accepted charters for 25 entries competing in INDYCAR.

- Rinus Veekay announced he will not return to Ed Carpenter Racing in 2025 after five seasons with the team.

- Former Williams F1 driver Logan Sargeant will test an IndyCar for the first time with Meyer Shank Racing at The Thermal Club in November.

TTFN.

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