Thursday, December 19, 2024

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

                                   

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

- The Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas presented the first complete Philippine Polymer Banknotes to President Bongbong Marcos. The new polymer banknotes feature animals instead of past Philippine Presidents.

- The Office of Civil Defense is studying the possibility of widening the Permanent Danger Zone around the Kanlaon Volcano due to flash flood threats.

- The Office of the Secretary General of the House of Representatives accepted the third impeachment complaint against Philippine Vice President Sara Duterte.

Dominique Pelicot gets a jail sentence of 20 years in French mass rape trial - as all other defendants found guilty of at least one charge. Pelicot was found guilty of drugging and raping ex-wife Gisèle and recruiting strangers to rape her.

- The leader of the HTS rebel group that ousted Syrian leader Bashar Al-Assad tells the BBC that Syria is exhausted by war and is not a threat to the West.

Apple canceled its plans for an iPhone subscription service due to software issues and regulatory concerns. However, it will continue offering the iPhone upgrade program and Apple Card monthly installments.

- Liam Lawson replaces Sergio Perez as Red Bull F1 driver joining alongside Max Verstappen.

- Doriane Pan will return to Mercedes-AMG for the 2025 F1 Academy season.

- Bianca Bustamante will make her GB3 Championship debut with Elite Motorsport in 2025.

- Valtteri Bottas will return to the Mercedes-AMG F1 team as a reserve driver.

- Sony and Kadokawa are forming a "strategic capital and business alliance" that will see Sony becoming Kadokawa's biggest shareholder by about 10% of its shares.

- Nihon Falcom founder Masayuki Kato dies at the age of 78.

TTFN.

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