Friday, September 1, 2017

Let's Do The News! (September 1, 2017)



- The House Committee on Dangerous Drugs seeks charges against former Customs Commissioner Nicanor Faeldon regarding the 604 kilograms of crystal meth that passed through the Bureau of Customs last May. In addition to Faeldon, the House also intends to file criminal charges against other BoC officials including Neil Estrella, Gerardo Gambala, Milo Maestrecampo, and Attorney Mandy Anderson, Faeldon’s Chief of Staff.

- The Department of Transportation collaborates with the Singaporean government to help ease the ongoing traffic problem in the country. Transportation Secretary Arthur Tugade and CEO of the Singapore Cooperation Enterprise Kong Wy Mun signed a memorandum of understanding on Thursday developing an Intelligent Transport System to reduce traffic congestion in Metro Manila.

- The Court of Appeals has affirmed the expulsion of former Metro Rail Transit Authority general manager Al Vitangcol III over attempts to extort $ 30 million from Czech company Inekon that supplied light rail vehicles.

- Yesterday, the Thai Supreme Court dismissed a case against former prime minister Abhisit Vejjajiva for ordering a deadly crackdown on demonstrators protesting against his government in 2010.

- China's Defense Ministry said that it would strengthen up patrols along a disputed stretch of its border with India, but would also “adjust” deployments, after the two countries ended a more than two-month standoff.

- As US President expresses his condolences to the victims of the Hurricane Harvey in Texas, he's threatening to shut down the government if they don't fund his proposed border wall.

- Need For Speed Payback's joining the casualty of not featuring production Toyotas in-game alongside Forza Motorsport 7.

- Skoda Auto, the Czech division of the Volkswagen Group, plans to launch new models until 2020.

- smart will display their Vision EQ ForTwo Concept at September's Frankfurt Motor Show, demonstrating the future smart's connectivity, autonomous driving, car-sharing, and electric drive.

smart Vision EQ ForTwo Concept

- Celebs Nicholas Hoult and Lily Collins is set to appear in a J.R.R. Tolkien biopic film.

TTFN!!!

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