Tuesday, September 12, 2017

Let's Do The News! (September 12, 2017)



- Senator Antonio Trillanes IV signed the waivers of the bank secrecy law on 12 foreign bank accounts that President Rodrigo Duterte accused him of hoarding money in yesterday.

- As tropical storm Maring causing heavy floods in Metro Manila, PAGASA Typhoon Lannie has entered the Philippine Area of Responsibility. According to PAGASA, typhoon “Lannie” was last spotted with a distance of 1,370 kilometers east of Aparri, Cagayan, with sustained winds of up to 120 kilometers per hour near its center, and gustiness of up to 145 kilometers per hour.

- Back to Hurricane Irma, the death toll is now up to 10 in Florida while 10,000 residents may need evacuation from ravaged Florida Keys.

- On this day in America, September 11 marks 16 years since the deadly terrorist attacks that toppled the World Trade Center in New York. Annually, all US states and Hawaii have flown their flags at half-staff to remember 3,000 victims who killed during the attacks.

- The Mercedes-AMG Project One hybrid hypercar has been unleashed, albeit in concept. This hypercar uses the same fundamentals as their championship-winning Formula One car. Using a turbocharged 1.6L V6 hybrid petrol engine and four electric motors, it generates over a thousand horses and mated to a specially-made 8-speed gearbox, it has a top speed of over 350kph.



- For this week's Frankfurt Motor Show, the Land Rover Discovery SVX has been unleashed. Made by Jaguar Land Rover's Special Vehicle Operations, the SVX adds extreme offroad capability on the base Discover while injecting it with a supercharged 5.0L V8 engine producing 525PS of power. It is the first to feature Hydraulic Active Roll Control, which provides better wheel articulation and improved body control, enhancing extreme off-road traction while also reducing body roll for smooth and sure-footed on-road driving.



- Audi presents their first ever rear-wheel drive vehicle in their lineup, the special-edition Audi R8 V10 RWS. Limited to 999 units, the rear-wheel drive R8 uses the base R8 V10 model as its basis and thanks to a drivetrain swap from 4WD to MR, it drops 50kg of weight, capable of  0 to 100 km/h (0 - 62.1 mph) in 3.7 seconds (Spyder: 3.8 seconds) and beyond to a top speed of 320 km/h (198.8 mph) (Spyder: 318 km/h [197.6 mph]).



- Toyota says goodbye to the FJ Cruiser with the FINAL EDITION model, featuring a beige exterior paint and special black garnishes on the grille.



- The teaser trailer for Fifty Shades Freed, the final installment of the Fifty Shades of Grey trilogy, is now up. It will hit theaters Valentines Day 2018.



TTFN!!!

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