Wednesday, August 30, 2017

Let's Do The News! (August 30, 2017)



- Malacañang denied rumors that they are attempting to calm the snowballing public sympathy for the death of 17-year old Kian Delos Santos. Rumors began circulating following President Duterte's meeting with Kian's parents last August 28th.

- President Rodrigo Duterte, meanwhile, attacked the Office of the Ombudsman which he claims practices "selective justice" in an attempt to protect their allies from graft charges.

- Iraqi forces calling their operation to retake a small Iraqi town from the Islamic State militants like opening the "gates of hell" as the fighting is much worse than retaking Mosul last June.

- US Secretary of Defense Jim Mattis told that current policy regarding transgender personnel serving in the military would remain in place until he advises President Donald Trump on how to implement his directive on a transgender ban.

- A Guatemalan top court ruled definitely against President Jimmy Morales' internationally criticized push to fire the head of a U.N.-backed anti-corruption unit probing his campaign financing. The decision by the Constitutional Court ratifies a provisional ruling that the government could not expel Ivan Velasquez, a veteran Colombian prosecutor who leads Guatemala’s International Commission against Impunity.

- Prices William and Harry pay tribute to the late Princess Diana on Wednesday, a day before the 20th anniversary of her death. They will meet representatives of the charities Diana supported at Kensington Palace, their current home and where their mother lived until she was killed in a car crash on Aug 31, 1997.

- Porsche's first SUV, the Cayenne, is now on its third-generation and this new model is now comes with powerful turbo engines, new eight-speed Tiptronic S gearbox, new chassis systems and innovative display and control concept.

2018 Porsche Cayenne

- The Bentley Continental GT is now on its third-generation and for its full model change, the new model's 6.0L W12 TSi engine has been mated to an 8-speed DCT for the first time.

2018 Bentley Continental GT
- Nintendo is ending their Miiverse social network service on the 8th of November alongside the Wii U Chat and Nintendo TVii services. Nintendo will remove Miiverse features from compatible Wii U and Nintendo 3DS games in Japan. The affected games will include more than 70 Wii U titles and more than 20 Nintendo 3DS titles.

- Actor Ed Skrein pulled out from the Hellboy remake film amid claims of whitewashing.

TTFN!!!

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