Thursday, December 14, 2017

Let's Do The News! (December 14, 2017)



- The World Health Organizations will release the report on the Philippines' vaccination program to help advise the Department of Health on its next steps. A WHO representative said at the resumption of the Senate probe on the Dengvaxia controversy the global organization is "seeking, mobilizing its expert committees, in seeking advice from them" on the vaccination program.
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- Meanwhile, former president Benigno Aquino III said that no one came forward to express their objection against dengue vaccine Dengvaxia when the previous administration decided to roll out its national immunization program. Facing the Senate Blue Ribbon and Health committees, Aquino defended his administration's controversial dengue vaccination program, which was launched in April 2016.

- As Tropical Depression Urduja draws near at Samar, signal number one is raised over 10 areas in Luzon. In a Severe Weather Bulletin issued early Thursday morning, Pagasa said Urduja was 175k east of Guiuan, Eastern Samar as of 0400 hours local time. It is moving west at 8kph and has maximum sustained winds of 55 kph near the center and gustiness of up to 65 kph.

- Despite the criticisms his administration has been getting, mostly on extrajudicial killings, President Rodrigo Duterte told the media the other night that he still respects the freedom of the press.

- The top searches of 2017 from Google includes monkey selfies, solar eclipse, bitcoin, Matt Lauer, and many others mentioned in their list.

- The suspect behind the failed suicide bombing attempt at a New York subway is facing a court hearing on Wednesday local time. Akayed Ullah made it clear from a hospital bed where he was being treated for burns from a pipe bomb he strapped to his body that he was on a mission to punish the United States for attacking the Islamic State group, said Acting U.S. Attorney Joon Kim. A search of the Bangladeshi immigrant's apartment turned up bomb-making materials, including screws matching those found at the scene intended as carnage-creating shrapnel.

- News agency Reuters is demanding the Myanmar government to immediately release its two journalists who were arrested for possessing "important secret papers" obtained from two policemen who had worked in Rakhine state, where violence widely blamed on security forces has forced more than 625,000 minority Rohingya Muslims to flee into neighboring Bangladesh.

- The Fiat Punto scored a shocking zero-star rating at the Euro NCAP.



- Starting next year, Sony's PlayStation Network will let users change their ID names.

- NERF THIS! Hardcore gamer turned MEKA pilot superstar D.Va joins the Overwatch Nendoroid lineup from Good Smile Company. This Nendoroid is available to order and arrives this July.

Nendoroid D.Va

TTFN!!!

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