Monday, March 18, 2019

Let's Do The News! (March 18, 2019)



- Senator Leila de Lima urged the Duterte administration to heed United States Secretary Mike Pompeo’s and Malaysia Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad’s advice to be wary with its loan agreements with China. “This is not the first time that top leaders or experts cautioned us about our dealings with China that could unfavorably affect our country’s future, both in the aspects of financial and territorial security. We need to learn from the unfortunate fate of others who borrowed before us,” de Lima said.

- Reelectionist Senator Bam Aquino urged the Department of Trade and Industry to help micro-businesses affected by water shortage. Aquino said the water crisis may severely affect the operations of these micro-businesses and eventually cripple their livelihood.

- Some Catholic priests support five of the Otso Diretso opposition bets.

- Chinese president Xi Jinping to visit Italy, Monaco, and France this week with Rome expected to join his global trade infrastructure programme despite reservations in other European countries.

- An 18-year-old has appeared in a New Zealand court charged with distributing the livestream video of last weekend's Christchurch mosque shooting which killed 50 people and dozens more hurt.

- Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu this week will host a visit from the US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo before flying to Washington for a possible meeting with President Donald Trump. But Pompeo’s Jerusalem visit — sandwiched by additional stops in Kuwait and Beirut — reflects a larger agenda than simply lending US support to an important regional friend at a key time.

- Former British Foreign Minister Boris Johnson said it was not too late for the government to get “real change” to Prime Minister Theresa May’s Brexit deal and cautioned against holding another parliamentary vote on the agreement this week.

- Cadillac revealed their new CT5 executive saloon ahead of its New York Auto Show premiere. The new saloon is set to replace both the ATS and the CTS saloons.

2020 Cadillac CT5
- The sextuplets from Osomatsu-san is set to make special appearances at an upcoming Black Clover episode.

- LA Tenorio, yesterday, set a new record for consecutive games played in the PBA with 597, overtaking Alvin Patrimonio's record.

- Quezon City Councilor and actor Roderick Paulate was suspended over pending graft case.

- ICYMI: Numerous K-Pop male stars shared videos of women getting raped in group chat.

TTFN!!!

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