Tuesday, December 5, 2017

Let's Do The News! (December 5, 2017)



- The Food and Drug Administration put a halt on the sale on the dengue vaccine Dengvaxia and the withdrawal of stocks over potential risks to patients. In an advisory released on Monday, FDA said it has ordered pharmaceutical firm Sanofi Pasteur to suspend the sale, distribution and marketing of the vaccine and to withdraw it from the local market "pending compliance with the directives of the FDA."

- The Malacanang denied that harassment was made when a court ordered the arrest of the leader of transport group PISTON for leading a strike in February to protest the government's plan to phase out old jeepneys. Last Friday, presiding Judge Don Ace Mariano Alagar of Quezon City Metropolitan Trial Court Branch 43 issued an arrest warrant against Pinagkaisahang Samahan ng mga Tsuper at Operator Nationwide president George San Mateo for violating the Public Service Law.

- The Supreme Court uphold the finality the constitutionality of President Rodrigo Duterte's declaration of martial law in Mindanao. In a press briefing, SC spokesperson Ted Te said: "[T]he Court, voting 10-3-1, denied with finality for mootness and lack of merit all three Motions for Reconsideration filed by petitioners against the Court's Decision dated July 4, 2017 that upheld the constitutionality of martial law in Mindanao.

- Malacanang said government agencies will investigate the killing of activist priest Marcelito "Tito" Paez in Nueva Ecija on Monday. According to human rights group Karapatan, 72-year-old Paez was gunned down by unidentified assailants while he was driving his vehicle in San Leonardo, Nueva Ecija around 8 p.m. on Monday. He died at the San Leonardo Hospital.

- US Defense Secretary Jim Mattis met with top Pakistani leaders yesterday to seek common ground on the counterterrorism fight, amid Trump administration calls for Islamabad to more aggressively go after the insurgents moving back and forth across the border with Afghanistan.

- The recent government-commissioned poll says that pro-independence parties will lose their slim majority in the Catalan parliament in elections later this month, foreshadowing a complicated route to post-election deals to form a new government.

- Lamborghini returns to the SUV segment with the brand new production-spec Urus. Powered by Lamborghini's first 4.0L V8 Twin Turbo engine producing 650HP of power and 850Nm of torque, while mated to 8-speed AT, the Urus can do 0-100kph in 3.6 seconds and top speed of 305kph, making it the fastest SUV in the world.

2019 Lamborghini Urus

- Unveiled at the LA Auto Show, the all-new Infiniti QX50 crossover is the first to be powered by the new variable compression ratio turbo engine producing 272PS of power and 390Nm of torque.

2019 Infiniti QX50

- In celebration of Rockman/Mega Man's 30th anniversary, the newest installment Rockman 11 has announced and it's coming next year on PS4, XBOX One, and Switch.

- New Pokemon Nendoroid on the radar! Sun and Moon's Trial Captain Lana joins the range and it's available to order at Pokemon Center online shops starting at 4,444 Yen plus tax and delivery and arrives this June. This Nendoroid comes with different expressions, a fishing rod, and a Wishiwashi.

Nendoroid Lana

TTFN!!!

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