Monday, April 9, 2018

Let's Do The News! (April 9, 2018)



- LTFRB Chairman Martin Delgra III aired concern over the Philippine Competition Commission's order for Uber to continue operating separately from Grab even after Uber’s move to sell its business in the Philippines to its rival.

- Senator Antonio Trillanes IV said he would soon file a resolution seeking for an investigation into the Duterte administration’s six-month cleanup of the world-famous island in Malay, Aklan. According to Trillanes, who is among President Rodrigo Duterte’s staunchest critics, he has a hunch that the administration just wants to close the resort-island starting April 26 so a business entity that wants to put up an establishment in Boracay could exclusively use its port and road network to bring heavy equipment and construction materials.

- Former Brazilian leader Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva surrendered himself to authorities on Saturday, ending a day-long standoff to begin serving a 12-year prison sentence for corruption that derails his bid to return to power. Lula was flown by police to the southern city of Curitiba, where he was tried and convicted late last year, and taken to the federal police headquarters there to serve his sentence. Protesters supporting Lula clashed with police outside the walls of the building. Officers used stun grenades, tear gas and rubber bullets to disperse the crowd.

- Last weekend, a German man drove a van into a group of people sitting outside a restaurant in the old city center of Muenster, killing two of them before committing suicide, according to authorities. The vehicle ploughed into people seated at tables outside the Grosser Kiepenkerl eatery, a popular destination for tourists in the pretty university city. Herbert Reul, interior minister of North Rhine-Westphalia, home to Muenster, told German television the suspect was a German citizen and there was “no indication of an Islamist background”.

- Formula One wants to boost the cars' overtaking chances for next season.

- Mercedes-AMG already discontinued the previous-generation G65, to be followed by the SL65, according to reports.

- The current-generation Chevrolet Malibu gets a minor change for the 2019 model year, featuring a new front face, CVT for 1.5L turbo variant, and a new RS model. In addition, the Cruze and Spark gained minor change as well.

2019 Chevrolet Malibu

2019 Chevrolet Cruze
2019 Chevrolet Spark

- Talent agency 81 Produce apologized on Wednesday with regard to their voice actress Arisa Date (who played Yui Yumekawa from the recently concluded Idol Time PriPara) over her rude behavior at last month's event featuring WITH.

- Meet the guest stars who will be lending their voices at this summer's Pokemon movie and in addition, the new mythical Electric-type Pokemon Zeraora will be making its special appearance in the film as well. The new Pokemon will be playable in Pokemon Ultra Sun and Ultra Moon games soon.
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