Monday, January 20, 2020

Let's Do The News! (January 20, 2020)



- Senator Bong Go will recommend to the Duterte administration and Department of Transportation Secretary Arthur Tugade for continuance of motorcycle taxi pilot run.

- Motorcycle taxis declared "illegal" and will be impounded starting next week, according to an LTFRB official.

- The Philippine National Police places 10,000 personnel on standby in case of a worst case scenario on the Taal Volcano eruption.

- Japan PM Shinzo Abe says his new space defense unit will defend his nation from space tech threats and will cooperate with the US Space Force, recently launched by President Donald Trump.

- Nepal rescuers search for four South Korean trekkers and their three Nepali guides following an avalanche at a popular trekking route in Nepali mountains. Last weekend, an avalanche was triggered at part of the Mount Annapurna circuit trekking route after rain and snow.

- A prominent Hong Kong pro-democracy activist got arrested by police, according to his organization, after a protest he helped organize in the financial district a day earlier turned violent with officers firing tear gas to disperse the crowds.

- The head of World Economic Forum is reassuring that US President Donald Trump and climate activist Greta Thunberg will be the focus of this year's forum.

- Prince Harry and Meghan Markle began their new life as (almost) ordinary people with financial and security concerns.

- US President Donald Trump thanked farmers for supporting him through a trade war with China as he promoted a new North American trade agreement and a separate one with China that he said will massively benefit farmers.

- New Malaysia excise duty regulations introduced in 2020 could rise CKD car prices by up to 15%.

- Announced in the final day of the LOVE LIVE FES concert, the Love Live franchise gets a new project in the works.

- A new Nanoha franchise project has announced.

- Child actress Koo Sa Rang accused of mistreating her cat. Her mother apologizes.

- Park Joo Ho's family taking hiatus from The Return of Superman.

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