Thursday, May 11, 2023

Let's Do The News! (May 11, 2023)

                                                    

Your daily round-up of today's news:

- According to DOTr Assistant Secretary Julius Yano, over 4,000 individuals affected by the Oriental Mindoro oil spill were given claims. He spoke about this during the National Task Force for Oil Spill press briefing.

- The COMELEC supports the planned postponement of Barangay and SK Elections at Negros Oriental due to divided politics in the province.

- New York Republican congressman George Santos is in custody charged with fraud, money laundering, and theft of public funds.

- A Palestinian Islamic Jihad leader was killed during an Israeli air strike on an apartment in the Gaza Strip.

- UK train services run by TransPennie Express will be brought under government control after "continuous cancellations".

- Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky says "We lose a lot of people" as his country needs more time before launching a counter-offensive against the invading Russian forces.

- Bolivian president Luis Arce says he's open to using the Chinese Yuan for trade, citing similar moves by Argentina and Brazil to tap the Asian currency for transactions with China. 

- A former Tesla worker is seeking a third trial in a race bias case after awarding him 3.2 million dollars.

- RAM Trucks unveiled special Lunar Edition models of both the RAM 1500 Rebel and RAM 1500 TRX trucks. Both come in special Ceramic Gray color.


- The all-new Ford Ranger was unveiled and it's offered with a choice of a 2.3 EcoBoost and a 2.7L Twin Turbo V6 engine producing 315HP of power. The first-ever Ranger Raptor was offered and it's powered by a 3.0L engine. All variants are mated to a 10-speed AT.

2024 Ford Ranger

2024 Ford Ranger Raptor

- The first-ever Mercedes-Benz EQT was unveiled.

2024 Mercedes-Benz EQT

- The From ARGONAVIS project unveiled a new "ARGONAVIS Kimi ga Mita Stage he" app game coming this year as well as a new band named ST//RAYRIDE.

- The production team of the TV drama Doctor Cha has apologized regarding the portrayal of Crohn's disease in a recent episode.

- Kenneth Egano, a rookie boxer who went into comatose after collapsing in the ring last weekend, has died. He was 22 years old.

- Actress Jacklyn Zeman dies at the age of 70.

- Actress Lisa Montell dies at the age of 89.

TTFN.

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