Friday, February 23, 2024

Let's Do The News! (February 23, 2024)

              

                                                                        

Your daily round-up of today's news...

- The Presidential Communications Secretary Cheloy Garafil clarified that Philippine President Bongbong Marcos is just studying and reviewing the PhilHealth contribution hike implementation. "The review is still ongoing. The President wants to ensure that any increase in premium will substantially be much more in value in terms of benefits and coverage to Philhealth members," Garafil said.

- The subpoena directing religious leader Apollo Quiboloy to appear in a Senate hearing was formally served to his legal counsel.

- Severe coral reef damage was seen in various parts of the South China Sea believed to be caused by dredging and giant clam harvesting done by Chinese fishers, a study shows.

- Hundreds of people affected by the Post Office scandal have their names cleared as the UK government announces a new legislation.

- The mother of the late Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny says she has been shown his body but the Russian authorities are pressuring her to allow a secretive burial.

- The Odysseus spacecraft has successfully landed near the moon's South Pole.

- Four people have died and 19 are missing after a massive fire ripped through two joined apartment blocks in Valencia, Spain. The blaze engulfed a 14-story block in the Campanar neighborhood and spread to an adjoining building.

- VinFast enters the Indonesian market with four EVs to be launched in the country soon as well as the construction of its EV factory in the said ASEAN country.

- The Philippine Olympic Committee expressed dismay over the decision banning Manny Pacquiao from entering the Olympics.

- Miss Universe 2023 winner Sheynnis Palacios has not yet returned to Nicaragua. Sheynnis will first visit Nicaragua's neighboring country, Costa Rica.

TTFN.

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