Monday, March 11, 2024

Let's Do The News! (March 11, 2024)

                            

                                                                        

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

- The contract for conducting the "automated election system" in the 2025 PH midterm election has been awarded by COMELEC to South Korea's Miru Systems, Inc. Miru president Jin Bok Chung personally attended in Intramuros, Manila, for the contract signing.

- Former Senator Kiko Pangilingan filed a complaint against Google and YouTube PH over a certain YouTube channel.

- Senators in the Philippines asked for President Bongbong Marcos' help in support of the Economic Cha-Cha.

- The Philippine Coast Guard says that China's preparation for a possible "maritime conflict" is not just for the Philippines but also for the fate of the Pacific.

- Ukraine criticizes Pope Francis' "white flag" comment as it has strongly rejected a call by Pope Francis for Kyiv to negotiate an end to its war with Russia. Ukraine's foreign minister says it will never raise any flags other than its own.

- EU diplomats leave Haiti as gang violence intensifies.

- The Super Mario Bros. movie gets a sequel this April 2026.

- Song Kang will play The Storyteller in the upcoming second season of Mnet's I-LAND reality show.

- Oppenheimer scored the most wins at the 2024 Academy Awards. Emma Stone won Best Actress for her role in Poor Things, Cillian Murphy became the first Irish-born Oscar winner, Godzilla Minus One won the Best VFX award, and Hayao Miyazaki's masterpiece The Boy and The Heron won Best Animated Feature award, among others.

- Actress Rio Locsin clarified what happened in a viral Black Rider BTS video. In the statement released by Rio, she said that she was taken to the scene, causing excessive emotions to pour out even off cam.

- Actress Megan Young apologizes for fixing Miss Boswana Lesego Chombo during the Q&A segment of the 71st Miss World.

TTFN.

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