Monday, March 18, 2024

Let's Do The News! (March 18, 2024)

                                

                                                                        


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

-  The Philippine National Police is prepared for Oplan: Sumvac ahead of next week's Holy Week. The PPA, meanwhile, ordered most of the country's docks to go "full manpower" ahead of Holy Week.

- The investigation into the illegal structures in Chocolate Hills has been widened by the Senate, days after the closure of the controversial Captain's Peak swimming pool.

- San Miguel Corporation and the Philippine Department of Tourism have formally signed the concession agreement for the rehabilitation of the Ninoy Aquino International Airport. Last weekend, San Miguel Corporation bagged the privatization of NAIA.

- The suspension order of an additional 20 officials of the National Food Authority has been lifted by the Ombudsman.

- Russian President Vladimir Putin secured his fifth term in an inevitable election landslide. Alexei Navalny's wife Yulia thanks those who protested against President Vladimir Putin after she voted at the Russian embassy in Berlin.

- Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu promises that Palestinian civilians will be able to leave Rafah before Israeli forces launch their assault on the southern Gazan city.

- The largest democratic exercise in the world - the Indian elections - will take place over six weeks from April.

- South Korea's SUPERRACE championship gets a new title for the 2024 season. It will now be called the O-NE SUPERRACE Championship and in addition to the Super 6000 Class, the Radical Cup Korea, and the BMW M Class, the 2024 season features GT/GT4 Class, the Korea Trofeo motorbike races, and the Prius PHV one-make races.



- The Lynk & Co 07 EM-P PHEV sedan was unveiled. The new saloon is powered by a 1.5L turbocharged 4-cylinder engine mated to an electric motor and 3-speed gearbox.

2025 Lynk & Co 07 EM-P

- Animate Ikebukuro is named by Guinness World Records as the largest anime store.

- ICYMI: Voice actor Lee Woo Ri passed away at the age of 24. Woo Ri voiced characters in the Shinbi's House anime series, Genshin Impact's Korean dub, and NPCs from Cookie Run Kingdom.

Carlos Alcaraz tops Daniil Medvedev 7-6 (5), 6-1 for the second straight year, to defend his Indian Wells title.

TTFN.

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