Monday, April 24, 2017

Let's Do The News! (April 24, 2017)


- President Rodrigo Duterte should consider an "all-out war" against the Abu Sayyaf Group, according to lawmakers.

- The Philippines spent two billion pesos for security preparations on the ASEAN Summit scheduled this week in the country. More than 40,000 security and emergency prepared personnel from different agencies are on standby for the ASEAN Summit this Saturday.

- Passengers of the LRT-1 and MRT-3 suffered inconvenience due to technical problems on Monday.

- Swedish authorities arrested the second suspect linked to last month's Stockholm truck attack. The unnamed person was detained on Sunday on the order of prosecutors without going into further details on the suspected offence.

- Moving on the French presidential elections, it looks like the far-right candidate Marine Le Pen and the centralist outsider Emmanuel Macron are advancing to the second round of the presidential elections this May 7th.

- Honda's new Civic Type R hatchback reclaimed the record for the fastest front-wheel drive car to lap the Nurburging from the VW GTi Clubsport S after setting a lap time of 7:43.8, three seconds faster than the hot Golf GTi.


- Following reports that voice actor Yoshimasa Hosoya will go on hiatus from his career due to health concerns, Tomoaki Maeno is replacing Hosoya for the role of Hokuto Hidaka from Ensemble Stars starting at the end of May. However, Hosoya will not be replaced on his roles from Starmyu and Strike the Blood anime series.

- Fox's rebooted TV classic, The X Files, returns for another season.

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