#ThewRap: Things you need to know, August 7, 2017

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#ThewRap: Things you need to know, August 7, 2017
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This week’s #AnimatED takes on the Metro Manila traffic problem which, we expect, will  worsen as the schools whose calendars have already shifted open up their classes this second week of August. 

Along with flooding due to monsoon rains, we expect that this would cause huge traffic jams along major thoroughfares. 

Solving Metro Manila’s traffic woes is one of the President’s campaign promises. But while the Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board (LTFRB) cracks its whip on Grab and Uber, we note that little has happened with regard to the promised crackdown on colorum busses and terminals that the President vowed to pursue in his first State of the Nation Address.  Little has happened as well to improve the capacity of the megacity’s train system. 

Where are the planned improvements? What has been done with respect to those plans?  We ask these vital questions as we bring you today’s top news. 

ASEAN talks tough vs China island building

Defying expectations of a weaker statement, Southeast Asian foreign ministers criticized China’s land reclamation activities in the South China Sea on Sunday evening, August 6.

Comelec chair Bautista’s wife accuses him of having ‘unexplained wealth’

Poll chief Andres Bautista denies the accusations of his wife Patricia Bautista, saying it is an ‘extortion attempt’

What’s the big idea?: The Met and PH’s historical-cultural corridor

Architect Gerard Lico exudes confidence that the heart of the Metropolitan Theater – the lobby and the theater itself – will once again open its doors to the public by December.

Angry Pence denies eye on 2020 U.S. presidential bid

US Vice President Mike Pence slams a New York Times article on a supposed ‘shadow campaign for 2020,’ calling it ‘disgraceful and offensive’

Israel seeks to silence broadcaster Al-Jazeera for ‘incitement’

(UPDATED) The Israeli communications ministry says it would demand the revocation of the credentials of Al-Jazeera journalists and cut the channel’s cable and satellite connections.

 

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