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How’s Tuesday so far, Rappler readers?
If you have been relying on Uber for your daily transportation needs, you will need to look for alternatives starting today, after the Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board suspended the ride-hailing company for a month for what it called violations of its orders. Many Uber users are now venting on social media, while senators have said that the public will suffer.
Meanwhile, tensions are escalating in the continued word war between North Korea and Donald Trump. Who will blink first? And what will the consequences be?
These and more stories on today’s wRap.
The Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board (LTFRB) on Monday, August 14, ordered Uber operations suspended for one month. This comes after the ride-hailing company defied the board’s order, which directed all transport network companies (TNCs) to stop accrediting drivers into their systems starting July 26, 2017.
North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un has been briefed on a plan to fire missiles near Guam but hinted that he would hold off on the launch, Pyongyang’s state media said Tuesday, August 15.
More than 18,000 birds have been culled so far in San Luis, Pampanga, which has been hit by an avian influenza or bird flu outbreak. The culling operations began on Saturday, August 12, a day after the Department of Agriculture (DA) announced that there is an outbreak.
President Rodrigo Duterte has appointed to the Supreme Court Associate Justice Alexander Gesmundo formerly of the Sandiganbayan, replacing retired Justice Jose Mendoza.
The United States vowed Monday, August 14, to stop Venezuela from becoming a “failed state,” as it rallied Latin American allies after President Donald Trump warned of possible military action.
Top photo: Hundreds of protesters gather outside of Trump Tower along Fifth Avenue on August 14, 2017 in New York City. Spencer Platt/Getty Images/AFP
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