Wednesday, January 31, 2024

Let's Do The News! (January 31, 2024)

                                                                  

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

- The Philippine National Police assures that there will be no destabilization plot against the PBBM administration.

- Philippine President Bongbong Marcos admits that the people's initiative to amend the 1987 Constitution has been politicized. The president said he has been in continuous discussions with both chambers of Congress amid their ongoing clash over the PI.

- Farmers in Western Visayas and Zamboanga Peninsula lost at least P109.44 million due to the effects of the El NiƱo climate phenomenon, according to the PH Department of Agriculture.

- According to reports, police officers made "sickening" comments about an assault victim while watching a body-worn video showing her groin. The woman's body was exposed when she was filmed suffering from a seizure. Three Thames Valley Police PCs later watched the footage without reason.

- Satellite images of Israel's bombardment show more than half of Gaza's buildings were damaged while the entire neighborhood is in ruins. Meanwhile, the Israeli military confirms that it's been pumping seawater into tunnels in Gaza to flood Hamas's underground hideouts.

- Elon Musk's 2018 US$56b compensation plan for Tesla was voided by the Delaware court, according to reports.

- The Japanese transport ministry raids Toyota plants following the disclosure of testing irregularities. 

- BMW unveiled the 4-Series range's LCI as well as the 6-speed manual variant for the Z4 M40i.

2025 BMW 4-Series Coupe

2025 BMW M4 Competition Coupe

2025 BMW Z4

- Lotus will unveil its EV sports car in 2025.

- The Audi Q7 range received its second minor change for the 2025 model year.

2025 Audi Q7

- Dacia confirms its entry to the 2025 Dakar Rally with its Sandrider Concept.

Dacia Sandrider Cocnept

- The 4th My Hero Academia movie will hit theaters this August 2.

- The remastered version of the Fate/stay night video game will arrive on the Nintendo Switch and PC this 2024.

- Actress Lee Young Ae will reprise her Dae Jang Geum role in the upcoming sequel to the 2003 drama series Jewel in the Palace. Filming for the K-drama's sequel starts this October.

- Winnie leaves NINE.i due to injury.

- Four NHL players were charged with sexual assault in London, Ontario, according to their respective legal teams. Lawyers for Philadelphia Flyers goaltender Carter Hart, Calgary Flames forward Dillon Dube, and New Jersey Devils center Michael McLeod and defenseman Cal Foote, all members of Canada's 2018 World Junior Championships team, addressed the situation.

- The University of Tennessee Volunteers team is under NCAA investigation for violations related to name, image, and likeness, according to reports. The investigation puts them in the crosshairs for potential sanctions as repeat violators.

- The movie Rewind became the first Filipino movie to reach the 900-million-pesos box record.

TTFN.

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