Let's Do The News! (January 4, 2024)

                                              

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

- The PH Department of Health advised the public against a message claiming a new COVID-19 wave in Metro Manila, attributed to St. Luke's Medical Center. It states that "there is no credible evidence or official announcement" from health authorities over the COVID-19 surge at a certain hospital.

- PH President Bongbong Marcos declared January 9 a special non-working holiday in Manila to celebrate Traslacion.

- Indonesian President Jokowi Widodo will visit Manila next week to meet President Bongbong Marcos as Widowo winds down his final term as the leader of the largest Muslim-majority nation.

- According to sources, over 17,000 Grade 11 students enrolled in state universities and colleges, and local universities and colleges might be displaced once these institutions comply with the CHEd order for them to stop offering senior high school programs next school year.

- Donald Trump appeals to the US Supreme Court to reverse the Colorado ruling barring him from running for presidency in the US state.

- Prince Andrew is among high-profile figures named in newly released court documents detailing connections of sex offender and financier Jeffrey Epstein. Also named in the dozens of files are Bill Clinton and Donald Trump, though neither is accused of illegality.

- Iran vows harsh response after two scores killed in blasts near the tomb of slain Iran General Quasem Soleimani.

- The Teasing Master Takagi-san TV drama will air on TBS this March 26th.

- Actor Kang Kyung Joon responds to reports of being sued for adultery.

- 28-year-old Luke Humphries defeats 16-year-old Luke Littler 7-4 to win the World Darts Championship finals.

- Miami Dolphins' Tyreek Hill and his family are safe after his home caught fire.

- Kansas prosecutors dismissed three felony charges related to accusations that Jackson Mahomes, the brother of Kansas City Chiefs' Patrick Mahomes, grabbed a woman by the neck and kissed her against her will.

- Francoise Bornet, the woman in the famous Paris kiss photo, dies at the age of 93.

TTFN.