Your daily round-up of today's news...
- Senator Risa Hontiveros has requested that the government recover the assets of Atty. Harry Roque, Cassandra Ong, and others are involved in the case related to the operation of illegal POGOs in the Philippines. This also follows the filing of qualified human trafficking charges by the PH Department of Justice (DOJ) against the Roques.
- House Assistant Majority Leader and Zambales Rep. Jay Khonghun urged Filipinos to unite in defending the dignity of the country and show patriotism rather than indifference and complacency. Khonghun made this call in conjunction with his condemnation of China's illegal presence in Sandy Cay, which is clearly within Philippine territory in the West Philippine Sea.
- The more than week-long training of the National Headquarters Reactionary Standby Support Force that will support the upcoming 2025 midterm elections will officially end today. According to the Philippine National Police, on April 22, the training of the participating police officers began at the NHQ Grandstand-PNP Transformation Oval, Camp Crame.
- Mark Carney's Liberal Party falls short of winning a majority in the Canadian parliament elections, according to reports. The new Canadian Prime Minister says any talks with US President Donald Trump would be "on our terms" and says his country "deserves respect".
- The White House accuses Amazon of a "hostile political act" over a reported plan to list the cost of US tariffs as it marks US President Donald Trump's 100 days in office.
- California Attorney General Rob Bonta announced that 22 attorney-generals are filing a lawsuit against President Donald Trump and billionaire Elon Musk, who runs the Department of Government Efficiency. Last weekend, the DOGE stripped AmeriCorps of $400m in grants across the country.
- Former Supercars driver and current IndyCar driver Scott McLaughlin was granted dual citizenship.
- The Ferrari 296 Speciale range was unveiled. Available in coupe and spider, the Speciale slashes 60kg of weight while increasing the power output of the 3.0L V6 Twin Turbo plug-in hybrid powertrain to 868 bhp of power.
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| 2026 Ferrari 296 Speciale |
- The Aston Martin DBX S was unveiled. The AMG-sourced 4.0L V8 Twin Turbo engine was improved to produce 717bhp of power, sprinting from 0-62mph in 3.3 seconds.
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| 2026 Aston Martin DBX S |
- Project Motor Racing will release this late 2025.
- The Borderlands 4 video game's release schedule was advanced to September 12, 2025.
- Kim Soo Hyun was reportedly sued for 3 billion won in damages by advertisers. His agency responds briefly.
- BIGHIT MUSIC reveals info about its new boy group debuting this 3Q 2025.
- NBA superstar Luka Doncic announced he will cover the costs to restore a vandalized mural depicting the late Kobe Bryant and his daughter, Gigi, in downtown Los Angeles.
- Auditions for MNL48's next generation will commence this May 5th.
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