Let's Do The News! (May 26, 2025)

                   

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

- The COMELEC targets the resolution of all disqualification and cancellation cases by June 30.

- More government officials and appointees to be targeted in Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr.’s ongoing evaluation.

- Philippine Vice President Sara Duterte is en route to the Middle East and the Netherlands for ten days. She will first meet the Filipino community in Qatar tomorrow, followed by her visit to the Netherlands on May 30th to check on her father, former president Rodrigo Duterte.

- Former President Rodrigo Duterte’s legal counsel insists that President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. is the ‘real prosecutor’ in the former president’s case at the ICC. Meanwhile, the DILG is coordinating with the ICC to allow former President Rodrigo Duterte to be sworn in as Davao City mayor.

- The Philippine National Police (PNP) has assured that they will further tighten the security of the Korean community in the country. This follows several incidents in which several Korean nationals were victimized.

- Senator Jinggoy Estrada confirms that his son and his nephew were hurt in the Boracay attack.

- The 46th ASEAN Summit has commenced. Southeast Asian leaders have been gathering in Malaysia for talks about how to deal with the economy amid the US tariff situation, the ongoing war in Gaza, China's activities in the Pacific, and so on.

- The US State Department travel advisory states that it is dangerous for the safety of its citizens to travel to the Philippines due to crime, terrorism, civil unrest, and kidnapping. Re-elected Cagayan de Oro City Rep. Rufus Rodriguez has condemned the advisory issued by the United States advising its citizens not to travel to the Philippines. Rodriguez said this is unfair and should not be done to us by the United States as its number one ally, especially since many places in the Philippines are safe for tourists to visit.

- BMW unveiled the Speedtop Concept in Villa d'Este, which previews another limited-production special model coming soon with a limited run of 50 units.

BMW Speedtop Concept

- The Glickenhaus 007s was unveiled. It is a road-legal version of the race car powered by a 6.2L dry-sumped V8 engine with 1000bhp of power.

Glickenhaus 007s

- The next two seasons of Netflix's Avatar: The Last Airbender TV series cast Dolly de Leon and Jon Jon Briones.

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