Tuesday, June 3, 2025

Let's Do The News! (June 3, 2025)

                         

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

- The MalacaƱang warns the public against rabies that can be transmitted through bites or scratches from pet dogs or cats.

- The Commission on Human Rights (CHR) is concerned over Philippine National Police (PNP) Chief P/Gen Nicolas Torre III's directive to its police officers to increase the number of arrests for illegal drugs.

- Former Senator and incoming Mamamayang Liberal or ML Party-list Representative Leila de Lima insisted that Senate President Francis Escudero's decision to postpone the discussion of articles of impeachment against Vice President Sara Duterte to June 11 is against the 1987 Constitution.

- The construction of the Palawan Mega Ecozone, the first and largest ecozone project in the country, has been approved by the Philippine Economic Zone Authority (PEZA).

- Voters in South Korea are heading to the polls to elect the country's 21st president. In an unprecedented turn of events, this election comes after three years of the Yoon Suk-yeol administration, which saw the former president ousted from power because of his abrupt and short-lived Martial Law declaration last December 2024. Reports predict a close result between Lee Jae-myung and Kim Moon-soo, with the former, the one defeated by Suk-yeol in 2022, most likely to win the presidency based on public opinion.

- The Bentley Bentayga Speed is here for the 2026 model year. For this new version, it's now powered by a 4.0L V8 Twin Turbo engine producing 641bhp of power, sprinting from 0-62mph in 3.4 seconds and a top speed of 193mph.

2026 Bentley Bentayga Speed
2026 Bentley Bentayga Speed

Max Verstappen is at risk of receiving a race ban due to his incident with George Russell during the Spanish Grand Prix. According to the rules, a driver who accumulates 12 penalty points within 12 months will face a one-race ban. The three penalty points he received in Spain bring Verstappen's total to 11 points over the past year.

- The sixth-generation Jeep Cherokee was previewed ahead of its Fall 2025 premiere.

2026 Jeep Cherokee
2026 Jeep Cherokee

- The Leviathan pseudo-period anime series will be streaming on Netflix this July 10th.

- IO Interactive announced the name of the upcoming 007 video game, titled 007: FIRST LIGHT. The game reveal will happen this week.

- This year's XBOX Games Showcase will take place this June 8th at 10AM PDT/1PM EDT/6PM BST.

- Park Jun Hwan has left STARSHIP's upcoming boy group IDID.

- ASTRO member JinJin was granted military exemption due to health reasons.

- VIVA warns the public against the use of the Anne Curtis deepfake video.

TTFN.

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