Friday, August 1, 2025

Let's Do The News! (August 1, 2025)

                              

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

- The Freedom of Information Bill, which seeks to make government transactions public, has been re-filed in the PH Senate.

- The PH Department of Tourism plans to give India visa-free status to boost tourism.

- Private hospitals across the Philippines are alarmed over the no-balance billing for government hospitals.

- Former US Vice President Kamala Harris says she has no plans to run for California governorship in 2026.

California Governor Gavin Newsom laid out his restructuring plans to restore the state devastated by January's wildfires.

- A 76-year-old male was arrested on suspicion of administering poison after children fell ill at a summer camp in Leicestershire, England.

- General Motors pitted the C8 Corvette Z06, ZR1, and the ZR1X against the Nurburgring Nordschleife. The Z06 did it in 7:11.826 while the ZR1 did it in 6:50.763, and the hybrid AWD ZR1X became the fastest American-made road car to lap the Nürburgring Nordschleife in 6:49.275.

- The BMW M3 CS Touring became the fastest production car to lap the Nurburgring Nordschleife in 7:29.490.

- PAC-MAN World 2 Re-PAC, the remake of the PAC-MAN World 2 sequel game, is arriving on September 25, 2025.

- Netflix plans to make two more K-POP Demon Hunters movies, according to reports. A live-action reboot and a musical are under consideration.

- THE BOYZ member Hyunjaw suffers a ligament rupture just three days before the group's comeback.

- Former MMA fighter Conor McGregor lost his appeal against the finding that he sexually assaulted a woman.

TTFN.

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