Thursday, August 14, 2025

Let's Do The News! (August 14, 2025)

                                        

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

- The Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) has instructed e-wallets and payment platforms to remove links to online gambling sites within 48 hours. This measure aims to limit online gamblers' access to e-wallets, which have been negatively impacting Filipino citizens, particularly the youth. During a Senate Committee hearing on Games and Amusement, BSP Deputy Governor Mamerto Tangonan announced that the 48-hour deadline for these platforms to eliminate all connections to online gambling sites has officially begun.

- The PH Department of Justice established the revised protocol for the case management of child abuse victims.

- Philippine President Bongbong Marcos has signed into law the Judiciary Fiscal Autonomy Act.

- Manchester Arena bomb plotter Hashem Abedi was charged with attempted murder after prison officers attacked.

- Raw Thrills' Fast & Furious arcade game is heading to consoles.

- Singer Nobuo Yamada dies at the age of 61.

Disney's new series, "Vampirina: Teenage Vampire", is set to premiere on Disney Channel on September 12, 2025, and will be available on Disney+ starting October 15, 2025. This live-action sitcom is based on the Disney Junior cartoon and stars Kenzi Richardson as the main character, Vee. The story follows Vee as she leaves her home in Transylvania to attend a boarding school where she learns to coexist with humans.

- Former Denver Broncos legend Lionel Taylor dies at the age of 89.

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