Wednesday, August 20, 2025

Let's Do The News! (August 20, 2025)

     

                                        

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

- A Magnitude 5.1 quake hits Calaca, Batangas.

- The United States has sent the Philippines Department of Justice (DOJ) an extradition request for Pastor Apollo Quiboloy to face his multiple cases there. Philippine Ambassador to the United States Jose Manuel “Babe” Romualdez confirmed that the US government has sent documents related to Quiboloy’s extradition to the DOJ.

- Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. orders blacklisting and filing of charges against SYMS Construction Trading, the contractor for the ₱55 million ghost flood control project in Bulacan.

- The MalacaƱang called Vice President Sara Duterte's leadership at the Philippine Department of Education a "complete failure".

- A UK council wins court bid to temporarily block asylum seekers from being housed at a hotel in Essex.

- In a letter to Russian leader Vladimir Putin, US First Lady Melania Trump asks him to consider the children in the push to end the war in Ukraine.

- The Suzuki Every gained a special J Limited model.

2026 Suzuki Every J Limited
2026 Suzuki Every J Limited


- The Opel/Vauxhall Corsa GSE Vision Gran Turismo concept was unveiled, marking the brand's return to the Gran Turismo series.

Vauxhall Corsa GSE Vision Gran Turismo
Vauxhall Corsa GSE Vision Gran Turismo

- The Shelby Super Snake R was unveiled, and it's based on the Mustang Dark Horse.

- The iRacing Arcade game is coming this year on PC via Steam and on consoles in 2026.

- The Sekiro anime series is coming in 2026. It will be based on the Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice video game.

- The live-action Fallout TV series is returning to Prime Video on December 17, 2025, for Season 2.

- The Netflix reality series, Better Late than Single, got renewed for Season 2. Auditions for the next season are underway.

- Netflix's original K-drama, Genie, Make A Wish, streams this October 3. The drama stars Kim Woo Bin and Suzy.

- ADOR named Lee Do Kyung as the company's new CEO.

- Philippine boy group SB19 won the 2025 Billboard Fan Army Face Off, beating Selena Gomez.

TTFN.

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