Wednesday, August 6, 2025

Let's Do The News! (August 6, 2025)

                                  

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

- PhilPost unveiled commemorative stamps honoring the current Pope Leo XIV.

- A fire broke out at Aroma Road 10, Barangay 105, Tondo, Manila.

- A Catholic parish church in the southern Philippine archdiocese of Ozamiz has been indefinitely closed after a woman was seen spitting into a holy water font.

- Over 50 health groups question Maria Rosario Singh-Vergeire's quiet exit from her role in the PH Department of Health.

- In a recent interview with Piers Morgan, UN Humanitarian Chief Tom Fletcher asserted that the vast majority of aid gets to civilians of war-torn Gaza. According to the recent statistics posted by the UNOPS, 87% of the 2,010 UN food trucks that entered the Gaza Strip since May 2025 were intercepted by either armed groups or crowds during transit in Gaza.

- The US Coast Guard finds that safety procedures were "critically flawed" before the 2023 deadly implosion of the OceanGate submersible diving to the Titanic wreckage.

- The Toyota Sienta Juno was unveiled. It's a two-seater variant with a customizable rear boot, allowing customers to attach various dealer-option modules.

2026 Toyota Sienta Juno
2026 Toyota Sienta Juno

- The Chevrolet Silverado EV WT broke the Max Range Work Truck record with the range of 1059.2 miles on a full charge during a range test executed by the GM engineering team.

- IndyCar distances itself from the imagery chosen by the US Department of Homeland Security in a social media post announcing a new detention program in the state of Indiana and includes a rendering of an IndyCar racer with branding from the US ICE on its sidepods.

- Alba Larsen will race in Scuderia Ferrari colors in the 2026 F1 Academy season.

- The Suikoden anime series will air this 2026.

- Disney's Twisted Wonderland anime series' 1st season streams on Disney+ this October 29th.

- As One member Lee Min passes away.

- CJ ENM's TVING streaming service apologizes for the leak of the series finale of The Defects.

TTFN.

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