Wednesday, October 15, 2025

Let's Do The News! (October 15, 2025)

    

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

- Senator Robinhood Padilla has volunteered to release his Statement of Assets, Liabilities and Networth (SALN) first. Padilla insisted that now that the SALNs of those in government can be made public, it is only right that the Senate accept the challenge of Ombudsman Jesus Crispin Remulla and release his SALN first.

- The PH Department of Justice (DOJ) has approved the request of the Independent Commission for Infrastructure (ICI) to issue an Immigration Lookout Bulletin Order (ILBO) against 16 individuals being investigated for an anomalous flood control project.

- The Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) is now verifying the report regarding the alleged underwater structure spotted in Bajo de Masinloc (Panatag Shoal). According to AFP Spokesperson for the West Philippine Sea (WPS) Rear Admiral Roy Vincent Trinidad, it may be a “remnant” or just a part of the former Chinese structures.

- A magnitude 4.3 quake hits Bogo City, Cebu. Another aftershock from the deadly quake late last month.

- Israeli military says four more deceased hostages collected by the Red Cross in Gaza. However, one of the bodies handed over by Hamas does not match any of the hostages.

- UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer promises to publish witness statements submitted by the government in the collapsed China spy case.

- US President Donald Trump threatens to remove next year's FIFA World Cup games from Boston, parts of which he'd suggested had been "taken over" by recent unrest.

- Justin Haley will leave Spire at the end of the 2025 NASCAR Cup Series season.

- Subaru will retire the race-spec EJ20 engine from its BRZ GT300 race car at the end of the 2025 Super GT season.

- Rinus Veekay returns to Juncos Hollinger Racing.

- Indian F2 driver Kush Maini is named reserve driver for Mahindra in Formula E season 12. Also, F1 Academy familiars Abbi Pulling, Jessica Edgar, and Marta Garcia will participate in the Women's Test.

- Mitsubishi Motors will unveil the facelifted Delica D:5 at this month's Japan Mobility Show.

- The Subaru Solterra received a minor change for the 2026 model year.

2026 Subaru Solterra
2026 Subaru Solterra

- The Alfa Romeo Tonale minor change was unveiled.

2026 Alfa Romeo Tonale
2026 Alfa Romeo Tonale

- For 2026, the Jeep Grand Wagoneer received a big minor change with the choice of a turbocharged 3.0L Hurricane engine and the 3.6L REEV (range extender EV) variant lifted from the RAM 1500 REV.

2026 Jeep Grand Wagoneer
2026 Jeep Grand Wagoneer

- The Assassination Classroom manga was removed from the US school libraries at least 54 times in the 2024-2025 year. School districts in Florida, Texas, Tennessee, Pennsylvania, and South Carolina have banned the series.

- The lawyer of the late Tyler Skaggs blamed the Los Angeles Angels for the player's overdose death.

- The Netflix comedy, Man VS Baby, the follow-up to Man VS Bee, will stream this December 11th, 2025. Comedy legend Rowan Atkinson returns to reprise the role of Trevor in the new series, where he's now babysitting a baby, which leads him to hilarious trouble.

TTFN.

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