Thursday, October 2, 2025

Let's Do The News! (October 2, 2025)

                           

                                        

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

- Motor taxi riders are appealing to the PH Congress to legalize motor taxi operations.

- The Armed Forces of the Philippines quashes rumors of a coup d'état plot against the PBBM administration.

- Philippine President Bongbong Marcos led the aerial inspection across Cebu, which was heavily affected by Tuesday night's Magnitude 6.9 quake.

- Senator Rodante Marcoleta criticized the contradictory statements of Senate President Tito Sotto III and Senate President pro-tempore Ping Lacson regarding amendments and insertions in the national budget. This is in connection with Lacson's earlier disclosure that the budget insertions of almost all senators will reach ₱100 billion before the end of the 19th Congress, to which Sotto clarified that the insertion of amendments is not bad and is part of the budget process.

- Police responding to reports of a stabbing at a synagogue in Manchester, England.

- "None of us have ever asked for special treatment", US female veterans respond to a controversial speech by the US War Secretary Pete Hegseth.

- Storm Amy will hit the UK from Friday, bringing winds up to 80mph.

- Two people were killed and hundreds were arrested after protests in Morocco turned violent.

- Famed chimpanzee expert and animal rights activist Jane Goodall passed away at the age of 91.

- ACMobility, an Ayala company, and Honda Cars Philippines jointly announce the transition of their 35-year dealer operations, effective January 1, 2026.

- The Acciona Sainz XE Team, ZEROID, and Jameel Motorsport are taking part in this weekend's last-ever Extreme E race and the inaugural Extreme H World Cup.

- Toyota Gazoo Racing teases its new hypercar competitor for the 2026 WEC season.

- Honda commenced its shakedown of its Prelude GT race car, to be used for the 2026 Super GT season.

- TWICE member Jeongyeon will sit out from the group's Bulacan concert due to health.

- Song Kang announced his first fan meeting after his military discharge.

- P1Harmony postponed today's concert in Toronto at the last minute.

- Xavien Howard announced his sudden retirement after four games in the NFL.

TTFN.

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