Let's Do The News! (November 17, 2025)

                              

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

- The Malacañang announced that Executive Secretary Lucas Bersamin and Budget Secretary Amenah Pangandaman have resigned from their posts, after their names were implicated in the flood control issue. In addition, the Presidential Legislative Liaison Office (PLLO) Usec. Adrian Bersamin, the grandson of Lucas Bersamin's nephew, has also resigned.

- During the INC rally last weekend, Senator Imee Marcos claimed that President Bongbong Marcos is using drugs.

- Preparations for Traslacion 2026 were publicized. In a press briefing at Quiapo Church, Rev. Father Robert Arellano, Spokesperson of the Minor Basilica of Quiapo, announced that from December 31 to January 9, the Feast of Quiapo will be celebrated. The theme for this year's Traslacion is "Dapat Siyang Tumaas at Ako Nama'y Bumaba" which is from John 3:30, to deepen devotion to Jesus Nazareno, not to the statue.

- US President Donald Trump said that House Republicans should vote to release the Epstein files, signaling a shift in his position.

- Exiled former Bangladesh leader Sheikh Hasina was sentenced to death for the protest crackdown that killed up to 1400.

- IMSA issues revised regulations for the 2026 season.

- McLaren brings Ella Lloyd and Ella Stevens for the 2026 F1 Academy Campaign, with Ella Hakkinen joining the McLaren Racing Driver Development Program.

- Mitsubishi Motors announced its return to the UK market.

- ADOR announces legal action for malicious posts targeting NewJeans.

- VERIVERY member Hoyoung announced his military enlistment date.

TTFN.