Let's Do The News! (December 22, 2025)

                

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

- The PH Supreme Court upholds the murder verdict against police officers involved in the Kian delos Santos case.

- Bicol Saro Party-list Rep. Terry Ridon challenges Batangas 1st District Rep. Leandro Leviste to release the full list of 2025 Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) projects listing and proponents.

- The PH Department of Justice (DOJ) confirms that Syms construction contractor Sally Santos returned ₱15 million as part of partial restitution.

- Former Finance Secretary and now Executive Secretary Ralph Recto and former PhilHealth Pres. Emmanuel Ledesma is now facing criminal complaints before the Office of the Ombudsman. The complaints of plunder, graft, malversation, and grave misconduct against Recto and Ledesma were filed with the Ombudsman by various labor groups.

- Thousands of long-awaited Jeffrey Epstein files were released by the US Justice Department.

- Children's author and comedian David Walliams was dropped by HarperCollins UK.

- The Trump administration is imposing restrictions on rail operators in Mexico following concerns of accidents due to a lack of English proficiency.

- The NTSB recovered the cockpit voice recorder in the Biffle crash investigation.

- The FIA WEC's tire contract bid process begins.

- Last weekend's Jump Festa delivered major announcements such as SAKAMOTO DAYS anime returning for season 2, ONE PIECE's Elbaph Arch coming this April, Chainsaw Man's Assassins arc getting a TV anime, BLEACH's Thousand Year Blood War anime returning this July 2026, Dan Da Dan TV anime returning this 2027, and more.

- Actress Rie Miyamura joins the cast of Kamen Rider Zeztz as The Lady.

- Gakuen IDOLM@STER's Story of Re:Iris airs on Tokyo MX on January 1, 2026.

- DC Studios' Supergirl movie coming June 26, 2026.

TTFN.