Let's Do The News! (January 1, 2026)

                        

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

- Over 14,000 NCR police will be deployed during this year's Traslacion, taking place on January 9, 2026.

- Senate President Vicente “Tito” Sotto III considers the new year an opportunity to correct the mistakes made in 2025. Sotto noted that in the past six months, the Senate and the entire country in general have faced a variety of national issues, from the impeachment issue to anomalous flood control projects.

- An explosion at a bar in a Swiss ski resort kills several people and injures more, according to police.

- Almost 60 female Japanese lawmakers, including Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi, have submitted a petition calling for more toilets in the parliament building to match their improved representation.

- Daihatsu launched a Move Canvas Hatsune Miku Edition.

- Seiyuu Tomori Kusunoki announces her marriage. Kusunoki made headlines in 2023 when she announced that she would step down from the role of Setsuna Yuki of Nijigasaki High School Idol Club and would be replaced by Coco Hayashi.

- The operating company name of MNL48 was renamed to P.O.S Inc. The group renaming is scheduled to be made this month.

- MTV's music channels were officially shut down after 44 years. The main MTV channel remains, but its programming is now mostly reality TV, not music videos.

TTFN.