Your daily round-up of today's news...
- A certain Artemis II astronaut says that the spacecraft's splashdown was like diving off a skyscraper backwards.
- A top UK Foreign Office official stepped down after the Mandelson vetting row.
- Two people were arrested, and more than 15,000 liters of allegedly undocumented diesel were seized in separate operations by the Philippine National Police-Highway Patrol Group (PNP-HPG) in San Mateo, Rizal. According to the HPG, they were conducting an anti-carnapping operation and Oplan Sita on C6 Road when an Isuzu closed van was stopped for a traffic violation.
- The Office of the President (OP) purchased approximately 20 tons of vegetables from farmers in La Trinidad, Benguet, and Urdaneta, Pangasinan, for distribution to various communities in Metro Manila.
- Former Congressman Zaldy Co, who is involved in and has knowledge of corruption in flood control projects, will be brought before the Senate Blue Ribbon Committee (BRC) in its next hearing. This also follows the president's confirmation that the former congressman was arrested in the Czech Republic.
- Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. has signed Executive Order No. 114 suspending the excise tax on liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) and kerosene for three months.
- The Manila Regional Trial Court (RTC) has granted bail to former Congressman Arnolfo Teves Jr. in the murder case he faces at Manila RTC Branch 30. Based on a 27-page resolution written by Presiding Judge Ryan Philipp Bartolome, besides Teves, co-accused Richard Cuadra and Rolando Pinili were also allowed to post bail.
- The PH Department of Health (DOH) has warned that the ongoing haze from the burning Navotas Sanitary Landfill may pose health risks to residents in some parts of Metro Manila.
- The 41st BALIKATAN Exercises will commence next week.
- PAGASA warns that a Super El Niño may be experienced by the end of 2026.
- The Philippines has formally joined the US-led Pax Silica initiative, a strategic coalition of 14 countries that aims to build a secure supply chain for semiconductors and artificial intelligence (AI) technologies.
- Tsuburaya Productions announced the Ultraman 60th anniversary commemorative TV series, titled Ultraman Teo. Airing on TV Tokyo this 4th of July, 2026, the series stars Aoi Iwasaki as Ibuki Mitsuishi, the man with the Teo Crystar who can transform into Teo.
- Your first look at the new Street Fighter movie coming this October.
- The Netflix original K-drama, The WONDERfools, is coming this May 15.
- The NWSL is expected to vote on the calendar shift, according to reports.
- Singer D4vd was arrested months after the body of a teenage girl was found in his car.
- Rapper-singer Hev Abi was arrested during a firearms and drug search.
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