Your daily round-up of today's news...
- The PH Department of Education has dropped the "confusing" Mother Tounge subject from the adjusted K-to-10 curriculum but it will remain as a medium for instruction.
- PH Department of Finance Secretary Benjamin Diokno explains to a Makabayan solon in simple terms why a billionaires tax is a bad idea, calling it "pampapogi lang".
- Senate deputy minority leader Risa Hontiveros expressed support for additional funding to refurbish the BRP Sierra Madre.
- US President Joe Biden declared a "major disaster" in the state of Hawaii following the Maui wildfires.
- Ecuador is placed in a "state of emergency" following the assassination of the presidential candidate Fernando Villavicencio.
- There has been an increase in Russian attacks in the Kharkiv region as Ukrainians close to a Russian frontline are told to leave immediately.
- The US Secretary of State Antony Blinken welcomed Iran's release of US dual nationals into house arrest.
- West African nations are assembling a "standby force" over Niger.
- UK homeware retailer Wilko has collapsed into administration, putting 12K jobs at risk.
- ICYMI: TOEI announced the cast of Kamen Rider Gotchard, premiering on TV Asahi this September 3rd. The 5th Reiwa Kamen Rider TV series stars Junsei Motojima as the main character Hotaro Ichinose/Kamen Rider Gotchard, Reiyo Matsumoto as Rinne Kudo, Yasunori Fujibayashi as Spana Kurogane/Valvarado, Oto Abe as Renge Icho, Rikiya Tomizono as Sabimaru Tsuruhara, and Rikuto Kumaki as Minato. The opening theme song will be performed by BACK-ON.
- Four more Iowa State players and three Iowa football program members are being charged in a sports betting investigation. According to criminal complaints filed Thursday in district courts for Story and Johnson counties, the players face the charge of tampering with records, an aggravated misdemeanor, for allegedly concealing their identity in electronic wagering activities.
- Canadian rapper-social media star Lil Tay denies reports that she's dead, saying "I'm alive" and claims that her Instagram account was hacked. Her former manager has accused her of spreading fake news.
- Veteran actor Robert Arevalo dies at the age of 85.
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