Let's Do The News! (January 5, 2024)

                                               

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

- The PH Department of Health has reported 15 new fireworks-related injuries, bringing the total to 600.

- The PH Department of Education welcomes GSIS and Bureau of Treasury's move for insurance coverage for public school buildings nationwide. DepEd noted that Through the GSIS-BTr collaboration under the National Indemnity Insurance Program (NIIP), it has secured “critical assistance” in the provision of comprehensive insurance protection for public school buildings.

- The Department of Transportation denied rumors of a projected 50-peso minimum fare for modern jeepneys. DOTr Secretary Jaime Bautista maintained that the primary consideration for any fare increase in public transport is the cost of fuel, gasoline, or crude prices, not the modernization of public utility vehicles.

- The House Committee on Energy will carry out an investigation next week on the massive blackout that greeted Panay Island to start the new year.

- UK PM Rishi Sunak appears to rule out the May general election suggesting it will be in the "second half of the year".

- Aircraft wreckage at Tokyo's Haneda airport was removed following the collision of a JAL flight and a Japan Coast Guard aircraft last Tuesday night.

- Mourners gathered in Lebanon for a funeral of the slain senior Hamas leader Saleh al-Arouri, who was killed in the Israeli offensive.

- The White House revealed newly declassified intel showing that North Korea "provided Russia with missiles for the Ukraine war".

- Islamic State claims responsibility for the twin bombings in Iran that killed 84 people.

- Penang will experience a four-day scheduled water supply interruption starting from January 10.

- BELIFT LAB's new girl group I'LL-IT announced that Youngseo will not be debuting with the group. I’LL-IT was formed from the audition program “R U Next?” in September of last year. With Youngseo’s departure, the girl group will be debuting with the five members Wonhee, Minju, Iroha, Moka, and Yunah.

- The agency of the late actor Lee Sun Kyun warns the public against false information regarding the actor's death.

- According to reports, a fire at Tyreek Hill's home is because of a child playing with a cigarette lighter in a bedroom. An accidental fire, the Davie (Florida) Fire Marshal said.

TTFN.