Wednesday, May 8, 2024

Let's Do The News! (May 8, 2024)

                                        

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

- The PH Department of Justice is preparing a briefer to President Bongbong Marcos on the possible arrest of his predecessor, Rodrigo Roa Duterte, and the possible return of the Philippines to the ICC, according to Asec. Mco Clavano.

- The Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas released the statement regarding the rallyists who rushed to their office earlier because of the alleged "treasure" for the "Filipino people". "IT DOES NOT DISTRIBUTE MONEY DIRECTLY TO THE CITY" the BSP's statement reads.

- The camp of Pastor Apollo Quiboloy has surrendered its firearms to the PNP. According to PNP Chief General Rommel Marbil, Quiboloy surrendered five firearms.

- Two Ukrainian officials were arrested over a Russian plot to assassinate President Volodymyr Zelensky.

- Stormy Daniels, the porn star at the center of Donald Trump's "hush money" case, has testified during the ongoing criminal trial.

- John Swinney was elected as Scotland's new first minister in the vote in the Scottish Parliament.

- The US revealed that it paused shipments of bombs to Israeli forces over concerns it was going ahead with the major Rafah offensive. Israeli attacked targets in Rafah moments after Hamas announced that they're accepting the ceasefire deal but PM Netanyahu says the agreement Hamas accepted is "far from enough".

- The Bentley Mulliner Batur Convertible was unveiled and it's powered by the same 730bhp W12 engine as its hardtop equivalent. All 16 units are sold out.

2025 Bentley Mulliner Batur Convertible


- The Rolls-Royce Cullinan was updated with Series II for the 2025 model year.

2025 Rolls-Royce Cullinan


- The facelifted BMW M4 received the CS variant.



- The seventh-generation Volkswagen California camper van was unveiled.

2025 Volkswagen California

- The KGM Torres was updated for the 2025 model year, featuring a new interior layout inspired by its all-electric EVX equivalent. It also adds a new Bi-Fuel variant powered by a 165PS LPG engine with 8.9km/L of fuel economy and the two-seater Torres Van variant with 1,843 liters of boot space.

2025 KGM Torres
2025 KGM Torres

- Shell denies reports that it's selling its Malaysian operations to Aramco, saying Malaysia is an important country and remains committed to the mobility business in the said ASEAN country.

- Nintendo will unveil the replacement for the Nintendo Switch this early 2025.

- Microsoft shuts down Arkane Studios, Tango Gameworks, Alpha Dog Games, and Roundhouse Studios.

- SM Entertainment announced comeback plans for the 2nd and 3rd quarter of 2024.

- NewJeans member Hyein is unable to attend upcoming PR activities due to injury.

- Kansas City Chiefs player Rashee Rice is a suspect in an alleged assault that injured a male in a nightclub in Dallas earlier this week, according to the police.

- Minnesota Timberwolves' Rudy Gobert wins the NBA's Defensive Player of the Year for the fourth time.

- Effective today, Star City is open every Wednesday to Friday from 2:00PM to 10:00PM and Weekends from 1:00PM to 10:00 PM.

- Comedian Boobay was hit with a silent seizure during a live show at Aparri.

- Here is the list of winners of the 2024 Baeksang Arts Awards.

TTFN.

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