Your daily round-up of today's news...
- The Marine Exercise (MAREX) 2025 has officially begun, with more than 480 Marines from the Philippines and the United States participating in the largest military exercise this year.
- The first batch of rescuers from the PH Inter-Agency Humanitarian Contingent have been taken off en route to quake-stricken Myanmar for humanitarian missions.
- Senator Chiz Escudero reminded Filipinos abroad to always observe the laws of their host countries to avoid any legal issues or problems. This comes following the arrest of 20 Filipinos in Qatar after staging unauthorized pro-Duterte rallies.
- House Speaker Ferdinand Martin Romualdez is hopeful that the alliance between the United States and the Philippines will be further strengthened. Romualdez said this following the first-ever visit to the country by United States Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth.
- The defense team of former President Rodrigo Duterte's camp is preparing to file for interim release at the International Criminal Court (ICC), but the timing of when this will be done is still being studied.
- United Arab Emirates His Highness Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan has granted pardon to 115 Filipinos in the UAE in conjunction with the month of Ramadan and Eid'l Fitr.
- The Chinese military sent its army, navy, and air rocket forces to surround Taiwan.
- The death toll from the Myanmar-Thailand quake exceeds the 2000 mark.
- Scientists from Japan have reported how stem cell treatment helped improve motor function in two out of four patients with spinal cord injury in their first clinical study on the subject.
- An original animatronic model of the iconic alien created for Steven Spielberg's 1982 classic movie 'E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial' is being sold at Sotheby's with an estimated value of up to $900,000.
- TV personality Cesca Litton is undergoing chemotherapy following her breast cancer diagnosis.
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