HEADS UP: Top News Stories You Need to Know Today, April 5
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Here’s a Heads Up from reportr on the top news stories that you need to know today, April 5:
VIRAL NEWS
- Meet Berto Berioso, the officemate we’ve all had on TikTok.
ELECTION NEWS
- Struggling to keep up in surveys, presidential candidate Ping Lacson urged the public not to vote for thieves and unqualified politicians running for office.
- Lacson and his running mate Tito Sotto have also dropped Sen. Migz Zubiri from the senatorial slate after endorsing Bongbong Marcos for president.
- What will make Rep. Lito Atienza withdraw from the vice presidential race? For him, it’s when the forces realign to create a Pacquiao-Sotto tandem.
- Thousands of doctors endorsed the tandem of Vice President Leni Robredo and Sen. Kiko Pangilinan, saying the VP is the first to show up during the COVID-19 pandemic.
- The Tarlac City government denied that the blocking of Ninoy Aquino's statue during a Marcos campaign rally was intentional.
- The Comelec said it would push for a law that would disqualify candidates who refuse to attend debates the poll body organizes.
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NEWS YOU CAN USE
- Heads up! AirAsia is giving free return tickets so you can travel to your home province to vote in the May 9 elections.
- Good news, motorists. Pump prices will go down for the second time this year starting today.
NEWS YOU NEED TO KNOW
- Filipino-American artists shine bright at the 2022 Grammy Awards, with Olivia Rodrigo, Bruno Mars, and H.E.R. winning in major categories. Here’s the rest of the winners.
- Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky made a surprise appearance at the Grammys, urging support for his country after it was invaded by Russia.
- The Department of Health is monitoring the so-called “omicron XE”, a hybrid of two omicron sublineages, as it urged the public to take caution.
- Quiapo Church is planning to hold a motorcade procession for the Black Nazarene on Good Friday, the first since the pandemic.
- Malaysia has fully reopened its borders to vaccinated travelers after two years of strict travel restrictions.
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