HEADS UP: Top News Stories You Need to Know Today, Aug. 2

Here’s a Heads Up from reportr on top news stories that you need to know today, Aug. 2:

LIFE KIT

• Have you been accepted to a new job recently? Here’s what you need to check to see if you fit well with the company’s work culture.

NEWS EXPLAINED

• What happened before former President Fidel V. Ramos’ iconic victory jump during the 1986 EDSA Revolution?

NEWS YOU CAN USE

• Heads up, motorists. Oil companies will implement another round of gasoline price hike today, but diesel prices will go down.

NEWS YOU NEED TO KNOW

• President Bongbong Marcos said the Philippines has no intention of rejoining the International Criminal Court.
• Marcos has appointed Lt. Gen. Bartolome Bacarro as AFP chief of staff and George Erwin Garcia as Comelec chairman.
• Election data and voter registration records remained safe and undamaged after a fire broke out at the Comelec’s main office, its spokesperson said.
• “Made in Malacañang” and “Katips”, two films with opposing views on former President Ferdinand Marcos Sr.’s administration, will both premiere on Aug. 3. 
• UnionBank has taken over Citi’s consumer banking business in the Philippines.
• U.S. President Joe Biden has tested positive for COVID-19 again after recovering a few days ago.
• BTS’ J-Hope made history as the first South Korean artist to headline a U.S. music festival as he appeared on the Lollapalooza Festival stage.