HEADS UP: Top News Stories You Need to Know Today, Aug. 4

Here’s a Heads Up from reportr on top news stories that you need to know today, Aug. 4:

NEWS YOU CAN USE

• Here’s a guide to securing requirements for first time job applicants such as birth certificate, SSS number and TIN.
• Here are the requirements for Filipinos who want to travel to New Zealand.
• Arriving passengers at NAIA will be asked to roll up their sleeves and take off their jackets as a visual check for monkeypox.

TRENDING NEWS

• Authorities are investigating food prices for tourists in Bohol’s Virgin Island following complaints of overpricing.

NEWS YOU NEED TO KNOW

• Gen Z and young millennials are helping drive the Philippines’ economic growth with their spending, Finance Sec. Benjamin Diokno said.
• Nearly half of Filipino families consider themselves poor, according to a SWS survey in June.
• Residents in the Taal area were warned of the hazards of volcanic smog as it emitted more sulfur dioxide than usual.
• U.S. Speaker Nancy Pelosi lands in Taiwan, defying threats from China.
• The U.S. has sanctioned Russian President Vladimir Putin’s purported girlfriend and more of his oligarchs.
• NASA’s James Webb telescope keeps on releasing mesmerizing photos from space, this time of a colorful cartwheel galaxy.