HEADS UP: Top News Stories You Need to Know Today, June 16

Here’s a Heads Up from reportr on top news stories that you need to know today, June 16: 

NEWS YOU CAN USE

• Final pay, explained: How to compute, follow-up and spend.
• Here’s what you need to know about owning and driving an e-scooter or e-bike in the Philippines.
• Metro Manila remains under COVID-19 Alert Level 1 until June 30. Here are the alert-based restrictions for the rest of the country.

NEWS EXPLAINED

• What is ‘shrinkflation’? Check your morning pan de sal, if the price is unchanged, the serving size could be smaller.
• Here’s a list of Filipinos’ favorite food and restaurant items that have succumbed to shortages due to the global shipping crisis.

TRENDING NEWS

• Organizers of an international male pageant in Manila were asked to answer allegations the Igorot bahag was misused when candidates wore them during a swimsuit parade.

NEWS YOU NEED TO KNOW

• K-Pop megastars BTS will go on an indefinite hiatus as its members pursue solo endeavors.
• The driver of the SUV in a viral hit-and-run apologized to his victim and appeared in public for the first time since the incident.
• Racks said there’s a shortage in beef ribs, illustrating the extent of the global shipping crisis.
• The common station that will connect Metro Manila's train lines is nearly complete, based on official DOTr photos.
• The DOH reminded local authorities to follow national policy on the rollout of second COVID boosters. For now, only priority groups can get one.
• The health department also recommended the wearing of face masks at least until the end of 2022.
• The Comelec has allowed its retired commissioner Rowena Guanzon to sit as representative of the P3PWD party-list.
• People are avoiding reading the news because it’s “too depressing”, according to a Reuters Foundation report.
• The World Health Organization is meeting in Geneva next week to determine if the highest global health alert should be raised over Monkeypox.