HEADS UP: Top News Stories You Need to Know Today, June 22

Here’s a Heads Up from reportr on top news stories that you need to know today, June 22:

NEWS EXPLAINED

• Why do you keep buying fuel when it’s so painfully expensive? It’s demand elasticity in economics at play.
• Before Bongbong Marcos, these Philippine presidents also acted as heads of cabinet departments.

NEWS YOU CAN USE:

• Here are the guidelines for four-day workweek, flexi time and other alternative work arrangements in government offices, according to the Civil Service Commission.
• Here are the vouchers and prizes you can score for Foodpanda’s eighth birthday.

TRENDING NEWS

• Here’s why Tropical Hut’s resurgence matters. It’s belated success for those who worked hard to keep it afloat before that one viral tweet.

CULTURE EXPLAINED

• Pia Wurtzbach does drag as Trixie Mattel from RuPaul’s Drag Race. Here’s why it’s a Pride Month moment.
• Here’s how a pregnant Rihanna helped set the tone for the post-pandemic comeback of sexy lingerie. This time, with feminist fire.

NEWS YOU NEED TO KNOW

• Here are the highest-paid Philippine government officials in 2021, according to the Commission on Audit.
• A Filipino lawyer who was shot dead in the U.S. was likely mistaken for someone else by his assailant, the Philippine consul general in New York said.
• Pope Francis has fueled resignation rumors, is it likely to happen?
• Russian Nobel Laureate Dmitry Muratov is auctioning off his medal for $103 million to benefit Ukrainian children displaced by war.
• Beyonce gave fans a taste of her long-awaited album “Renaissance” by dropping the dancefloor-ready single “Break My Soul”.