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

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

ELECTION NEWS

• Bongbong Marcos said that if elected president, he would revive the Bicol Express train route that connects Metro Manila to the home region of his closest rival, Vice President Leni Robredo.
• Filed under more funny names of Leni Robredo supporters: Mga Takas sa Bahay for Leni, Adonis for Leni

NEWS YOU CAN USE 

• Cebu Pacific’s Piso Sale is back. In case you are aching to travel abroad, these destinations are open to Filipino tourists.
• Water bills for Maynilad and Manila Water customers will go down starting March 21 with the removal of VAT.
• A reminder that vaccine cards are no longer required for entry to mall premises and PUVs.

NEWS YOU NEED TO KNOW

• President Rodrigo Duterte has laid the groundwork for the Philippines shift to nuclear energy with roughly four months left in office.
• Here's why the DOH is dropping daily COVID case updates starting March 7.
• In a powerful rebuke, the UN General Assembly demanded that Russia withdraw its forces from Ukraine.
• Some 200 nations have agreed to draft the world’s first global treaty on plastic pollution, making history during a UN meeting in Nairobi.
• Eight U.S. states are jointly investigating TikTok over concerns the popular video app is harmful to children.
• The WHO has recommended Merck’s anti-COVID pill molnupiravir for patients who are at risk of hospitalization despite mild symptoms such as the elderly and the unvaccinated.
• Japan is set to loosen border controls to allow students and aid workers to enter while keeping in place COVID measures.