HEADS UP: Top News Stories You Need to Know Today, May 20

Here’s a Heads Up from reportr on top news stories that you need to know today, May 20: 

NEWS EXPLAINED

• Why are Filipinos keeping up with the Robredos even after the elections?
• The race is on for the next Senate president who will lead the chamber under a Bongbong Marcos presidency.

TRENDING NEWS

• Taylor Swift dished out life hacks in her commencement address at New York University – don’t be afraid to fail or cringe. Vice President Leni Robredo’s daughter, Jillian, was among the graduates.

NEWS YOU NEED TO KNOW

• Singaporean President Halimah Yacob has invited presumptive president Bongbong Marcos for a state visit to her country as she congratulated him on his election win.
• The new Nutribun formula from the DOST is softer, packs more nutrition and comes in new flavors.
• Cebu Pacific will restart international flights from its Cebu hub with twice weekly flights between Mactan and Incheon airports in South Korea.
• Four in 10 Filipino families rate themselves as poor, according to an SWS poll before the May 9 elections.
• Health authorities in Canada, Spain and Portugal have reported rare outbreaks or suspected infections of monkeypox, a disease that is endemic to Africa.
• The world is unprepared to face new pandemics, according to an expert panel that reports to the WHO.
• An American novelist is on trial for the murder of her husband. One of her works include, ‘How to Murder Your Husband’.