HEADS UP: Top News Stories You Need to Know Today, May 30

NEWS EXPLAINED

• The elections are over. What happens to campaign hand signs, emojis, and other symbols after a winner is proclaimed?

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• Heads up, LRT-1 passengers. More food kiosks are accepting beep cards as payment method for purchasing snacks and other items.
• Japan reopens to tourists in groups starting June 10. Here’s what you need to know.

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• Sen. Imee Marcos said she has recommended some people from the opposition to be part of her brother’s Cabinet.
• Incoming finance secretary Benjamin Diokno is not in favor of raising taxes even as the incoming government is set to inherit a huge pile of debt.
• Elon Musk moves closer to bringing his satellite internet service Starlink to the Philippines after it was registered by the NTC.
• Seven fishermen went missing after their boat collided with a cargo ship off the coast of Palawan.
• Vice president-elect Sara Duterte-Carpio has scheduled her oath-taking for June 19 in Davao City.
• Looking back at her successful campaign, Duterte-Carpio said she would stick with president-elect Bongbong Marcos side through and through.
• Duterte-Carpio’s closest rival Sen. Francis Pangilinan is now preparing to return to private life as he shows what his farm looks like.
• Ellen DeGeneres’ eponymous talk show has come to the end. Here are five of its most iconic moments.
• Justice is served to the victims of the Marcopper mining disaster in 1993 after a court ordered the payment of damages to 30 people over the tragedy.
• Authorities have released the most complete timeline yet of the shooting at a Texas elementary school.