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

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

NEWS EXPLAINED

• Why do some people get triggered by “magnanakaw” during the election season and how do clergymen deal with it?

ELECTION NEWS

• Iglesia ni Cristo formally endorsed Bongbong Marcos and Sara Duterte-Carpio for president and vice president.
• Vice President Leni Robredo is set to hold her miting de avance on May 7 in Makati.
• Pulse Asia explains why Marcos and VP Leni Robredo’s figures did not change in its latest pre-election survey.
• In an interview with Vice Ganda, Robredo explains how her victory in the May 9 elections would be a win for all Filipinos.
• Singer Gab Valenciano got a hit song "Ang Presidente... Bise Presidente" while campaigning for Robredo and his uncle, vice presidential candidate Kiko Pangilinan.

NEWS YOU NEED TO KNOW

• President Rodrigo Duterte has ordered the closure of e-sabong operations in the country.
• Unregulated online content has spread disinformation and propaganda that have amplified political divisions worldwide, according to a media watchdog.
• Hollywood A-listers trooped to New York for the annual Met Gala with the theme “gilded glamor.”