HEADS UP: How TikTok PH Awards Winners Redefine Online Fame (July 7)

Here’s a Heads Up from reporter on news that you need to know today, July 7:

TRENDING NEWS

• TikTok staged its first ever awards in the Philippines, honoring its breakout stars who defined online fame during the pandemic.
• A five-hour-long fire raged on water in the Gulf of Mexico, in a jaw-dropping display of how nature fights back from abuse by humans.

NEWS YOU CAN USE

• Here are five new DFA sites for passport appointments for when you need to renew your most important IDs during the quarantine. The temporary offices will operate until September.
• The Skyway Stage 3 will start collecting toll on July 12, ending seven months of free use for motorists seeking a fast route between the capital’s northern and southern ends.
• Here’s the new LRT-2 operating schedule with the opening of the Marikina and Antipolo extensions to the east this week.
• Cebu Pacific now offers the cheapest RT-PCR test for passengers with a 24-hour turnaround.

DEADLIEST AIR CRASH

• The black box of the crashed C-130 Hercules has been located as investigators search for clues on what caused the worst military aviation disaster in 30 years.
• The C-130 was among a string of military air crashes in the last year that killed 70 people. The ageing fleet must be modernized, said Senate Majority Leader Juan Miguel Zubiri.

NEWS YOU NEED TO KNOW

• Queen Elizabeth II praised Filipino nurses in the UK as Britain and the Philippines marked 75 years of diplomatic relations.
• Pope Francis, 84, is recovering from colon surgery, according to the Vatican.
• Tropical Depression Emong has left the Philippine Area of Responsibility after bringing rains to the country’s northern provinces.
• Companies can ask workers to pay for their dependents’ COVID vaccines, as long as they don’t profit from it.
• The National Unity Party said it was prepared to formalize its alliance with Davao City Mayor Sara Duterte-Carpio’s Hugpong ng Pagbabago.
• Hit by the Delta Variant, Indonesia is bracing for a worst-case wherein daily COVID cases could reach 40,000 to 50,000.