Here's a Heads Up from Reportr on news that you need to know today, May 10:
HAPPENING TODAY
- The PMA Masaligan Class of 2021 graduates today in a new normal ceremony. We are watching the valedictory speech of topnotcher Janrey Artus, who is joining the Navy, and President Rodrigo Duterte.
- The anti-communist NTF-ELCAC will hold a Zoom call with reporters, where National Security Adviser Hermogenes Esperon Jr. is expected to discuss a "reinvigorated and strengthened" communications team.
- We are watching the President's weekly address for possible announcements on the fate of the MECQ in the NCR Plus Bubble. It is good only until May 14 unless extended.
- Senate Minority Leader Franklin Drilon will lead a hearing on proposals to create a Department of OFWs.
ONE YEAR BEFORE THE MAY 9, 2022 ELECTIONS
- Comelec says don’t take pre-election surveys as the “Oracle of Delphi” They're just snapshots of the present.
- To help you choose, there will be a 2022 edition of the PiliPinas debates, with national candidates expected to participate.
- Yes, Comelec approves of community pantries distributing voter registration forms. The deadline is in September.
TRENDING NEWS
- A UP Fine Art sophomore’s painting is viral -- a tiny sardine can in angry red. It is a commentary on the sufficiency of ayuda.
CULTURE EXPLAINED
- Meet Strange Fruit, a group of photographers that wants you to know that photography is art, one powerful shot at a time. Catch them at Art fair 2021.
ECONOMY EXPLAINED
- After achieving scale (four in 10 Filipinos have the app), GCash is encouraging its users to invest with a simple proposition? Splurge on another cup of milk tea or bet on a fund that invests in stocks?
NEWS YOU NEED TO KNOW
- The new PNP Chief, Lt. Gen. Guillermo Eleazar, said he will be such a stickler for discipline that his men would hate him.
- Quiapo Church in downtown Manila has put up a COVID Memorial Wall as a tribute to those who died because of the pandemic.
- Here’s how you can use your BPI app to top up your GCash wallet, RFID tag and more.
- Instead of upon arrival, those entering the Philippines will get their RT-PCR tests on the seventh day of quarantine.
- A clarification from the IATF, minors and seniors can go out for National ID purposes.
- The Philippines has now received 7.5 million COVID vaccines in total after AstraZeneca and Sinovac jabs arrived over the weekend.
