Here’s a Heads Up from reportr on top news stories that you need to know today, Aug. 18:
NEWS YOU CAN USE
- Here’s how job-hunters can follow up on their application and avoid getting ghosted.
- Select BPI services will go offline on Aug. 19 to 20 to give way to maintenance works.
- Cebu Pacific is set to operate daily flights from Cebu to Seoul, South Korea starting September. Here’s the schedule.
ESPORTS
- Planning to attend Rev Major? Here’s how to make the most out of attending an offline esports tournament.
NEWS YOU NEED TO KNOW
- Coke, Pepsi and RC Cola in the Philippines said they’re facing a shortage in premium refined sugar that’s a key ingredient in their products.
- Burger King Philippines said it was also experiencing a shortage in onions.
- President Marcos said he was keeping the state of public health emergency due to COVID-19 until the end of 2022.
- Consumer prices will likely go down in the coming months as record inflation has passed its peak, Finance Sec. Benjamin Diokno said.
- Sen. Grace Poe tests positive for COVID, the fourth lawmaker from the chamber to catch the disease in three week’s time.
- The WHO is crowdsourcing a new name for monkeypox to erase the stigma surrounding the fast-spreading disease.
- ‘The Flash’ star Ezra Miller is taking a mental health break after a string of controversies.
- Elon Musk tweeted that he's buying English football club Manchester United.
- U.S. first lady Jill Biden has tested positive for COVID and will isolate for five days.
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