Here’s a Heads Up from reportr on top news stories that you need to know today, Aug. 5:
TRENDING NEWS
- What is the “Quiet Quitting” trend on TikTok and is it your ticket out of a toxic job without resigning?
- Buckle up sissies, the jeepney-themed teaser of Drag Race Philippines is here.
- Stateside, Ru Paul’s Drag Race All Stars 5 winner Shea Coulee has been cast in Marvel’s “Ironheart”.
ESPORTS
- Here are the women champions who are turning esports’ reputation as a boy’s club on its head.
NEWS YOU NEED TO KNOW
- Sen. Imee Marcos described “Maid in Malacanang” as a work of truth as she denied giving away tickets to the film.
- Bishop Gerardo Alminaza of the Diocese of San Carlos has sought an apology from the ‘Maid in Malacanang’ team for portraying the late President Cory Aquino and the nuns who sheltered her as mah jong players.
- Aug. 9 is not a non-working holiday for the late President Fidel V. Ramos’ state funeral, Malacanang said. Incumbent Bongbong Marcos also visited the wake.
- Here’s what you need to know about the only approved monkeypox vaccine, originally formulated against smallpox.
- Here’s the sweetest job opening: A Canadian company is looking for a chief taster.
- Scientists have revived cells and organs of pigs challenging the definition of death in animals.
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