Here’s a Heads Up from reportr on top news stories that you need to know today, June 27:
NEWS YOU CAN USE
- Here’s a step-by-step guide to applying for a tourist visa to South Korea from the Philippines.
- Here’s what you need to know about ING Bank shutting its retail operations in the Philippines
- GCash cash-ins via BPI are now free of charge. Here’s how to load up your e-wallet.
- Here’s a list of Metro Manila roads that will be closed as part of the preparations for President-elect Bongbong Marcos’ inauguration on June 30.
ESPORTS
- Here’s how esports is breaking stereotypes to grow into the legitimate sport that it truly is.
NEWS YOU NEED TO KNOW
- A “parade of planets” is visible in the sky, PAGASA said. You have until June 28 to wake up early and catch it with clear skies.
- Former President Noynoy Aquino was remembered on his first death anniversary and eldest sister Ballsy recalled how the ups and downs of her family resembled that of a rollercoaster.
- Outgoing VP Leni Robredo is planning to put the artworks she received during her campaign on an exhibit to raise funds for her Angat Buhay NGO.
- Marcos said his family is now preparing for their transition into Malacañang once he begins his term on June 30.
- Marcos has also tapped long-time spokesman of the Army and Armed Forces, Col. Ramon Zabala, as commander of the Presidential Security Group.
- The U.S. Supreme Court has struck down the Roe vs Wade ruling, effectively removing the right to abortion.
- Meet Mr. Happy Face, declared as the world’s ugliest dog in an annual contest in California.
- Toblerone is moving production out of its Swiss homeland for the first time and Switzerland is sad.
- Thailand is easing face mask rules to encourage more tourist arrivals.
- COVID vaccines saved 20 million lives during the first year of the pandemic, according to the Lancet journal.
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