Here’s a Heads Up from reporter on news that you need to know today, Oct. 1:
2022 ELECTIONS
- Candidates for national positions have from today until Oct. 8 to file their certificates of candidacy.
- To help guide you in choosing who to vote for, here’s what you need to know about the powers and functions of the president, vice president and senator.
- The group 1Samabayan, formed to unite the opposition, endorsed Vice President Leni Robredo for president.
- Ex-senator Jinggoy Estrada will run to reclaim his seat, setting the stage for another election battle with half-brother and ex-senator JV Ejercito. Both ran and lost in 2019.
NEWS YOU CAN USE
- Here's how you can soothe those COVID blues just by using your imagination. It's called cognitive reappraisal.
- The Mobile Number Portability law is in effect. Here’s how you can switch carriers and keep your number.
- The FDA says it’s a scam so don’t add to cart COVID vaccines on Lazada and Shopee.
- The ECC is looking to benefits for workers who catch COVID while working from home.
- Heads up, BPi customers. Some digital channels will be unavailable during a systems maintenance from Oct. 8 to 9.
NEWS YOU NEED TO KNOW
- Defense Sec. Delfin Lorenzana said Beijing’s envoy to Manila asked him 2018 to stop renegotiating the Philippines’ military treaty with the U.S., which could be seen as an attempt to contain China’s rise.
- Here’s a look back at Manny Pacquiao’s five greatest fights that made him a world boxing legend.
- The Philippines received yesterday 1.2 million more Moderna vaccines ahead of the expansion of COVID vaccine immunization to the general public.
- Sen. Risa Hontiveros has denied a Pharmally lawyer’s claim that her office bribed whistleblowers on alleged substandard face shields.
- China flexed its new aircraft to the world in Zuhai, broadcasting its ambitions to conquer commercial air travel and space.
- Three COVID-positive cats were put down in China, triggering a social media backlash.
- YouTube is cracking down on videos that contain misinformation on COVID-19 vaccines.
- Finally, a Los Angeles court has removed Britney Spears’ father as her guardian, ending a 13-year conservatorship that the pop princess has described as “abusive”.
- Kids who eat more fruits and vegetables have a better chance of keeping anxiety and depression away, according to a new study.
- Is the YOLO mantra coming to the equities market? A new generation of U.S. traders, who have seen mostly boom and no bust, are betting big as their more experienced elders look with skepticism.
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