Here’s a Heads Up from reportr on news you need to know today, Nov. 15:
2022 ELECTIONS
- All eyes are on Comelec today as the period of candidacy substitution for the 2022 elections ends. Planning to beat the deadline is President Rodrigo Duterte, who said he would run for vice president.
- If the 76-year-old incumbent would indeed seek the vice presidency, he would be running against his own daughter, Davao City Mayor Sara Duterte-Carpio.
- Duterte said he couldn’t understand why his daughter opted to run for vice president when she was clearly leading the surveys.
- After she filed her vice presidential bid, Duterte-Carpio was adopted as the running mate of presidential aspirant Bongbong Marcos.
- In yet another plot twist, Duterte’s top aide Sen. Bong Go dropped his vice presidential bid to run for president instead under the PDDS party.
- Despite all these last-minute substitutions, Vice President Leni Robredo was unfazed as she danced to Taylor Swift’s 22 to show just how chill she was.
- Retired PNP chief Guillermo Eleazar is running for senator under the Lacson-Sotto ticket.
COVID NEWS
- Metro Manila will stay under Alert Level 2 until the end of November as Malacañang released the alert-based quarantine classifications for the rest of the country.
- Starting Dec. 1, businesses will be allowed to implement the “no vaccine, no entry” policy as the government aims to further boost public interest on vaccinations.
- The DOH urged parents to be extra careful when bringing their kids to public places following a report that a two-year-old who allegedly caught COVID-19 after a mall visit.
VIRAL NEWS
- A marketing strategy alleging that the MOA Globe was stolen kept Filipinos awake making memes.
- The Philippines’ unofficial “president” Nadine Lustre has spoken: she is for Leni Robredo all the way.
LIFE KIT
- Is your boss requiring to go back to the office? Here’s how to say no without compromising your job.
NEWS YOU CAN USE
- The entire Philippines shifts to an alert-based quarantine system. Here’s what you need to know.
- The Philippine government issued the updated list of countries under green, yellow, and red travel classification for Nov. 16 to 30.
- Heads up. Meralco is set to increase electricity rates for November.
NEWS YOU NEED TO KNOW
- Presidential spokesperson Harry Roque failed to get a seat in the International Law Commission.
- Finally, Britney Spears regains control over her life as a Los Angeles judge terminated her 13-year-long conservatorship.
- Negotiating countries at COP26 in Glasgow have finally reached a deal, one that the United Nations said was “not enough” to address the climate crisis.
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