Here’s a Heads Up from reporter on news that you need to know today, Sept. 23:
YORME-DOC WILLIE 2022 IS LAUNCHED
- Manila Mayor Isko Moreno launched his presidential bid yesterday, with Dr. Willie Ong, a Facebook sensation, as his running mate.
- Who is Dr. Willie Ong? And why was he chosen as Moreno’s running mate?
- Sen. Grace Poe was the first choice for running mate, why did it fail to materialize?
- Mayor Isko said he would invite millennials to serve in government if elected president
- Moreno also discussed how he planned to tackle corruption in the bureaucracy.
- Dr. Ong says getting fixated on COVID data on the daily is bad for mental health, as he outlined his plans to uplift healthcare during the pandemic.
2022 ELECTIONS
- From Yorme to Pacman, here’s why mounting a show of force, whether virtual or physical, is important to winning a presidential election.
- Here are the declared and undeclared contenders for the presidency in next year’s elections.
- McDonald’s is offering discounts to those who will register to vote in 2022.
TRENDING NEWS
- Reel and real life superheroine Angel Locsin has an inspiring thought on social media, love the body that you’re in. She appeared to have lost weight after much body shaming, which she dismissed.
NEWS YOU NEED TO KNOW
- Artist Bree Jonson died of asphyxia and traces of cocaine were found in her system, results of an initial investigation showed.
- An interior official is asking the IATF to require fully vaccinated persons to wear their COVID immunization cards like IDs.
- Congress has approved a bill seeking a 12% VAT on digital transactions that will cover Netflix, YouTube, Google and Facebook.
- President Rodrigo Duterte spoke before the UN General Assembly, where he pledged accountability for those who violated the law while implementing his drug war.
- Delta is now the world’s most dominant coronavirus variant, according to the WHO.
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