Here’s a Heads Up from reportr on news you need to know today, Oct. 15:
QUARANTINE NEWS
- These Metro Manila hotels can accept staycation guests when the capital region eases into quarantine Alert Level 3.
- Cinemas in the capital region reopen tomorrow for the first time after 19 months. Rules include one-seat-apart and fully vaccinated only.
- Number coding remains suspended in Metro Manila under Alert Level 3, except in Makati City, according to the MMDA.
- There were 7,835 COVID cases yesterday, two days before Alert Level 3 takes hold.
2022 ELECTIONS
- Sen. Francis Pangilinan said Thursday it pains him to run against his uncle-in-law, Senate President Tito Sotto, for the vice presidency.
- Even absent the Dutertes (at least for now), the 2022 elections will be all things fiery based on the aftermath of the filing of candidacies, according to an analyst.
- ‘Ipaglaban Mo’ host Jopet Sison replaced ABS-CBN anchor Noli de Castro in the Senate slate of presidential candidate and Manila Mayor Isko Moreno.
ECONOMY EXPLAINED
- GDP as a measure of prosperity is as outdated as the Great Depression that gave rise to it as a metric. Academics in London are formulating the Prosperity Index, one that measures how growth is felt by the people.
NEWS YOU NEED TO KNOW
- If you need something from the LTO, don’t do it through unauthorized Facebook accounts, the agency said.
- It’s a watershed moment. Superman coming out as bisexual is truly representative of the 2021 audience.
- The Beatles are back with a new book, reworked final album, and much-anticipated documentary that sheds new light on their fraught final days.
- Under fire for putting profit over protecting its billions of users from bullying and harassment, Facebook has unveiled fresh protections for journalists and rights defenders.
- William Shatner, Capt. Kirk to ‘Star Trek’ fans, has made it to space as a tourist via Amazon billionaire Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin. The 90-year-old Shatner described the experience as “unbelievable”.
- Prince William chastised billionaires going to space as tourists to spend their resources instead on trying to fix the planet.
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