HEADS UP: Top News Stories You Need to Know Today, July 22

Here’s a Heads Up from reportr on top news stories that you need to know today, July 22:

NEWS EXPLAINED

• David Bunevacz is facing a prison sentence in the U.S. after pleading guilty to fraud in relation to a $37 million scam. Will his story work as a Netflix show?

TRENDING NEWS

• MS Teams was down yesterday, sparking joy among corporate slaves who were momentarily freed from their bosses’ electronic leash.

SONA 2022

• Here’s what former President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo said in the first of her nine SONAs. Yes, the one with the “bangkang papel” boys from Payatas.
• Here's the traffic rerouting and alternate roads for Monday's speech.

NEWS EXPLAINED

• What is centaurus, the new omicron sub-variant that’s been detected in 10 countries so far?

NEWS YOU NEED TO KNOW

• With 1,000 sign-ups in 20 minutes, former Vice President Leni Robredo said the revival of her Bayanihan E-Konsulta showed that volunteerism is alive.
• Heads up on BPI’s weekend maintenance that will leave some debit Mastercard features unusable.
• The James Webb space telescope may have found the oldest galaxy known to man, NASA said.
• Disgraced former UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson bade parliament in a rousing farewell speech that channeled Arnold Scwarzenegger’s “Terminator”.