HEADS UP: Top News Stories You Need to Know Today, July 26

Here’s a Heads Up from reportr on top news stories that you need to know today, July 26:

STATE OF THE NATION ADDRESS

• Here’s why Marcos Jr.’s first SONA matter and a running account of the speech.
• Read the full text of Marcos Jr.’s first SONA here.
• Among salient points, Marcos said a strong health system would ensure that there would be no more lockdowns. He also called for a value added tax on digital services and pledged a total 30 million National ID deliveries by year-end.
• Among several measures, Marcos pushed for mandatory ROTC or military training in senior high school.
• At the opening of Congress, Juan Miguel Zubiri was elected Senate President while Martin Romualdez was named Speaker of the House of Representatives.

ATENEO SHOOTING

• Here’s how authorities described the gunman behind the death of three people in the Ateneo area last July 24.
• A donation drive has been put up for Jeneven Bandiala, the Ateneo security guard who died in the shooting incident.

NEWS YOU CAN USE

• Here are the top jobs in industries that are rising from the pandemic.
• Here’s how you can avail of Angat Buhay’s telehealth service, Bayanihan E-Konsulta.

NEWS EXPLAINED

• Here’s how monkeypox spread around the world from its beginnings in Africa.