HEADS UP: Top News Stories You Need to Know Today, June 29

Here’s a Heads Up from reportr on top news stories that you need to know today, June 29:

LIFE KIT

• How do you read and watch the news without getting triggered or depressed?

ECONOMY EXPLAINED

• Why is the value of the peso against the U.S. dollar falling? The local currency has crossed the P55 v s $1 level for the first time in 16 years.
• Why is Manny Pangilinan’s MPIC acquiring a majority stake in the Carmen’s Best Ice Cream Group?

MARCOS INAUGURAL

• Here’s what to expect from President-elect Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr.’s inauguration on June 30.

NEWS YOU NEED TO KNOW

• Alert Level 1 stays in Metro Manila during the first 15 days of Bongbong Marcos’ presidency, the IATF said.
• Here’s what to expect on day one of Outgoing Vice President Leni Robredo’s Angat Buhay Foundation on July 1, her first day as a private citizen.
• How to seek justice for a family member slain in outgoing President Duterte’s drug war? Here’s the rare story of a widow who is fighting it out in court.
• Duterte has admitted to “targeting” ABS-CBN with the powers of his office, two years after his allies in Congress shut the network at the height of the pandemic.
• Employers can learn a thing or two from businesswoman Angie King, who put employees first as she rebranded her share of the Victoria Court chain of love hotels.
• The president-elect’s son, Sandro Marcos, took his oath as Ilocos Norte congressman with a view to bring pride to his home province.
• These are the alert level classifications for July 1 to 15.