HEADS UP: What is Alert Level 4 in Metro Manila? (Sept. 15)

Here’s a Heads Up from reportr on news you need to know today, Sept. 15:

GRANULAR LOCKDOWNS WITH ALERTS

• Metro Manila is under Alert Level 4 under the pilot test of a new quarantine classification system that starts tomorrow. Here’s what will change.
• Here’s your guide to which businesses are allowed.
• The APOR system will also be replaced by new guidelines on who can go outdoors.
• There are more freedoms for the fully vaccinated when the alert hits Level 4.
• Here’s a dictionary on Alert Levels quarantine for the second year of the pandemic.

SUMMIT MEDIA EXCLUSIVE

• Cavite Gov. Jonvic Remulla is a rare social media star for a politican. Here's why he's not joining national politics.

LIFE KIT

• Feeling burned out by your side hustle? Here’s how to avoid getting stressed out when you turn your passion into a quarantine business.

NEWS YOU CAN USE 

• Here's how you can spot fake versions of popular medicines like Bioflu and Diatabs, according to the FDA.

TRENDING NEWS

• Mayor Vico Sotto posted an “OK” tweet and got some on the internet who didn’t see the post in its context worried or amused.
• It was a fashion statement in blood red at the Met Gala from New York's progressive congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez: Tax the Rich.

2022 ELECTIONS

• Score a one-time P100 discount at National Bookstore when you register to vote in 2022. Here’s how to claim it.

NEWS YOU NEED TO KNOW

• IKEA Philippines’ online shopping website is up with prices quoted in pesos. You can add to cart but you can’t check out just yet.
• Sen. Manny Pacquiao has filed a P100-million libel case against Pastor Apollo Quiboloy.
• President Rodrigo Duterte said vaccine registration could be opened to the general public by October as long as supplies permit. There were 18,056 new cases yesterday.
• Shouting is not a privilege of government officials, Interior Sec. Eduardo Ano said, as he apologized for Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque’s outburst against health workers in a viral leaked video.
• The Giant Lantern Festival at Robinsons Starmills Pampanga is a go this year and San Fernando City in Pampanga is counting down to the annual holiday spectacle.
• The stars came out armored in gold as Vogue’s Met Gala rolled out its red carpet in New York City.
• Meet the all-civilian crew of Elon Musk’s SpaceX proving that with money, big dreams and the right connections, people can leave the planet for a while.
• Not all people will need booster shots against COVID, according to a new study.