Here’s a Heads Up from reportr on news that you need to know today, July 9:
CULTURE EXPLAINED
- How influential is a BTS endorsement on Filipinos? We looked at Google and iPrice.
PIXEL WORLD
- The Grab app now lets users and partners apply for loans up to P2 million.
- What to do when you get a prank food delivery via app? Manila Mayor Isko Moreno got five and paid for them still.
- Do you need a wristwatch, what more a smartwatch during this long-running quarantine? We tested one to find out.
2022 ELECTIONS
- Some 61 million voters will decide the 2022 elections as Comelec is on track to meet its registration target.
- How does a Lacson-Sotto president and VP ticket sound? The two senators kicked off their consultative meetings yesterday to get the public’s pulse.
NEWS YOU CAN USE
- Taguig joined several other cities in Metro Manila who suspended their first dose vaccine registrations due to short supply.
- These Metro Manila roads are closed starting late tonight throughout the weekend for routine repairs.
NEWS YOU NEED TO KNOW
- Raise your flag, it’s official. The Philippine population grew to 109 million based on the 2020 census.
- The SEA Games in Vietnam this year was postponed to 2022 because of COVID.
- Taal figured in a minor eruption for the second straight day as magma or molten rocks continued to interact with water at its crater.
- The Philippines ranked last out of 134 countries in terms of overall safety, based on Global Finance Magazine’s study.
- The U.S. will help examine the black box or flight data recorder of the crashed C-130 cargo plane of the Philippine Air Force that was made by America’s Lockheed.
- Caloocan Bishop Pablo Virgilio David, a vocal critic of the government’s drug war, is the new president of the CBCP.
- The Ombudsman said it would no longer challenge Sen. Bong Revilla’s graft acquittal.
- Board exams should stay, nurses said, after Labor Sec. Silvestre Bello suggested scrapping them to cut back on education costs.
- To avoid confusion, the government should consult with local government units before issuing travel guidelines, an opposition senator said.
- Pope Francis is well and thanked those who prayed for his recovery from colon surgery.
- Worldwide deaths due to COVID-19 have crossed the four-million mark.
