Here's a Heads Up from reportr on news that you need to know today, July 8:
2022 ELECTIONS
- The President’s longtime aide, Sen. Bong Go, responded to calls for him to run for president with Duterte as his VP: consider me last.
- In a late night meeting with partymates urging him to run for vice president next year, President Rodrigo Duterte responded, “Maybe, I will”.
- Duterte also dug up a P2-billion tax case against his former ally, Sen. Manny Pacquiao. The President said Pacquiao and another enemy, former Sen. Antonio Trillanes, were attacking him for political leverage.
- Comelec will open voter registration booths in Robinsons Malls under a partnership with Robinsons Land that will be signed on July 12.
- Former Sen. Jinggoy Estrada, like his brother, former Sen. JV Ejercito, are eyeing a run for the Senate in 2022. Both lost when they ran in the same senatorial election in 2019.
NEWS YOU CAN USE
- The LTO said it would start issuing driver's licenses with 10-year validity to motorists with clean records.
- The Skyway Stage 3 will be a no-truck zone on July 12, the same day it will charge toll after seven months of free use for motorists.
CULTURE
- Can a straight man and a straight woman be just friends? Netflix’s “My Amanda” starring Alessandra de Rossi and Piolo Pascual makes the case for it.
TAAL VOLCANO UPDATES
- Everything you need to know about the Alert Level 3 in Taal Volcano is in this video.
- At 5 :18 a.m. yesterday, Taal figured in a short-lived phreatomagmatic eruption, or one caused by magma interacting with water. Three more followed.
VACCINE NEWS
- Sinovac Biotech has sought approval from the FDA for the use of its COVID-19 vaccine on children in the Philippines.
- Makati suspended first dose vaccines for the second day in a row Wednesday due to tight supply.
- COVAX, the global vaccine equity alliance, said it's negotiating with new suppliers of jabs.
NEWS YOU NEED TO KNOW
- What does the Philippines being at ‘low risk’ for COVID now according to the DOH really mean?
- PNP Chief Gen. Guillermo Eleazar apologized over a police public service poster on rape that singled out teachers as possible perpetrators of the crime.
- Filipinos want their IKEA. The DIY furniture giant’s membership website crashed on launch day yesterday due to a surge in visitors. It promised to be back soon and extended the promo to Saturday with apologies.
- Scientists in the Czech Republic are studying the effects of byproducts of illegal drugs such as shabu on fish. Their findings, as in humans, drugs alter behavior.
- Arthritis drugs can lower the risk of death among COVID patients, according to one study.
- Eating fat is back on the table, but only certain types of fat. Confused? Here’s what you need to know.
- The new Nintendo Switch has a larger seven-inch screen that’s OLED, meaning blacks are deeper and colors appear richer.
