Here’s a Heads Up from reportr on news that you need to know today, June 22:
ELECTION NEWS
- A preview of 2022? Vice President Leni Robredo and Manila Mayor Isko Moreno appeared in public together for a vaccination event.
- Coincidence? On the same day Robredo’s Liberal Party said it was open for Moreno and several other personalities to join the “broadest coalition” that it was forming.
- "Ghosts" of Jose Rizal and Andres Bonifacio have taken over a Comelec website to implore you to register to vote in next year's elections.
- The LP president, Sen. Francis “Kiko” Pangilinan, said he was considering running for reelection.
NEWS EXPLAINED
- Why can’t the Philippines give up face shields? We tried to make sense of conflicting announcements on when and where it should be worn.
- You thought vaccine hesitancy was a problem? There's also vaccine envy and it reflects the dynamics of the vaccine rollout.
NEWS YOU CAN USE
- Here's how you can register as a company for COVID-19 vaccination as a company.
- Think the news is toxic? Here’s how you can stay informed while maintaining your sanity.
- If you're a BPI client, there will bemaintenance works on June 27 and 28 which will leave some services inaccessible.
VACCINE NEWS
- Vaccine or jail? President Rodrigo Duterte has threatened those who refuse COVID-19 vaccines with arrest.
- Justice Sec. Menardo Guevarra said the President was just using strong language to drive home his point.
- Sen. Nancy Binay asks: Why threaten those who refuse vaccines with arrest when supply, not hesitancy over the jabs is the issue.
- Vice President Leni Robredo launched her vaccine express in Manila to offer free jabs to economic frontliners.
- Sec. Arthur Tugade of the DOTr said he would consider providing free transportation to vaccination centers like in the U.S.
- A community in Muntinlupa is raffling off sacks of rice to encourage residents to get jabbed.
- The White House has pledged more COVID-19 donations to the Philippines.
NEWS YOU NEED TO KNOW
- Are you up for it? Finland, the world’s “happiest country”, is looking for migrants to plug a manpower shortage.
- President Rodrigo Duterte said he would never defend his drug war before a court of “white people”, defending his stand against cooperating with the International Criminal Court.
- Sen. Sherwin Gatcalian has filed a bill seeking bank accounts for all Filipinos by 2023. How? Make it mandatory for everyone who signs up for a National ID.
- Italy has said ciao to mandatory face masks in public spaces, joining other countries that have started rolling back one-year-old COVID restrictions.
- Meet French hip-hop artist Guilhem "Pone" Gallart, who is powering through his paralysis from ALS by making music with the use of eye-tracking software.
- This Chinese monk who saved 8,000 strays is without question, dog’s best friend.
