Here's a Heads Up from Reportr.World on news that you can use today, March 3:
- Cinemas can reopen starting this Friday. The full set of rules is out, no eating and drinking.
- The South African variant of COVID-19 has been detected in six cases in the Philippines, including three from Pasay City.
- Unlimited bookings have arrived at Cebu Pacific after the country's largest airline junked change fees. Fare differences however, will apply.
- Cebu Pacific is also offering P25 base fare and more flights to Boracay and other beach destinations as part of its anniversary.
- Will President Rodrigo Duterte restore the three holidays in 2021 that were reclassified as "special working days"? Nothing is set in stone, said Malacanang.
- The former lady boss of ABS-CBN, Charo Santos-Concio, opens up about overcoming depression and success with no shortcuts.
- Save for a few aches, the first person in the country to receive the official COVID-19 vaccine, PGH Chief Gerardo Legaspi, said he was doing okay.
- On the second day of the vaccine rollout, the chief of the Philippine Army led troops and Fort Bonifacio health frontliners in receiving the Sinovac jab.
- The rebellion case against former Sen. Antonio Trillanes IV should not be revived, the Court of Appeals ruled.
- DITO Telecommunity is rolling out in the Visayas and Mindanao on March 8.
- Food giant Universal Robina grew net income in 2020 by 15%, reflecting the shift in consumer spending under quarantine.
- Taylor Swift was trending after she called out a Netflix show for making a punchline out of her lovelife.
- Twitter will soon mark posts that contain misleading information on vaccines. Repeat offenders risk getting taken down.
- Real talk from the WHO: the world is unlikely to vanquish COVID this year despite vaccines.
- One in four people will have hearing problems by 2050, according to the WHO.
