Here’s a Heads Up from reportr on top news stories that you need to know today, Aug. 24:
NEWS YOU CAN USE:
- Here’s a list of regular and special non-working holidays for next year, including seven long weekends.
- The ING App will be discontinued on Oct. 26. Here’s how you can transfer your remaining funds to other banks.
- Here’s how you can stay safe during storms and typhoons.
- Here’s your guide to PAGASA’s red, orange and yellow rainfall alerts.
- Here’s why you need to be extra careful against COVID during the rainy season.
NEWS YOU NEED TO KNOW
- Tropical storm Florita was on course to hit the northeast Philippines yesterday, with Signal no. 3 raised in some areas.
- Classes are suspended until today in areas flooded by Severe Tropical Storm Florita.
- Generations Y and Z are using more GCash and Maya instead of hard cash, underscoring how the pandemic accelerated the shift to cashless transactions.
- Sen. Imee Marcos is calling for a probe on the series of disappearances and killings involving women and minors over the past weeks.
- Nica del Rosario, who sang former Vice President Leni Robredo’s presidential campaign jingle “Rosas”, has married her partner in civil rites in Australia.
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