Here’s a Heads Up from reportr on the top news stories that you need to know today, March 17:
LIFE KIT
- How do you return to office when you’re a pandemic hire and are seeing your co-workers physically for the first time?
- Routines give you power over your day, here’s how to build one or tune up the one that you have.
ELECTION NEWS
- Vice President Leni Robredo topped Bloomberg’s survey of analysts, who said she’s the best presidential candidate to lead the economy out of the pandemic.
- What will a President Bongbong Marcos do in his first 100 days, should he win in the May 9 elections.
- Marcos also said he’s unbothered by President Rodrigo Duterte’s statement that he prefers a lawyer for a successor.
- The son of the late dictator also said people cannot be stopped from wanting to serve even if they are the same family, as he weighed in on political dynasties.
NEWS YOU CAN USE
- The new Apple emojis are here for those who have updated to iOS 15.4. Here’s how you can use them.
- You can now stream the award-winning martial law film “Liway” for free on YouTube.
NEWS YOU NEED TO KNOW
- Fuel prices could go down by P3 per liter next week, small players said, after 11 weeks of price hikes.
- NEDA suggests a four-day workweek instead of a minimum wage increase to help the public deal with rising fuel costs.
- The poorest Filipino families could get an additional P200 monthly ayuda under a proposal from Finance Sec. Carlos Dominguez.
- The MRT will be closed April 13 to 17 for its annual Holy Week maintenance.
- Summer or technically the dry season in the Philippines has started officially, PAGASA said.
- Number coding has resumed in Makati City from 7 a.m to 7 p.m.
- Meet Leonora Buenviaje, who recycles rice sacks and bubble wrap into couture gowns.
- Japan is set to further ease restrictions as COVID infections ebb, including raising the daily cap on international arrivals.
- Russian forces have intensified bomb attacks in Ukraine’s capital, Kyiv. Here’s what it’s like on the ground.
- The war has displaced roughly three million people or one Ukrainian child per second.
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