Here’s a heads Up from reportr on news that you need to know today, Aug. 10:
TRENDING NEWS
- Medicine student Samantha Luna walked down the aisle in her dream wedding dress with no groom waiting at the altar. That’s her way of moving on past heartbreak in the hopes of empowering others who suffered similar loss.
- Nas Daily denied he was "clickbaiting" Filipinos with his content after his team's dealings with revered tattoo artist Whang-Od stirred a firestorm of controversy that cost him thousands of followers.
TOKYO 2020
- Team Philippines is home from the Olympics, here are their most inspiring and feel good words.
NEWS YOU CAN USE
- Here are the IDs that you need to submit to GCash to have your account verified faster.
2022 ELECTIONS
- Dute to the lockdown disruption, the Comelec is studying extending the Sept. 30 deadline for voter registration.
- Even with the filing of certificates of candidacy just two months away, Vice President Leni Robredo said she was still undecided over running for president in 2022. She explained why to the Wake Up With Jim and Saab podcast.
- Senate President Tito Sotto said Robredo should’ve studied the offer of unity of Sen. Panfilo Lacson before rejecting it.=
LOCKDOWN NEWS
- Ayuda distribution in Metro Manila will start tomorrow, Aug. 11, mayors agreed.
- In Pasig, Mayor Vico Sotto said some residents would get food packs instead of cash aid.
- Checkpoints within Metro Manila could be dismantled to shift forces to guard distribution areas for ayuda and vaccines. They also cause traffic jams, police said.
- Vice President Leni Robredo said the Palace must heed the lessons of ECQ 1 and 2 got the current third installment so as not to have a fourth.
- After the NKTI, St. Luke’s Medical Center said COVID and critical care wards in its Quezon City and BGC branches are full.
NEWS YOU NEED TO KNOW
- Delta is currently the most worrying coronavirus variant, but there’s also the Delta Plus and Lambda and as COVID-19 spreads faster than vaccines, more strains are expected to emerge.
- For a mini-break during ECQ, look up the sky on Thursday and Friday for a meteor shower.
- Meralco is increasing power rates in August, roughly P19 additional for 200kwh consumption per month.
- Singapore is changing policies on foreign workers as locals’ concerns over jobs intensify.
- These countries and cities around the world are requiring vaccine passes and passports.
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