Here’s a Heads Up from reporter on news that you need to know today, Sept. 24:
CULTURE EXPLAINED
- What makes Yasmin Asistido a Gen Z kween? We have this exclusive interview with her to take into the weekend.
QUARANTINE NEWS
- Partial freedom. Face shields are no longer required in outdoor spaces, President Rodrigo Duterte said.
NEWS YOU CAN USE
- Here’s how you can activate face unlock or fingerprint ID to access the GCash app on your device.
- What procedures and treatments will you undergo in case you are hospitalized for COVID-19? Here’s a guide we hope you won’t go through.
2022 ELECTIONS
- Comelec has signaled to lawmakers that it was willing to extend the voter registration period by at least one week from the original Sept. 30 deadline.
- How will Doc Willie Ong beat President Duterte and Senate President Tito Sotto in the race for VP? Facebook’s go-to person for medical advice said COVID, not politicians, is the enemy.
- Former Bayan Muna congressman Neri Colmenares is running for senator in 2022 to deliver the “sharpest” critique against candidates backed by the President.
ECONOMY EXPLAINED
- Before Uniqlo and H&M, there was The Gap and Benetton, here’s how these brands ruled fashion during their heyday.
NEWS YOU NEED TO KNOW
- Trigger warning before reading. Lawyers for artist Bree Jonson’s family said that her wounds showed that she struggled before she was found dead while in the company of billionaire’s son Julian Ongpin.
- The FDA explained to President Duterte why some COVID-19 test kits expired before use.
- Meralco will resume disconnections in Metro Manila starting next week except in areas under granular lockdown.
- BTS, Billie Eilish and Elton John are holding a concert to raise awareness on climate change and COVID vaccines.
- The third movie in the Harry Potter prequel series “Fantastic Beasts” will be about Prof. Dumbledore and his secrets.
- U.S. authorities have approved Pfizer’s booster shot against COVID for the elderly and those who are at high risk from the disease.
- Prosecutors rested their case against R. Kelly by detailing how the R&B singer controlled a “universe” of accomplices to trap underage girls into sex.
- Pilloried on social media in the past for his alleged transgressions, Johnny Depp is speaking out against cancel culture.
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