Here’s a Heads Up from reportr on news you need to know today, Oct. 18:
LIFE KIT
- Doomscrolling is a bottomless pit of bad news. Here's what you can do to climb out of it.
2022 ELECTIONS
- Vice President Leni Robredo revealed her senatorial slate for the 2022 elections, including incumbent lawmakers and veteran politicians.
- Former Sen. Bongbong Marcos is running for the president on a platform of continuity of two dynasties led by strongmen, one analyst said.
- Sen. Imee Marcos said martial law was "one million years ago" as she urged Filipinos to focus on the country’s present problems.
- Facing Bongbong in the presidential race, Sen. Manny Pacquiao said the Marcos family should return its ill-gotten wealth to Filipinos as he gave out cash assistance to the poor.
- The Commission on Elections stressed the need to craft a new law to limit the use of social media for campaign purposes.
COVID NEWS
- Metro Manila is downgraded to Alert Level 3. Here’s your guide on which establishments can operate, what activities can be done.
- Authorities began vaccinating minors as young as 12 years old in a bid to expand inoculations to more people.
- The Philippines on Sunday logged 6,913 new COVID-19 cases as Metro Manila entered its first week under Alert Level 3.
NEWS YOU CAN USE
- Comelec extended the voter registration hours and added Saturday signups in Metro Manila and select areas in the country, so there’s no excuse for you to miss it.
- The provinces of Bulacan, Apayao, and Capiz will be downgraded to general community quarantine starting today.
- The government has released the new quarantine requirements for international arrivals, as well as the updated list of green, yellow, and red countries from Oct. 16 to 31.
- Living in a condo or a high-rise building? Here’s how you can reduce the risk of COVID-19.
NEWS YOU NEED TO KNOW
- La Niña is here, so expect wetter and colder “Ber” months than usual.
- What’s a Filipino massage? It’s an industry expected to grow as the world moves to pandemic recovery.
- Former U.S. President Bill Clinton has been hospitalized for a non-COVID-19 infection.
- China has tested a new space capability with a hypersonic missile which can deliver nuclear weapons and fly at more than five times the speed of sound.
- A Russian film crew returned to Earth on Sunday after shooting the first movie in space.
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