Here’s a Heads Up from reportr on news that you need to know today, Aug. 27:
NEWS YOU CAN USE
- Here’s how long you will have to wait for a Yellow Card appointment from the Bureau of Quarantine. In case you’re planning to travel abroad.
CULTURE EXPLAINED
- How does one ask for forgiveness when the cancel culture led by Gen Z is unforgiving?
MONEY EXPLAINED
- The pandemic has forced faster adulting on Millennials and Gen Z, resulting in these priorities when it comes to money, according to a Manulife survey.
2022 ELECTIONS
- Former senator Bongbong Marcos is preparing for a possible presidential run in 2022, said his elder sister, Sen. Imee Marcos.
- A faction of PDP-Laban that pushed for President Rodrigo Duterte to run for vice president is urging Sen. Manny Pacquiao to run for senator with them instead of pursuing higher office.
- Should he decide to run for president, Pacquiao’s recent loss to Cuba’s Yordenis Ugas was his last boxing match, an ally said. U.S. media reported that a rematch was in the cards.
- Davao City Mayor Sara Duterte-Carpio has "unconditional love" for her father, but whether or not she will run to succeed him as president will be her own decision.
PIXEL WORLD
- Cake and pizza were the top favorites for Filipinos ordering in via GrabFood during pandemic year 2020.
- Filipino authorities ordered four online lending apps shut for unauthorized use of user data, which could be weaponized by debt collectors.
- Facebook thinks there's more room for Facebook in your life, as it announced plans to launch its own digital wallet.
NEWS EXPLAINED
- How big is tycoon Dennis Uy’s fast-growing business empire? His F2 Logistics recently won the contract to transport election materials.
NEWS YOU NEED TO KNOW
- The Philippines will shift to street-level or granular lockdowns, which are more effective compared to the community quarantine system that saw the reimposition of the third ECQ in Metro Manila earlier this month. Another 16,314 new infections were recorded yesterday.
- Cavite Gov. Jonvic Remulla said an “extreme bureaucracy” is preventing local officials from purchasing vaccines at the cost of human lives and the economy.
- Authorities also approved the commercial propagation of genetically-modified rice after a decade of opposition from anti-GMO activists.
- The Bangko Sentral helped a 70-year-old man replace his P50,000 cash savings that were nearly eaten up by termites in his cabinet. The lesson: save money in a bank.
- A one-month-old baby boy was found to be COVID-19 positive a few days after his death in Mati City.
- The distribution period for lockdown ayuda in Metro Manila was extended to Aug. 31, said the DILG.
- OnlyFans has dropped its plan to ban “sexually explicit” content on the platform that has revolutionized porn on social media.
- YouTube has taken down one million videos for containing misinformation on COVID-19.
Reportr is now on Quento. Download the app or visit the Quento website for more articles and videos from Reportr and your favorite websites.
