Here’s a Heads Up from reporter on news that you need to know today, Oct. 8:
ROBREDO IS RUNNING FOR PRESIDENT
- Vice President Leni Robredo said she would run for president in 2022, heeding calls from supporters.
- Here’s a look at Robredo’s road from reluctant politician to Marcos slayer in 2016. Can she do it again in the 2022 elections when pandemic recovery is at stake?
- Can pink win the presidency? Robredo is playing up her strengths that her detractors see as her weaknesses. She’s a mother who knows how to sacrifice until she gets the courage to fight back.
2022 ELECTIONS
- One more try. Human rights lawyer Chel Diokno filed his candidacy for senator.
- Former senator Antonio Trillanes IV is running to reclaim his seat under Robredo’s ticket.
- Former senator Bam Aquino is not running because he will serve as Robredo’s campaign manager.
- Former defense secretary Gilberto Teodoro Jr. is running for senator. He said his offer to be the vice president of Davao City Mayor Sara Duterte-Carpio, should she run for president, still stands.
- Ex-Sen. Bongbong Marcos’ eldest son, Sandro, is running for Congress in Ilocos Norte.
- Kabayan is returning to politics. ABS-CBN star anchor Noli de Castro is running for senator with presidential aspirant and Manila Mayor Isko Moreno.
- Former Sen. Bongbong Marcos disowned push alerts that campaigned for his presidential bid.
- Batangas Rep. Vilma Santos-Recto said she would not run for any position in 2022.
NEWS YOU CAN USE
- For your passport errands, the DFA’s six TOPS or satellite offices will remain open until December.
NEWS YOU NEED TO KNOW
- The Philippines ranked last in Nikkei’s COVID recovery index, highlighting the same challenges raised by Bloomberg in its own study that also put the country at the bottom.
- These Korean words, some very familiar to Filipinos, have made it to the English dictionary.
- Masters of bizarre GIGIL was suspended by a peer group in advertising over its commercial for Belo Medical Group that body-shamed people under virus lockdowns.
- Readers of Conde Nast Traveler named Siargao as the Best Island in Asia.
- Convicted of sex crimes that preyed on young girls, YouTube took down two official channels of R Kelly.
- A breakthrough dengue treatment could be on the horizon based on a new study by the University of California.
- The WHO is recommending the first malaria vaccine for children.
- Vietnam is planning to welcome more vaccinated tourists by December.
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