Here’s a Heads Up from reportr on news you need to know today, Nov. 24:
POLITICS EXPLAINED
- Stop calling that noisy relative bobotante because you’re not as woke as you think. Here’s how the elitist lens is dividing, instead of uniting Filipinos in the 2022 elections.
- Here’s what you need to know about the petitions to disqualify or cancel the certificate of candidacy for president of Bongbong Marcos.
ADULTING 101
- Here’s how to check if your SSS contributions are being credited to your account.
PIXEL WORLD
- Spotify killed the shuffle button for albums on Adele’s request. Here’s why it matters for musicians.
ELECTION NEWS
- Presidential aspirant Bongbong Marcos said he tested negative for cocaine and other drugs after President Rodrigo Duterte threw shade at a Malacanang hopeful for allegedly using cocaine.
- Should she win the presidency with Sara Duterte-Carpio as vice president, Leni Robredo said she hopes for a working relationship with President Rodrigo Duterte’s daughter.
- “LOL”, the Robredo girls laughed off and dismissed a report that claimed the Vice President’s eldest daughter Aika was arrested in the U.S.
- That’s two more delivery pranks for opposition bets, steak for Sen. Francis “Kiko” Pangilinan and lechon for Sen. Risa Hontiveros.
- Manny Pacquiao said was "naive" to have used shabu and marijuana in the past as he promised to fight the drug scourge if elected president.
NEWS YOU NEED TO KNOW
- Authorities said there's "no evidence" to show that SMS spammers got mobile numbers from contact tracing forms.
- Sen. Joel Villanueva has urged regulators to stop the proliferation of spam texts offering jobs and vouchers, saying it reeked of a data privacy breach.
- The anti-COVID pill molnupiravir is now available for qualified patients of Vice President Leni Robredo’s telehealth service.
- There were 1,153 new COVID cases yesterday as the DOH reminded the public to keep their defenses up to avoid catching the virus.
- After being blocked by the Chinese Coast Guard’s water cannons last week, Filipino troops delivered fresh supplies to their outpost on Ayungin Shoal in the West Philippine Sea.
- Angry relatives of those who perished in President Rodrigo Duterte’s war on drugs are questioning the suspension of the International Criminal Court’s investigation.
- The LRT-1 will be unavailable on three Sundays in November and January 2022 to test its new signaling system that directs the traffic of trains on the tracks.
- The first train cars for the PNR-Clark Phase 1 Have arrived in the country and are undergoing Customs clearance.
- Pfizer said its COVID-19 vaccine had been found to be 100% effective in kids aged 12 to 15.
- Nobel Peace Prize winner Maria Ressa, who is in the U.S. for an academic visit, said going into exile was “not an option”.
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