Here’s a Heads Up from reportr on news you need to know today, Nov. 16:
POLITICS EXPLAINED
- Will bailiwick politics work for Bongbong Marcos who claims the Solid North and Sara Duterte-Carpio from the Solid South that emerged in 2019?
TRENDING NEWS
- Swiftie nation Philippines is streaming “Red”. Meralco told Taylor Swift fans that it knew all too well, dancing to the refrigerator light will take a toll on electricity bills.
2022 ELECTIONS
- President Rodrigo Duterte is running for senator, not for vice president, a path that would pit him against his daughter, Sara Duterte-Carpio.
- Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque said goodbye to his Malacanang job to run for senator after losing out on his bid to be elected in a UN law body.
- It was a weekend of political surprises. What do the shifting tickets in the administration mean for their chances of winning?
- Former President Gloria Arroyo’s Lakas-CMD party denied reports she pushed for Sara Duterte-Carpio’s candidacy for vice president.
- Poll watchdog group Kontra Daya called on Comelec to declare placeholder candidates as nuisance bets to stop what it called as a “mockery” of the substitution process.
- Retired General Antonio Parlade, accused of red-tagging Liza Soberano, Angel Locsin and Catriona Gray is running for president.
NEWS YOU CAN USE
- Here’s what you need to know if you are planning a visit to the UP Diliman Academic Oval that reopened to the public yesterday.
NEWS YOU NEED TO KNOW
- Hundreds of children wearing face masks returned to school yesterday for the first time since the start of the pandemic. There were 1,547 new COVID-19 cases for the day.
- The Dargani siblings of Pharmally Corp, who were cited by Senators for contempt over their refusal to cooperate with the chamber’s investigation on billions of pesos in allegedly overpriced face shields and other gear, were arrested in Davao as they were about to leave for Malaysia.
- Robinsons Land will break ground on Robinsons Place Pagadian which will sport a vinta-inspired facade.
- Cambodia is reopening to fully vaccinated travelers to revive a tourism industry whose revenues plummeted to $1 billion from $5 billion before the pandemic.
- Here’s what you need to know about the Glasgow Climate pact forged over the weekend in Scotland.
- Following the lead of the U.S., Israel has also approved COVID-19 vaccinations for children aged 5 to 11.
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