HEADS UP: Top News Stories You Need to Know Today, Feb. 23

Here’s a Heads Up from reportr on news you need to know today, Feb. 23:

LIFE KIT

• Sick and tired of politics? Here’s how to make an informed choice in the May 9 elections.

ELECTION NEWS

• Vice President Leni Robredo handles her tireless bashers through this perspective: what pain can top that from the death of her husband Jesse? That makes handling online hate “sisiw”.
• Megastar Sharon Cuneta has joined her first pink motorcade for the Leni-Kiko ticket, standing beside her husband in Tarlac.
• Isko Moreno campaigned in Mindanao minus running mate Willie Ong, as his supporters there want Sara Duterte for VP. Ong says he still supports Moreno.
• Comelec should suspend rules on the posting of election materials in private property while it reviews larger guidelines on campaign paraphernalia, lawyer Romulo Macalintal said.

NEWS YOU CAN USE

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NEWS YOU NEED TO KNOW

• Downgrading parts of the country to Alert Level 1 during the height of the election campaign could be risky, the DILG said. 
• Meet the ex-factory boy who is running for president in South Korea and challenging a culture that is obsessed with social stature.
• Starting tomorrow, restaurants and clubhouses in Hong Kong will require proof of at least one COVID vaccine dose prior to entry as the Chinese territory battles its worst coronavirus surge.
• Also from tomorrow, England will end all legal restrictions related to the pandemic, including isolation and contact-tracing.
• Donald Trump’s social media app called Truth was the most downloaded on Apple’s U.S. App Store as it made its glitchy debut.