HEADS UP: Top News Stories You Need to Know Today, June 20

Here’s a Heads Up from reportr on top news stories that you need to know today, June 20.

PIXEL WORLD

• Chats and photos on Facebook Messenger can be used as evidence during trial, the Supreme Court said in a precedent-setting ruling.

LIFE KIT

• When resigning for your mental health, the best time is yesterday. Here are the signs that you should just do it.

NEWS EXPLAINED

• President-elect Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. has named his late father’s longtime defense secretary, Juan Ponce Enrile, as chief presidential legal counsel. What is the secret to the 98-year-old’s longevity (not immortality, as he once put it)?

ECONOMY EXPLAINED

• What is the “pink peso” and what role does it play in the Filipino LGBTQIA+ community’s larger fight for equality?

NEWS YOU NEED TO KNOW

• Vice president-elect Sara Duterte has taken her oath as the second highest government official of the country. Read the full text of her inaugural speech.
• The LRT-2 extended operating hours starting June 17 to accommodate more passengers. Here’s the new schedule.
• Fire hit the recently restored Manila Metropolitan Theater and was swiftly put out.
• The Philippine Daily Inquirer said it would discontinue the weekly column of economist Solita “Winnie” Monsod, citing “clear conflict of interest.”
• VP Leni Robredo’s daughter Tricia has been admitted to Harvard Medical School's masters program, to the delight of her mother.
• Revlon has filed for bankruptcy protection in the U.S., citing stiff competition from online sellers and supply chain woes.
• After a social media tease that showcased her mastery of marketing, Beyonce announced an end-July release for her first album since 2016, “Renaissance”.
• Citing humanity’s “enormous suffering”, the WHO urged governments of the world to invest more in mental health care.
• Elon Musk was sued for $258 billion by a bitcoin investor for talking up dogecoin.