HEADS UP: Top News Stories You Need to Know Today, Aug. 17

Here’s a Heads Up from reportr on top news stories that you need to know today, Aug. 17

NEWS EXPLAINED 

• Does Metro Manila need cable cars to rid itself of traffic jams once and for all?

NEWS YOU CAN USE

• You can take these top LinkedIn courses for free until Aug. 31.
• PHLPost warned the public against a text scam that masquerades as a delivery alert.

NEWS YOU NEED TO KNOW

• Sen. Raffy Tulfo proposed legalizing “ukay” as he chastised Customs for failure to stop the smuggling of second hand clothes.
• Luxury retailer SSI has returned to pre-pandemic levels in terms of profit and sales, underscoring how Filipinos have been revenge shopping.
• Regulators in the UK have approved a Moderna vaccine that specifically targets the omicron coronavirus variant.
• A space mission has theorized that water on Earth came from asteroids.
• Business travel is unlikely to recover fully until 2026 due to numerous factors that compound the fallout from the pandemic, industry watchers said.