HEADS UP: Top News Stories You Need to Know Today, Sept. 8

Here’s a Heads Up from reportr on top news stories that you need to know today, Sept. 8

LIFE KIT

• What is quiet firing, the reverse of quiet quitting and the new trending jobs topic on TikTok.
• Here’s how you can find a part-time job online and beat inflation.

NEWS EXPLAINED

• Here’s what we know so far about ALLTV, the new analog channel 2, that’s now run by the family of former Senate President Manny Villar’s AMBS.
• Here’s an explanation from the National Privacy Commission on spam text messages containing the receivers’ usernames in digital wallet and messaging apps.
• Here’s what you need to know about the case of Mary Jane Veloso, who has been on death row in Indonesia for a decade.

NEWS YOU CAN USE

• Here’s how you can get free Autosweep and Easytrip RFID tags at Robinsons Galleria.

NEWS YOU NEED TO KNOW

• The IATF has recommended making the wearing of face masks in open spaces optional, with a pilot test for the proposed policy set for the last quarter of 2022.
• To fight text spam, GCash is moving some of your notifications to the in-app inbox from SMS.
• Viber was trending as users questioned why their screen names on the messaging app were used in text spam.
• Singapore has named a hybrid orchid after President Bongbong Marcos and the first lady, in keeping with its “orchid diplomacy”.