HEADS UP: Ayala's JAZA Joins the Bea Alonzo Teaser Trend (July 6)

Here's a Heads Up from reporter on news that you need to know today, July 6:

TRENDING NEWS

• It’s the Bea Alonzo effect. After Doraemon and A2Z, BPI is teasing Ayala Corp boss JAZA’s new role at the conglomerate’s banking arm.

NEWS YOU CAN USE

• Fully vaccinated tourists can go to Baguio without a negative RT-PCR test.
• If you load your GCash via the BPI app, you can only use the “Load E-Wallet” function at certain times until further notice.

VACCINE NEWS

• These Metro Manila cities started restricting vaccinations due to short supply of jabs.
• Quezon City now allows businesses to sign up for A4 or economic frontliner vaccination. Here’s how you can register.

2022 ELECTIONS

• Davao City Mayor Sara Duterte-Carpio is “not interested” in running for president with her father as vice president, said a spokesman for her party.
• Four more parties want to forge alliances with Inday Sara’s Hugpong ng Pagbabago.

NEWS YOU NEED TO KNOW

• The military will soon investigate the crash of one of its C-130 cargo planes in Sulu, the worst air disaster involving an air force asset in three decades.
• Why did the Hercules of Air Force planes crash? The black box or flight data recorder holds clues.
• Taal Volcano stays on Alert Level 3 as earthquakes and gas emissions persist. What’s it like on the ground? There’s a rush to harvest from fish cages and vaccinate evacuees.
• For dignity, Manila Mayor Isko Moreno yesterday inaugurated the Basecommunity townhouse project for the capital city’s indigents/
• The Presidential Anti-Corruption Commission said it had long been looking into alleged irregularities in the distribution of ayuda even before Sen. Manny Pacquiao’s expose.
• The DSWD said it had documentary evidence to disprove Pacquia’s allegations of graft.
• Tropical Depression Emong, the fifth storm of 2021, was on track to hit the Batanes-Babuyan islands on the country’s northern tip.
• Pope Francis has had colon surgery according to the Vatican.
• U.S. President Joe Biden declares independence from the pandemic despite the threat from COVID variants.