HEADS UP: Why ‘Money Heist’ Makes You Root for the Anti-Hero (Dec. 7)

Here’s a Heads Up from reportr on news you need to know today, Dec. 8:

CULTURE EXPLAINED

• Here’s why you love the thieves in “Money Heist” and other anti-heroes.

NEWS YOU CAN USE

• Planning your Noche Buena budget? Here are the suggested retail prices of common Christmas table items from the DTI.
• To lessen travel stress during the holidays, be at the airport three hours before a domestic flight and four hours for an international flight, Cebu Pacific said.

ELECTION NEWS

• A fourth disqualification complaint was filed against presidential aspirant Bongbong Marcos before the Comelec, this time by his fellow Ilocanos.
• Presidential aspirant and labor leader Leody de Guzman said he would rather jail President Rodrigo Duterte than vote for the 76-year-old chief executive as senator in 2022.

PIXEL WORLD

• Bitcoin lost one-fifth of its value after a flash clash over the weekend. What’s next for cryptocurrency investors?

NEWS YOU NEED TO KNOW

• The Philippine economy is on the path to recovery as fewer COVID-19 infections allow more businesses to reopen, the World Bank said, while urging caution over the persistent threat of the virus.
• There were 356 new COVID cases yesterday, the lowest for 2021, with the Omicron variant still undetected locally.
• Chick 29, the newest Philippine Eagle to be hatched in captivity, got out of its shell in record time, providing hope to the conservationists who are working to save the raptors from extinction.
• BTS are going on an “extended period of rest” before their “new chapter” in 2022 that includes a new album and a concert in their native South Korea.
• The University of the Philippines College Admissions Test or UPCAT is waived for the second straight year for school year 2022 to 2023 due to the pandemic.
• The Senate was right to send to jail two face shield suppliers who refuse to cooperate in a long-running inquiry on “abominable” government contracts for face shields and medical gear, Sen. Richard Gordon said.
• The World Health Organization is now advising against the use of blood plasma to treat covid-19.
• Here’s how students at a secondary school for girls in Afghanistan are grabbing the chance at a formal education despite strict rules under the new Taliban regime.