HEADS UP: What Went Wrong in Poblacion Girl Case? (Jan. 7)

Here’s a Heads Up from reportr on news you need to know today, Jan. 7:

CULTURE EXPLAINED

• Gwyneth Chua’s uncontrollable urge to party at the expense of public health points to festering problems in society and the government’s handling of the pandemic.

NEWS YOU CAN USE

• Here’s a complete guide on paracetamol use straight from Unilab, makers of Biogesic.
• Here’s what you should do if you have COVID symptoms like itchy throat.
• Here‘s the new set of requirements for tourists in Boracay, which now include a negative RT-PCR test. 

ELECTION NEWS

• Leni Robredo and Sara Duterte-Carpio are the last women standing in the Comelec’s list of official candidates for president and vice president in the May 9 elections.

WHAT’S NEXT

• Humanoid robots meant to train doctors left the audience at the CES tech fair in Las Vegas both mesmerized and creeped out.

NEWS YOU NEED TO KNOW

• The Philippines logged 17,220 new COVID cases yesterday from around 10,000 the day before.
• Gwyneth Chua’s close contacts at a Poblacion dinner party before her COVID diagnosis are considering filing a case against her.
• Pope Francis risked riling childless couples with cats and dogs by saying that having pets instead of kids “takes away our humanity”.
• President Rodrigo Duterte has signed a law that criminalizes child marriage, strengthening legal protection for minors.
• Fifteen members of the Presidential Guards with no close contact to Duterte tested positive for COVID-19, their commander said.
• The Omicron surge has forced the postponement of the Grammy Awards scheduled at the end of January while Sundance will shift to virtual screenings.
• In Spain, a new law will allow for shared custody of pets when couples divorce, recognizing dogs and cats as sentient beings, not mere possessions.