HEADS UP: Robredo Says Opposition Must Have One Candidate in 2022 (May 26)

Here's a heads up from reportr on news that you need to know today, May 26:

2022 ELECTIONS:

• Vice President Leni Robredo said the opposition needs to field a single candidate for president in 2022. Will it be her? She said the decision is “not that easy.”

NEWS YOU CAN USE

• Happening tonight: the super blood moon eclipse. Here's everything you need to know about it plus the best times to view the celestial show.
• Foodpanda expanded its delivery range to within eight kilometers of the user from three kilometers for more choices of shots and restaurants. Here’s how you can enable it.
• Graduations this season will still be virtual. No face-to-face ceremonies allowed, says DepEd.
• If you live in Mandaluyong, you can get vaccinated against COVID-19 in SM Megamall. You will need to register online.

TRENDING NEWS

• Ocean pollution is so bad a dorado fish caught in Palawan yielded a handful of plastic garbage from its belly.
• A teen with special needs was shot dead by a policeman in Valenzuela City and his family suspects foul play. The NBI has been called in to investigate.
• BTS fans want to #InvestigateSpotify for allegedly deflating the worth of their streams for “Butter.”

NEWS YOU NEED TO KNOW

• The Philippines’ COVID-19 deaths topped 20,000 yesterday. Trying to wrap your head around it? That’s roughly the capacity of the MOA Arena.
• The Philippines has acquired six new attack helicopters from Turkish Aerospace, with the first two due to arrive in the third quarter.
• Dubai-based Filipino designer Michael Cinco got an apology from Canadian beauty queen Nova Stevens as they feuded over her Miss Universe gown. It provides an insight on influencer culture where posts are currency for promotion.
• Restaurant owners are pushing for a vaccine pass to allow senior citizens to dine in.
• Sen. Risa Hontiveros wants to convert an unused portion of the Bayanihan 2 funds into ayuda before the law expires on June 30.
• To encourage more Filipinos to come home from abroad, Tourism Sec. Bernadette Romulo-Puyat proposed shortening the mandatory quarantine for arrivals to seven days from 10.
• In a medical breakthrough scientists in the U.S. and Europe partially restored the sight of a man who's been blind for 40 years.