HEADS UP: Top News Stories You Need to Know Today, Sept. 19

Here’s a Heads Up from reportr on top news stories that you need to know today, Sept. 19:

NEWS YOU CAN USE

• Government workers can avail of free MRT-3, LRT-2, and PNR rides today. Here’s how.
• Here’s how you can extend the validity of your beep card.
• UP has opened online applications for UPCA for AY 2023-2024. Here’s what you need to know.

NEWS YOU NEED TO KNOW

• Eraserheads members excite fans after posting a cryptic photo, sparking talks of a long-awaited reunion.
• Mothers, married, and divorced women will now be allowed to join Miss Universe, the pageant’s president confirmed.
• President Bongbong Marcos flew to the U.S. to participate in the 77th session of the United Nations General Assembly.
• There is no tsunami threat to the Philippines after the Magnitude 7.2 earthquake that hit Taiwan, Phivolcs said.
• "Hundreds" of Filipinos working on a remote island in the Indian Ocean are reportedly stranded due to a wage dispute between their employers and the Philippine government.
• Internet quality in the Philippines is "comparatively mediocre" and is among the least affordable worldwide, a global study showed.