HEADS UP: Can Love Survive COVID-19? (Feb. 11)

Here's a Heads Up from Reportr.World on news that you need to know today, Feb. 11.

TOP STORIES

• It's the last working day before Valentine's Day. How's your live life? We asked Gen Z about how the pandemic how they find and make love. Here's our #ReportrExplainer.
• Senators want the PMVIC system of private vehicle testing centers suspended.
• Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana touched base with his U.S. counterpart, Pentagon boss Lloyd Austin. They reaffirmed Manila-Washington military alliance.

• #FreeBritney is trending as fans and supporters rally behind pop icon Britney Spears. Here's another Explainer.
• Ben&Ben's Paulo Guico is trending on Twitter for his views on LGBT: Filipinos should stop using 'Bakla' as a pejorative.
• There are two holidays in February. If you're working tomorrow and/or on Feb. 25, here's how much extra you should be getting.
• Take it from the DOH, the Pfizer COVID vaccine is not for sale. Certified for emergency use by the FDA, it will be among the first to be rolled out locally alongside the AstraZeneca jab.
• Here's what you need to know about the Pfizer vaccine.
• Did former defense secretary Gibo Teodoro just tease his 2022 plans on Facebook? His post got supporters buzzing.
• PETA is urging the public to go vegan in the Year of the Ox in yet another colorful animal rights rally, this time in Binondo Chinatown.

WHAT'S HAPPENING TODAY?

• GCash and Viber are launching a collaboration today at 3 p.m. It involves food
• PayMaya is launching a new cashless feature at a virtual event 2 p.m.
• Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas Gov. Benjamin Diokno issues a statement on interest rates and the economy at 4:30 p.m. Analysts expect the Monetary Board to keep the benchmark rate steady.

METRO-REGIONS

• In Quezon City, meat vendors get free rent in public markets to help them cope with price caps on pork and chicken.
• In Manila, authorities are ready to receive COVID vaccines with 12 freezers total.
• In Baguio City, rules for tourists were updated while it remains under GCQ.
• In Valenzuela City, authorities reminded vaccine recipients to get the two full doses.

WORLD

• The pilot of the late NBA superstar Kobe Bryant's helicopter was likely disoriented, causing the aircraft to crash last year, investigators said.
• The founder of the legendary Motown group The Supremes, Mary Wilson, has died at age 76.
• An investigation by the WHO in Wuhan, China failed to establish the origins of the COVID-19 pandemic.