HEADS UP: Gen Z Shows the Internet How to Laugh in Emoji (Feb. 16)

Here's a Heads Up from Reportr.World on news that you need to know today, Feb. 16.

TOP STORIES:

• Gen Z wants the internet to stop laughing with the 'face with tears of joy' emoji. Here's why they think it's uncool.
• Acting NEDA chief Karl Chua urged President Rodrigo Duterte to place the entire Philippines under MGCQ in March.
• Duterte in his weekly address said Vice President Leni Robredo was not qualified to be president.
• How does OFW Jollibee sound? For the first time in its history, Filipinos' favorite fastfood chain in opened more overseas than local stores. The trend will continue this year.
• It's a sad day for social media, Gen the Corgi who went viral for impossible cuteness and positivity has died.
• Converge users listen up, your internet service provider is looking to Elon Musk's Space X for sattelite internet in far-flung areas.

• Comelec extended voter registration further, to include holidays. There's no reason why you shouldn't enlist to vote.
• Filipinos online are protesting a racist remark in the Chinese drama "Make Me Smile," wherein looking like a Filipino maid was used as a pejorative.
• Subject to local government guidelines, cinemas are given the go-ahead to reopen by March, Malacanang said.

METRO-REGIONS

• In Cebu City, police removed lumad students from a university campus. Video of the incident has gone viral.
• In Boracay, fakers of COVID-19 tests will be made to face falsification charges.
• In Quezon City, Mayor Joy Belmonte said the  ban on plastic bags would be reimposed on March 1.
• In Makati City, BDO Unibank is piloting ATM withdrawals using QR codes.

• In Manila, Mayor Isko Moreno said swab tests would be made free for cinema workers should theaters reopen under strict rules.
• Metro Manila mayors are not in favor of reopening cinemas. However, they are okay with allowing teens to go out of their houses.

WORLD

• Prince Harry and Meghan Markle are expecting their second child.
• Here's what you need to know about the Ebola virus. The African nation of Guinea recently declared an "epidemic situation.
• What's next for former U.S. President Donald Trump after his acquittal before the Senate impeachment court over the Jan. 6 Capitol siege.