HEADS UP: Passport Power, RIP Pag-asa (Jan. 11)

Here's a Heads Up from reportr on news that you need to know today, Jan. 11:

• The Philippine Passport ranks 77th in the world in terms of visa-free access. It can be your ticket to 66 countries visa-free (or visa on arrival). Of course, there are health requirements during the pandemic.
• Pag-asa, the first Philippine Eagle that was bred and hatched in captivity, has died, conservationists said Friday.
• Devotees thronged Quiapo last Saturday from the Black Nazarene Feast even without the procession. Here's how Traslacion 2021 went down.
• U.S. President Donald Trump is permanently banned from Twitter and said he would not attend the Jan. 20 inauguration of President-Elect Joe Biden.
• Members of the pro-Trump mob that laid siege on the U.S. Capitol last week are listed as persons of interest by Washington DC police, including the man with the walis tambo.
• Christine Dacera was laid to rest over the weekend and as investigators await the results of a second autopsy, four men who were with her at the hotel when she died on New Year's Day recounted their version of the events that led to her death.
• EXPLAINER: How CCTV cameras help solve crimes. In Dacera's case, hotel surveillance footage shed light on her last moments.
• The new Japanese Ambassador to the Philippines, Kazuhiko Koshikawa, invited Pikachu over at his Manila residence for omurice to drump up interest in his Twitter account.
• Night closures at the Skyway Stage 3 are extended until Jan. 13, the eve of its full opening.
• The Senate opens its investigation today on the Philippines' vaccine plan. Here are the cities that have budgets to buy their own jabs.

Here's an update on COVID-19 cases as of 4 p.m. of Jan. 10: