HEADS UP: Meet Father TikTok, Who Preaches to Gen Z (Feb. 8)

Here's a Heads Up from Reportr.World on news that you need to now today, Feb. 8.

TOP STORIES

• Christianity is 500 years old in the Philippines and Father Fiel Pareja is leading his peers in using technology to reach out to Gen Z. Meet Father TikTok in this profile.
• Child car seats are so in demand, they're rivaling that other must-have for parents -- strollers.
• Parents and guardians are encouraged to bring their own child car seats when riding taxis and Grab cars, said the author of the law that requires it.

• Malacanang has released the priority list of COVID-19 vaccine recipients.
• What happens when senators kill time with their mikes unmuted? There's playful banter and Sen. Cynthia Villar, again, was looking for her staffer, Dianne.
• Businesswoman Janet-Lim Napoles, one of the key figures in the pork barrel scandal of the mid-2010s, was convicted for graft.
• Former Supreme Court Associate Justice Antonio Carpio has raised before the high tribunal, Army Lt. Gen. Antonio Parlade's post against an Inquirer.net journalist.

METRO-REGIONS

• Here's a case for child car seats: In 2020, during quarantines, children were still being involved in road accidents based on MMDA data.
• Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque had choice words for President Rodrigo Duterte's critics when he attended the unveiling of the cutterhead of the Mega Manila Subway's tunnel-digging machine.

• Tourists can still go to Baguio even if the city is under GCQ. Here are the guidelines.
• Mayor Isko Moreno said recipients of the COVID-19 vaccine in Manila could be "choosy" when it comes to their jab.
• The Departments of Health and Transportation has released a clarification on mask-wearing when driving.

WORLD

• Blood red floods swamped an Indonesian village. Why? Water reached a batik factory.
• Pope Francis has appointed the first woman to the synod, the Chruch's body of bishops that decides on Catholic doctrine.
• South America lacks oxygen for its COVID-19 patients, resulting in days-long queues for tank refills.

• Jay Fai, who was featured on Netflix as Thailand's Queen of Crab Omelets, has been named an Asia Icon.
• The late Black Panther star Chadwick Boseman is gaining momentum for a posthumous Oscar after he secured two Screen Actors Guild Award nominations.
• Here's how memes from tech billionaire Elon Musk gave gravitas to cryptocurrency dogecoin.