HEADS UP: How to Fix Your WiFi for Weekend Bingeing (March 26)

Here's a Heads Up from Reportr.World on news that you need to know today, March 26:

TECH EXPLAINED

• Slow WiFi? Here are some easy tweaks you can do on your own to fix it before you call customer service.
• For first time voters, Comelec is taking the guess work out of registration with their new online tool. The process should be much easier.
• Sec. Mark Villar is cracking down on corruption in the DPWH with satellite technology. Here's how he is doing it.
• Unused data allocation on your mobile plan should not go to waste if you're working from home using WiFi. Here's how you can convert gigs to points on Globe.

POLITICS EXPLAINED:

• How can politicians get away with early campaigning? Comelec explains the gaping hole in the country's election law that emboldens them.

MONEY EXPLAINED

• The Philippines' largest bank, BDO, has launched it's own mobile wallet. Here's what you can do with BDO Pay App.

TOP STORIES

• The country's active COVID cases neared the 100,000-mark yesterday after 8,773 new cases were tallied. It's another all-time high for a single day.
• Pope Francis has appointed a the new head of the Archdiocese of Manila, Cardinal Jose Advincula of Capiz.
• Christine Dacera's friends countersued her mother for linking them to ther death. The filed a complaint for perjury, slander, libel, and cyber libel among others.
• UP Alumni who were red-tagged on the military's Facebook page rejected the reinstatement of two generals whose troops were behind the post.
• Mayor Isko Moreno authorized barangay officials to lock down parts of their jurisdiction with 10 or more active cases of COVID-19.
• Status report: Here's how the Common Station for the MRT, LRT and Mega Manila Subway is shaping up (via Spot.ph).
• The Bench group is betting on the cloud kitchen model that caters to deliveries. First up: Tonkatsu Maisen (via Esquire Philippines)
• The family of ABS-CBN veteran Doris Bigornia is seeking help financing her second heart operation. She suffered a heart attack in February.
• Sesame Street is educating children on race. In a new video, Elmo's new friends explain how melanin determines a person's skin color.
• The tough job goes to a woman. President Joe Biden tapped Vice President Kamala Harris to oversee America's border with Mexico, where criticis found an opening to criticize his stand on immigration.
• Here are the potential repercussions of the grounding of a giant vessel in the Suez Canal in Egypt, which handles a tenth of world maritime trade.