HEADS UP: Duterte Accepts Call to Run for Vice President (Aug. 25)

Here’s a Heads Up from reporter on news that you need to know today, Aug. 25:

2022 ELECTIONS

• President Rodrigo Duterte has accepted the endorsement of his PDP-Laban party mates to run for vice president next year.
• Vice President Leni Robredo now has a Spotify podcast, reaching out to a younger audience as she ponders over a presidential candidacy in 2022.
• Should he push through with his candidacy for president, Sen. Richard Gordon said he would seek a running mate with a public health background.

NEWS EXPLAINED

• Here’s what happens when religion meets science and divides people into anti-vaxxers and those who want to get jabbed against COVID-19. 

NEWS YOU CAN USE

• The pandemic can be a time for big risks with great rewards. An ex-big tech executive calls it investing in yourself. Here’s how.
• Here’s how you can apply online for voter reactivation with Comelec. No physical appearance required.

PIXEL WORLD

• Instagram is killing the swipe-up feature for elite users and will replace it with link stickers.
• Microsoft developed an AI chatbot in China, called Xiaolce, who is helping millions cope with loneliness.

NEWS YOU NEED TO KNOW

• A digital covid vaccine ID is rolling out for Metro Manila residents as early as Sept. 1, the MMDA said.
• Manila has slid to the bottom rung of the World’s Safe Cities Index compiled by The Economist Intelligence Unit.
• Daily COVID cases will likely keep rising, the DOH said, as it would likely take two weeks for the numbers to reflect the effect of the ECQ. Yesterday alone, there were 12,067 new cases.
• The PGH said it was suspending admissions in its emergency room to cope with the surge. Earlier, it stopped admitting non-COVID patients.
• The Calax Silang East Interchange opened yesterday, promising to cut travel time between Cavite and Laguna.
• U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris, on a tour of Southeast Asia, said China had been using intimidation to enforce its unlawful claims at sea.
• Here’s how your brain decides whether or not it’s time for you to sleep.
• The U.S. has granted full approval to Pfizer’s COVID vaccine.