HEADS UP: What #LetLeniLead, #RunSaraRun Say About Public Clamor in Elections (Oct. 12)

Here’s a Heads Up from reportr on news you need to know today, Oct. 12.

POLITICS EXPLAINED

• What happens when there’s “public clamor” for politicians to run? We explain #LetLeniLead and #RunSaraRun to find out why sometimes, it’s the voters who court politicians.

2022 ELECTIONS

• While willing to be substituted by Davao City Mayor Sara Duterte-Carpio, Sen. Ronald “bato” dela Rosa said he was “serious” about running for president under PDP-Laban.
• The PDP Laban also said Dela Rosa is “available” to run for President while it waits on Duterte Carpio and “that’s not to say he’s the best”.
• Everything is political, say KathNiel fans as they urged the long-running love team to take a stand against Daniel Padilla’s mother, Karla Estrada, running for party-list congresswoman with a group that killed then ABS-CBN franchise.
• Nuisance candidates must be fined P50,000 under a bill that is being pushed by Sen. Sherwin Gatchalian.

NEWS YOU CAN USE

• Here’s how you can protect yourself from scammers who use old school SMS to crack into your bank account. It’s called smishing.
• Drivers licenses and student permits expiring in October will have extended validity until December, the LTO said, in consideration for those under strict COVID quarantines.

NEWS YOU NEED TO KNOW

• Maria Ressa is using her clout as a Nobel Peace Prize winner to call out Facebook for enabling fake news on its platform, threatening the world’s democracies.
• Asked about Ressa being a Nobel Laureate, Presidential Spokesman Harry Roque said it showed press freedom is alive in the Philippines.
• The 8,292 COVID cases reported yesterday was the lowest single-day jump since early August, based on DOH data.
• Tropical Storm Maring (Kompasu) headed to the country’s northeastern tip yesterday, bringing rains to parts of Luzon and in the Visayas and Mindanao as it enhanced the Southwest Monsoon or Habagat.
• A Filipina health frontliner in New York died after she was assaulted by a mentally ill man, the Philippine consulate said, as it appealed to U.S. authorities to do more against hate attacks directed at Asians.
• Singapore is expanding quarantine-free travel to revive international links that are crucial to its economy. Malaysia is also easing curbs as the Delta outbreak slows.