HEADS UP: Curfew in Metro Manila Ends After 20 Months (Nov. 4)

Here’s a Heads Up from reportr on news that you need to know today, Nov. 4:

QUARANTINE NEWS

• After 20 months, the curfew in Metro Manila is lifted starting today. Shopping malls are also allowed to operate until late at night. There were 1,591 new cases yesterday, the lowest so far this year.
• President Rodrigo Duterte ordered the police and the military to deploy helicopters and air assets to hasten the rollout of COVID vaccines.

LIFE KIT

• Eyeing a Starbucks 2021 planner (or any kind of organizer) for next year but doubting its usefulness? Here’s why it’s more important now than before the pandemic.

2022 ELECTIONS

• Facts are essential: Here’s how you can be your own fact-checker, spot misinformation and disinformation online, so you can like and share responsibly.
• Human rights victims and civil society groups have asked Comelec to stop the presidential candidacy of former senator Bongbong Marcos, citing his 1995 conviction for tax evasion.
• Marcos said he would press on with his candidacy. Comelec flagged Marcos’ statement on the disqualification, which quoted the poll body spokesman, as misleading.
• Vice President Leni Robredo on Pink Wednesday outlined her strategy to free Filipinos from the pandemic, starting with competent leadership.

PIXEL WORLD

• Stop worrying about those auto-tags on photos. Facebook has deleted the facial recognition templates of one billion people as it remains under pressure for endangering user privacy.
• A cryptocurrency unsanctioned by the creators of Squid Game played off the popularity of the Netflix hit, causing buyers to lose big.

NEWS YOU NEED TO KNOW

• Blackpink urged world leaders and fans to act now against climate change as the COP26 summit in Glasgow, Scotland got underway.
• Jollibee continues its menu experiments, unveiling a strawberry cheese pocket pie and a choco hazelnut sundae.
• As early as Nov. 15, frontliners could get booster shots while vulnerable populations could receive their third dose COVID vaccines.
• Davao City has made the wearing of face shields voluntary instead of mandatory in enclosed and crowded spaces, as the national government looked into relaxing the policy on the plastic covering.
• Marvel’s “The Eternals” marks many firsts in the cinematic universe -- a gay kiss, a South Asian and a deaf super hero.