HEADS UP: Typhoon Odette Crosses Central Philippines (Dec. 17)

Here’s a heads Up from reportr on news that you need to know today, Dec. 17:

NEWS EXPLAINED

• Sex is essential, even during pandemic, when it’s harder for young, sexually active women to life-saving health support. 

NEWS YOU CAN USE

• The government’s emergency hotline 911 now accepts calls related to gender-based violence.
• How can children greet their ninong and ninang a Merry Christmas? If they’re unvaccinated, please keep it virtual, says the DOH. There were 289 new COVID cases yesterday.

NEWS YOU NEED TO KNOW

• Typhoon Odette (Rai) lashed the southeastern Philippines yesterday with destructive Signal no. 4 winds, and is expected to cross the Visayas today until it exits the country tomorrow.
• COVID vaccines may be less effective against the Omicron coronavirus variant, which means the risk to the world remains very high, the WHO said.
• Apple has delayed return to office work indefinitely as Omicron cases in the U.S. increase.
• After the redesign of the P1,000 bill was met with protests, Sen. Koko Pimentel wants the Bangko Sentral to explain to lawmakers the rationale behind redesigning money.
• Authorities are looking for six persons of interest in the hacking of BDO accounts to shift money to Unionbank accounts under the name Mark Nagoyo.
• The Senate has fully approved bills that seek to regulate the sale and use of vape to promote them as an alternative to traditional cigarettes and require the registration of SIM cards.
• Box office hopes are high for “Spider-Man: No Way Home”. Can it save Hollywood and movie theaters.
• George Chauvin, the Minneapolis police officer convicted of murdering Black Lives Matter catalyst George Floyd, has pleaded guilty to a separate charge of violating the African American man’s civil rights.