HEADS UP: Top News Stories You Need to Know Today, March 1

Here’s a Heads Up from reportr on the top news stories that you need to know today, March 1:

LIFE KIT

• Thinking of quitting your job forbetter pay or work environment? Here’s how to do it gracefully.

ALERT LEVEL 1

• Metro Manila shifts to Alert Level 1 today. Here are the new rules you need to know.
• For the first time this year, daily COVID-19 cases fell below 1,000 a day before Metro Manila shifted to Alert Level 1.
• As the capital region downgrades to the lowest COVID-19 restriction, the MMDA is studying the possibility of extending the number coding scheme to the morning rush hour.
• Employees are now encouraged to go back to onsite work, while temperature checks are no longer required under Alert Level 1.
• Public transportation returns to full seating capacity. Here’s what you need to know if you’re riding MRT-3.

NEWS YOU CAN USE

• Still figuring out who to vote for in the May 9 elections? This online dashboard launched by Comelec and Vote Pilipinas might help you.

NEWS YOU NEED TO KNOW

• Russian President Vladimir Putin has ordered a nuclear alert as Ukraine rejected its invasion.
• Thousands worldwide marched in the streets in protest of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.
• Will sanctions against Russia really work? Here’s an explainer.
• In Lviv, a city in west Ukraine, employees at the Pravda brewery switched beer with Molotov cocktails in response to Russia’s attack on their country.