HEADS UP: Top News Stories You Need to Know Today, March 16

Here’s a Heads Up from reportr on the top news stories that you need to know today, March 16:

LIFE KIT

• We asked TikTok’s Millennial HR for tips on how to deal with Return to Office or RTO anxiety.

ELECTION NEWS

• His critics call him atat, but presidential candidate Isko Moreno is rightfully in a hurry, said his wife, Manila’s First Lady Dynee Domagoso.
• To his son, Vincent Patrick Ditan, Mayor Isko is a supportive father.
• Senatorial candidate Samira Gutoc was trending on Twitter for tearing up as she rued how her youth supporters deserted her.

NEWS YOU CAN USE

• Walk-in passport applications are available at DFA consular offices starting March 16, Who are qualified?
• Here’s how you can set up Face ID to recognize you even with a face mask on, for compatible iPhones.

NEWS YOU NEED TO KNOW

• The Philippines has protested the “intrusion and lingering presence” of a Chinese ship inside the Philippines’ archipelagic waters, the DFA said.
• Sinovac’s COVID vaccine has been cleared for emergency use in the Philippines for children as young as 6 years old.
• Jollibee now has its own cookies n’ cream ice cream dessert that will compete head to head with arch-rival McDonald’s McFlurry.
• Billionaire businessman Elon Musk has challenged Russian president Vladimir Putin to a fight, with Ukraine as the prize.
• Under siege by Russia, Ukraine is accepting donations via cryptocurrency.