HEADS UP: Top News Stories You Need to Know Today, April 12

Here’s a Heads Up from reportr on the top news stories that you need to know today, April 12:

HOLY WEEK

• Planning on doing Visita Iglesia for this year’s Holy Week? Here are seven churches in Laguna you can visit.
• Pope Francis is calling for an Easter ceasefire in Ukraine to pave the way for peace through "real negotiation".

TRENDING NEWS

• The Ateneo De Manila University and De La Salle University urged their students to wear pink when watching their UAAP men’s basketball match today in support of Vice President Leni Robredo.
• Gomburza trended on Twitter after netizens called out PBB for mistakenly naming them as “Majoha”. Who are these martyred priests and what role did they play in history?

ELECTION NEWS

• Sen. Ping Lacson and Senate President Tito Sotto said they chose to wear checkered polo during their campaigns as it represents the spirit of hard work.
• What does senatorial aspirant Luke Espiritu think of people calling him “zaddy”? He gives his own interpretation in a recent podcast.
• Actor Piolo Pascual has endorsed Vice President Leni Robredo for president, saying that "real unity" is better seen and felt under her leadership.
• Robredo's daughter Aika urged her mother's supporters to focus on their house-to-house sorties, indirectly addressing fake news that involved her.
• The Comelec will allow overseas Filipino voters to cast their votes even in areas where they are not registered.

NEWS YOU CAN USE

• Good news to motorists. Pump prices will go down for the second consecutive week today.
• Households, however, will have to tighten their belts this month as Meralco would hike power rates in April.
• The EDSA Busway Carousel is offering free rides to help commuters burdened by high fuel costs.
• Number coding in Metro Manila will now be suspended starting today until April 15. 
• Here's how you can reschedule your passport appointment if your DFA consular office was closed due to Agaton.

NEWS YOU NEED TO KNOW

• Agaton, the first storm of 2020, has weakened into a tropical depression but expect rains to keep pouring over some parts of the country.
• SpaceX’s Elon Musk is no longer joining the board of Twitter, the social media company’s CEO said.