HEADS UP: Top News Stories You Need to Know Today, May 5

Here’s a Heads Up from reportr on the top news stories that you need to know today, May 5:

POLITICS EXPLAINED

• Before Leni Robredo turns Ayala Avenue in Makati pink for her Miting de Avance on May 7, here’s a look at its long history of being witness to political turning points.
• Senatorial bet Loren Legarda trended after her son called her out supporting Bongbong Marcos for president. Here are other children of Marcos supporters who took a stand.

WHAT’S NEXT

• What can we expect from the last days of the 2022 election campaign? In the two-way race between Bongbong Marcos and Leni Robredo, it’s a fight to the finish with sorties until the end.
• Should Marcos win the May 9 elections, what will happen to the decades-long hunt for his family’s loot? In a Facebook video yesterday, he asked supporters to protect his votes from ‘theft’.

TRENDING NEWS

• ‘KakampINC’ is trending. We traced Twitter users who claim to be Iglesia members and will still vote for Leni Robredo despite the leadership’s endorsement of Bongbong Marcos.
• Who is ‘Joferlyn Robredo’ who claims to be one of Robredo’s daughters?

NEWS YOU NEED TO KNOW

• Yes, you can bring your mobile phone when you vote on May 9. Just don’t take selfies, according to Comelec.
• Pope Francis said he wants to meet Russian President Vladimir Putin to end the war in Ukraine.