HEADS UP: Top News Stories You Need to Know Today, May 17

Here’s a Heads Up from reportr on top news stories that you need to know today, May 17: 

NEWS EXPLAINED

• What’s next for Sen. Risa Hontiveros, the lone opposition candidate who won in the senatorial race?

NEWS YOU CAN USE

• Former Sen. Bongbong Marcos is set to take over Malacañang on June 30. How much will he be paid, and what privileges will he get? 
• Heads up, motorists. Pump prices roll back today.

NEWS YOU NEED TO KNOW

• Brothers JV Ejercito and Jinggoy Estrada, who are not on good terms, are both poised to win in the senatorial race. How will they work together?
• Meet the vegetable vendor who defeated a member of the ruling political clan for mayor in an Eastern Samar town.
• President Rodrigo Duterte has signed the law giving night shift differential to government workers.
• A study shows that signs of stress can make humans more likeable.