HEADS UP: Swap SIMs, Telcos with Ease (Jan. 29)

Here's a Heads Up from Reportr.World on news that you need to know today, Jan. 29:

• By September, you can switch from Globe to Smart to DITO without changing your number. You can also keep your number when switching between postpaid and prepaid.
• The economy remains mired in recession due to COVID based on 2020 GDP numbers. We break it down using iPhones and K-BBQ.
• In a rare move, a two-star general and deputy chief of staff for intelligence is removed from his post over an erroneous NPA list that was made public.
• AstraZeneca's COVID-19 vaccine joins Pfizer as one of only two jabs authorized for emergency use in the Philippines. This will make the procurement process faster.
• Metro Manila mayors want to keep the capital region under GCQ throughout February. It will be a quarantine Valentine.
• COVID-19 Updates: The MRT is addressing infections at its depot to keep trains running. As many as 11 of the 12 UK variant cases in Bontoc have recovered.
• Christine Dacera's friends want to move on from their ordeal while the late flight attendant's family countered police autopsy findings that ruled out foul play.
• Dacera's friends are cashing in on their unwanted popularity by selling Room 2209 shirts online.
• Obando Church, where couples dance to get pregnant, has just been declared a National Shrine. 
• A rose garden is blooming in Baguio City's Burnham Park and will be open by March.
• Bill Gates said the world should face the next pandemic as if it were at war. 
• Apple and Facebook posted huge profits, reflecting how people are spending on gadgetry and tech to ride out COVID-19.

Here's an update on COVID-19 cases as of 4 p.m. of Jan. 28: