HEADS UP: President Duterte Takes on Mayor Isko (Aug. 11)

Here's a Heads Up from reportr on news that you need to know today, Aug. 11:

LOCKDOWN NEWS

• How long can Metro Manila families stretch the Season 3 ECQ ayuda of P1,000 per head (or P4,000 per household maximum)? Find out in this #ReportrExplainer.
• Outdoor exercise is banned through the duration of the ECQ, until Aug. 20, the MMDA said.

TRENDING NEWS

• Bizarre ad maestros GIGIL took the hand of Belo Beauty and took it to the dark side for a commercial on how the lockdown is affecting our “beauty”.
• In this video, we explain through an anthropologist’s lens what could have gone wrong with Nas Daily’s Whang-od Academy.

NEWS YOU CAN USE

• Here are tips from the DOH on how to cope with lockdown anxiety and depression if you work from home or are living with seniors and children.

2022 ELECTIONS

• President Rodrigo Duterte threw shade against a Metro Manila mayor with a “call boy” past. Manila Mayor Isko Moreno, a former actor, posted about his numerous awards for governance after the chief executive’s rant.
• Before the President’s comments, Moreno had said that his past as a sexy actor was just work and there was no harm done.
• Vice President Leni Robredo said she met with Sen. Manny Pacquiao on possible unity in next year’s vote.

NEWS YOU NEED TO KNOW

• The economy grew 11.8% in the second quarter, the fastest in 30 years and snapping three straight quarters of decline. Analysts said the ECQ posed a speed bump on the recovery path.
• Quezon City is requiring quarantine passes for non-APOR during the lockdown, here’s what you need to know.
• The Medical City said its COVID wards were full, joining St. Luke’s Medical Center and the NKTI in declaring exceeded capacity during the lockdown.
• Russia’s Gamaleya is seeking Emergency Use Authorization from the Philippines’ FDA for its single-shot Sputnik Light COVID vaccine.
• The DBM said it would submit to Congress the proposed P5 trillion national budget by Aug. 23.
• The bat-borne Marburg virus has been detected in West Africa. Like SARS-CoV-2, it can be transmitted to humans from animals. Here’s what you need to know about it.
• Public school teachers will get a P1,000 “thank you” gift in time for World Teachers’ Day.
• Singapore, strapped for natural resources, is converting sewage into ultra-clean water fit for human consumption.