HEADS UP: Philippines’ Total COVID Cases Top 2 Million (Sept. 2)

Here’s a Heads Up from reportr on news that you need to know today, Sept. 2:

COVID EXPLAINED

• The Philippines yesterday crossed another grim milestone -- two million COVID-19 cases total since the start of the pandemic. Here’s how you can visualize two million people who fell ill.

POLITICS EXPLAINED

• Here’s why political families in the Philippines act like characters in a Teleserye. Why are they so enduring and can the new breed of politicians slay them?

SUMMIT SANDWICH SESSIONS

• How about a Christmas duet? Jose Mari Chan said he would love for Mariah Carey to sing one of his songs. 

PIXEL WORLD

• Google yanked out four online lending apps from the Play Store for violation of data privacy rules. 

NEWS YOU CAN USE

• GCash is undergoing app maintenance until tomorrow. Here are the down times.
• Voter registration in MECQ areas resumes on Sept. 6, including shopping malls that have partnered with Comelec. Last call until the Sept. 30 deadline.
• UST and Ateneo have suspended college entrance exams for the second year in a row. Here’s how applicants will be screened.
• Manila suspended vaccinations in the city yesterday due to a glitch in the online system. 
• Here’s how you can get a free ride for APORs at the MRT, which was extended to Sept. 7.

NEWS YOU NEED TO KNOW

• Sen. Manny Pacquiao said he was not considering running for vice president. He also said he would sue Pastor Apollo Quiboloy, whom he accused of spreading fake news.
• The travel ban on 10 countries is extended to Sept. 5 as the Philippines fights the spread of the Delta variant.
• Olympian boxer Leopoldo Serantes, who won bronze in the 1988 Seoul games, has died at 59.
• The WHO said it was monitoring a new coronavirus variant, Mu, which first appeared in Colombia and had shown resistance to vaccines.
• Here’s what we know about the contaminated Moderna vaccines in Japan.
• Here’s why China is limiting video games for kids to three hours a week.
• Zoom’s spectacular growth is slowing earlier than expected as some people begin returning to offices.