HEADS UP: How GCQ With Alert Levels Will Work

Here’s a Heads Up from reportr on news you need to know today, Sept. 13.

COVID NEWS

• Metro Manila will pilot a new community quarantine system by Sept. 16, where the four-tier quarantine levels will be replaced with either ECQ or GCQ with the latter having an alert level system. Here’s how it works.
• The Philippines on Saturday set a new high of 26,303 COVID-19 cases in one day, beating the previous record in just two days.
• After the FDA cleared the Moderna jab for emergency use on minors, the city of Manila has opened registrations for inoculation among 12 to 17 year olds.
• An additional 500,000 doses of AstraZeneca’s COVID-19 vaccine arrived in the Philippines as the government rushed vaccinations to combat the Delta variant.

CULTURE EXPLAINED

• Steve, our long-time pal from Blue’s Clues, left the internet in tears as he explained why he left the show so suddenly. Here’s why his video gave us all the feels.

NEWS YOU CAN USE

• Heads up, Meralco is set to increase electricity rates again in September.
• Worried that your P1,000 bill might be fake? Here’s how to check if it’s legit.
• Cebu Pacific's P99 Super Pass is back, letting you fly whenever you can.

NEWS YOU NEED TO KNOW

• Typhoons Jolina and Kiko have both exited the Philippines, but they left at least 17 people dead and displaced thousands in their aftermath.
• Typhoon Kiko, the 11th storm of the year, is just one of the six typhoons in the last 100 years to intensity so quickly, meteorologists said.
• EJ Obiena achieved another milestone in pole vaulting as he broke a 30-year-old Asian record during the International Golden Roof Challenge in Innsbruck, Austria.
• John Arcilla made history as well for being the first Filipino to win the prestigious Volpi Cup for Best Actor award in the 78th Venice International Film Festival.
• Presidential spokesperson Harry Roque went viral over his emotional outburst against health workers. Vice President Leni Robredo called him out, saying he has no right to bully frontliners.
• Americans commemorated the 20th anniversary of the September 11 attacks, calling for unity as conflict in Afghanistan continues.