Hi Edward, Here are the most important news that you need to know.       Drivers drop fare hike bid, push for 100% capacity A major transport group on Tuesday said it would withdraw its petition for a P3 fare hike after the government announced that it would provide P1 billion in subsidy to registered public utility drivers to help them cope with successive oil price increases.   Inquirer Plus offers FREE 30 day trial   Rufus: Mere tweaks won’t stop ‘farce’ Cagayan de Oro City Rep. Rufus Rodriguez said no amount of regulation of the substitution rule could prevent a mockery of the election in the country as long as candidates who withdraw from the race can be replaced. Commission on Elections spokesperson James Jimenez said the poll body was "not really" against the rule, which could still be remedied by some controls or "some sort of regulation."   'FOLLOWER' The Bureau of Internal Revenue has put up a tarpaulin sign along Roxas Boulevard in Manila to remind bloggers, vloggers and other social media influencers earning millions of pesos from ad placements or product endorsements to register with the agency and pay the appropriate income taxes. —LYN RILLON   REGISTER HERE   NEA exec persona non grata in Baguio​ BAGUIO CITY—The lawyer of the National Electrification Administration (NEA) who was tasked to resolve the leadership row at Benguet Electric Cooperative (Beneco) was declared persona non grata by the Baguio City council on Monday for leading the forcible takeover of the utility last week.    Take our news quiz!   Opinion: Culture of obliviousness Once upon a time Ombudsman Samuel Martires said, incorrectly, that cases against corrupt government officials could not move forward because no one wanted to testify against them. (The case of the late Dr. Roland Cortes, former medical director of the National Center for Mental Health who filed a plunder complaint against its officials, belies this.) Now he appears to be promoting a culture of obliviousness among Filipinos.    LEARN MORE   SUBSCRIBE | FACEBOOK | VIBER INSTAGRAM | LINKEDIN | SUGGEST     © 2021 PHILIPPINE DAILY INQUIRER, All rights reserved. You are receiving this email because you are subscribed to Inquirer Newsletters. Unsubscribe