Hi Edward, Here are the most important news that you need to know.       Social media tickled pink by Robredo’s decision Social media blushed in shades of pink on Thursday, after Vice President Leni Robredo declared her presidential bid adorned with new colors, which supporters saw as a sign of hope for the country besieged with a deadly pandemic and a struggling economy.    Inquirer Plus starts at P149/month   Of ‘white elephants’ and anti-Red funds​ Sen. Nancy Binay suggests that part of the 2022 budget of the National Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict allocated for building new schools in remote barangays be transferred to the Department of Education (DepEd) to avoid ending up with “white elephants.”    POLITICAL COLOR SEPARATION  From being part of the so-called yellow crowd in last elections, Vice President Leni Robredo switches to a rosier hue in her campaign for the country's highest office, which formally kicked off with her much-anticipated announcement and filing of candidacy for president on Thursday. --GRIG C. MONTEGRANDE   Shop here   Batanes hospital unable to cope ITBAYAT, BATANES—Health officials in Batanes have ordered the transfer of COVID-19 patients needing critical care to Tuguegarao City on the Luzon mainland as the island province continued to experience a surge in infections. The 38-bed Batanes General Hospital has breached capacity and many of its staff have caught the virus.    Take our news quiz!   Opinion: PAREx and the Pasig​ The Pasig River has been an inextricable part of the life, lore, and history of the country’s capital, so it is not surprising that its future would become the subject of fiery debate between critics and proponents of the Pasig River Expressway (PAREx) after the project had its ceremonial groundbreaking on Sept. 23.       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