SC: Marcos qualified to be elected to office

Hi Edward, Here are the most important news that you need to know.     SC: Marcos qualified to be elected to office The “gods of Padre Faura” have cleared the way for Ferdinand Marcos Jr.’s inauguration as the 17th president of the Philippines. Voting 13-0 with two abstentions, the Supreme Court threw out the legal challenges to Marcos Jr.’s presidential candidacy, delivering a blow to the victims of rights violations during the regime of his father, the late deposed dictator Ferdinand Marcos.     Inquirer Plus offers FREE 30 day trial     ‘Alarmist’ COVID metric scrapped The two-week positive growth rate has been scrapped in determining the country’s alert level system. Health Secretary Francisco Duque III called it an “unnecessary and alarmist metric.” The remaining indicators are the average daily attack rate and health-care utilization rate. This revision may bring some areas in Metro Manila back to “low risk,” Duque said.   KALIGUAN FESTIVAL Butuan Sidlak Dance Troupe members make a splash during the Kaliguan Festival's grand dance showdown on the beach of Cagwait, Suriagao del Sur, on Sunday. The festival opened to the public last Friday in honor of St. John the Baptist amid high hopes it would bring tourist back.—ERWIN MASCARIÑAS   No relief in sight for trike drivers The Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) said only 617,806 of the 1.2 million tricycle drivers nationwide are qualified to receive their fuel cash subsidy. But the Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board said the subsidy would be delayed since the initial master list of beneficiaries was returned to the DILG due to “errors and corrections.”   LEARN MORE   Opinion: Weighing Duterte's legacy On the whole, it remains to be seen how history will view Mr. Duterte’s presidency. With one day to go before he leaves Malacañang, we are still too close to the frame to be able to see the entire picture and judge the Duterte legacy.     © 2022 PHILIPPINE DAILY INQUIRER, All rights reserved. You are receiving this email because you are subscribed to Inquirer Newsletters. Unsubscribe