PH breaks record of highest daily COVID-19 cases as NCR shifts to GCQ

Today on Rappler – the latest news in the Philippines and around the world:

Metro Manila under GCQ, new lockdown system from September 8 to 30

Metro Manila and 36 other areas in the Philippines will be placed under general community quarantine from September 8 to 30, as the Philippines hits its highest one-day tally ever recorded at 22,415 new cases on Monday, September 6.

Long lines at Comelec offices in Metro Manila mar resumption of voter registration

An influx of voter applicants troop to offices of the Commission on Elections in Metro Manila, Monday, September 6, as voter registration resumes in the capital region 24 days before the registration deadline.

Robredo tempted to tell Duterte: Just let me handle pandemic response

Vice President Leni Robredo is so frustrated by President Rodrigo Duterte’s mismanagement of the pandemic that she’s now tempted to ask him to just let her handle the crisis instead.

Fil-Canadian Leylah Fernandez shocks Naomi Osaka in US Open 3rd round

Rising Filipino-Canadian tennis star Leylah Fernandez scores the biggest win of her career against world No. 3 Naomi Osaka in the US Open.

‘It’s my body’: Heart Evangelista fires back at people pressuring her to get pregnant

Actress Heart Evangelista hits back at people pressuring her to get pregnant. In a series of tweets, Evangelista reminds followers ‘nobody knows the real struggle’ of conceiving. – Rappler.com