Cardinal Luis Antonio Tagle, the Vatican’s pro-prefect of the Dicastery for Evangelization, will represent Pope Leo XIV and preside over the beatification mass for US Bishop Fulton Sheen in September.

The Pasig City police has ruled out foul play in the death of a 15-year-old Grade 9 student, whose body was found in a private compound after she went missing for nearly a week.

A Chinese national earlier reported missing was found dead in Datu Piang, Maguindanao del Sur on Wednesday.

Expired food products worth P6.6 million have been seized from a Chinese businessman and a barangay kagawad in separate police operations in Central Luzon.

President Marcos yesterday visited the province of Isabela to oversee ongoing efforts aimed at assisting farmers and enhancing access to health services.

 The city government of Tagbilaran in Bohol is offering free rides to cushion the impact of high fuel prices on the riding public.

The energy problem brought by the war in the Middle East may affect preparations for the conduct of the first parliamentary elections in the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao, according to the Commission on Elections.

Four areas in the country are expected to experience heat indeces of 40 degrees Celsius and above, according to the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration.

Hospitals are prepared to attend to patients suffering from heat-related illnesses, especially heat stroke, the Department of Health said yesterday.

University of the Philippines Diliman chancellor Carlo Vistan II will serve for three more years after the Board of Regents voted to continue his leadership.