MANILA: Retired Davao archbishop Fernando Capalla passed away on Saturday.

He was 89.

Incumbent Davao Archbishop Romulo Valles conveyed the passing of Capalla to the secretariat of the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of the Philippines. (CBCP).

Capall…

MANILA: The Commission on Elections (Comelec) is set to conduct a second bidding for the lease of Full Automation System with Transparency Audit/Count (FASTrAC) for the 2025 midterm elections.

In an advisory, the poll body’s Special Bids and Awards C…

COTABATO CITY: Anti-narcotics agents arrested Friday night a police officer and his female accomplice during a PHP4 million ‘shabu’ drug sting operation in front of a food chain here.

The Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency in the Bangsamoro Autonomou…

DUMAGUETE CITY: The Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) in Negros Oriental released almost PHP266 million in funds in 2023 for its Tulong Panghanapbuhay Sa Ating Disadvantaged / Displaced Workers (TUPAD) program, an official said on Saturday.

D…

MANILA: The Indian Navy thwarted a hijacking attempt on a merchant vessel carrying Indian and Filipino crew while sailing north of the Arabian Sea.

Indian Ambassador to the Philippines Shambhu Kumaran on Saturday said the Indian Navy intercepted the …

MANILA: The Commission on Elections (Comelec) is set to conduct a second bidding for the lease of Full Automation System with Transparency Audit/Count (FASTrAC) for the 2025 midterm elections.

In an advisory, the poll body’s Special Bids and Awards C…

COTABATO CITY: Anti-narcotics agents arrested Friday night a police officer and his female accomplice during a PHP4 million ‘shabu’ drug sting operation in front of a food chain here.

The Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency in the Bangsamoro Autonomou…

ANTIPOLO CITY: Workers at a construction site in Victoria Valley Subdivision in this city unearthed an old hand grenade on Friday while preparing to set the foundations of a new house.

Instead of leaving it where it was found, the potentially unstabl…