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This is the Daily Gospel for August 7, 2026, which is the Friday of the Eighteenth week in Ordinary Time. READ MORE: Daily Gospel, July 31, 2026 Daily Gospel, July 26, 2026 This is the Holy Gospel of Jesus Christ, according to Saint Matthew 16, 24-28. Jesus said to his disciples, “Whoever wishes to come after

CEBU CITY, Philippines — A man identified by police as the suspected gunman in the fatal shooting of a 28-year-old victim in Cordova, Cebu, last month was killed after allegedly opening fire on responding police officers during an armed encounter late Wednesday evening, August 5. The 31-year-old suspect, identified as alias “Balot,” sustained gunshot wounds

MANILA, Philippines — A Bureau of Fire Protection (BFP) officer has been arrested for allegedly demanding P150,000 from an applicant who wanted to join the bureau. The BFP said on Thursday the 36-year-old Fire Officer 3 assigned to the Ilocos Region was arrested in an entrapment in Dagupan City, Pangasinan on Aug. 5. “During the

MANILA, Philippines — The Department of Education (DepEd) Schools Division of Davao City has apologized over the “inappropriate behavior” of several high school students during the visit of President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. to Calinan district on July 28. “We deeply regret the incident and assure the public that such conduct is not tolerated and does

MANILA, Philippines — Labor groups on Thursday denounced the filing of another petition suspending the implementation of the P85 minimum wage hike in the National Capital Region (NCR), this time before the Navotas City Regional Trial Court (RTC). In a statement, representatives of the Federation of Free Workers (FFW) and Nagkaisa Labor Coalition said they

MANILA, Philippines — Malacañang will leave it to the Office of the Ombudsman to decide whether or not to order the preventive suspension of Health Secretary Jose Brittanio “Brix” Pujalte Jr. over two complaints. “It is already within the Ombudsman’s jurisdiction to determine whether a preventive suspension should be imposed to ensure a cleaner and

MANILA, Philippines — The University of the Philippines (UP) College of Law is taking steps to restrict the use of artificial intelligence (AI) in class after it observed a “considerable decline in the quality” of arguments and discourses among its students. It also cited the poor impression recent graduates had made on employers who found

At least six people died as Tropical Depression Maymay (international name: Kujira) dumped heavy rains and triggered landslides as it crossed northern Luzon on Thursday, reports from the Philippine National Police and local disaster response units showed. In a press briefing in Camp Crame, Col. Allen Rae Co, PNP public information chief, said that rockfall

MANILA, Philippines — Malacañang on Thursday said President Ferdinand Marcos Jr.’s standing order for the arrest of Sen. Ronald “Bato” dela Rosa based on a warrant issued by the International Criminal Court (ICC) remains in effect, even as authorities continue searching for the elusive lawmaker. Palace press officer Claire Castro issued the clarification after the

ILOILO CITY—The provincial government of Iloilo has intensified efforts to contain the spread of the red-striped soft-scale insect (RSSI), a destructive sugarcane pest that has now affected more than 7,000 hectares (ha) of plantations across 23 towns in the province. Members of the Provincial Community Defense Cluster, the Department of Agriculture (DA) Regional Field Office