INQToday: Law prevail, Palace says of Quiboloy arrest order

INQToday: ‘Law must take its course,’ Palace says of Quiboloy arrest warrant

/ 12:51 PM August 26, 2024

Here’s a quick roundup of today’s top stories:

Palace on Quiboloy’s arrest warrant: ‘The law must take its course’

Malacañang on Monday said the law must take its course as the police served the warrant of arrest against Kingdom of Jesus Christ (KJC) Pastor Apollo Quiboloy.

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“He is answerable to the law,” Executive Secretary Lucas Bersamin said in an ambush interview, referring to Quiboloy.

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On Quiboloy: Ex-president Duterte slams human rights violations; VP Sara apologizes to KJC

Former President Rodrigo Duterte has called on Filipinos to pray for peace and justice as he criticized the police for what he called its abuse of authority and ignoring people’s rights in its ongoing search for televangelist and Kingdom of Jesus Christ (KOJC) leader Apollo Quiboloy at the group’s 30-hectare compound in Davao City.

Some House lawmakers, however, criticized Duterte, with Manila Rep. Bienvenido Abante Jr., human rights committee chair, calling it “ironic” that the former leader was defending Quiboloy’s rights “when he attached very little value to human rights during his administration’s war on illegal drugs.”

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China ships ram, blast water at BFAR vessel

It was as if a typhoon slammed into this Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) vessel after five China Coast Guard (CCG) ships fired water cannons at the fishery agency’s boat for about an hour and rammed it six times near Escoda (Sabina) Shoal in the West Philippine Sea on Sunday.

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The CCG ship with bow No. 4202 first fired a water cannon at the port side of the vessel about 20 kilometers from Escoda at 1:46 p.m, but it did not directly hit Datu Sanday.

PH fighter jet patrols West Philippine Sea, tests flare maneuvers

A Philippine Air  Force fighter jet patrolled the West Philippine Sea last Friday, according to Armed Forces of the Philippines chief General Romeo Brawner Jr.

Brawner, in an ambush interview in Taguig on Monday, said the FA-50 also practiced its flare capabilities.

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TAGS: Apollo Quiboloy, BFAR, China, China Coast Guard, fighter jet, Kingdom of Jesus Christ, Lucas Bersamin, Philippine National Police, Rodrigo Duterte, Romeo Brawner Jr., Sara Duterte, VP Sara

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