INQToday: Marcos urges to let Comelec validate Cha-cha signatures; Senate panel subpoenas Quiboloy

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

Marcos urges to let Comelec validate Cha-cha signatures

President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. on Tuesday said that it is best to allow the Commission on Elections (Comelec) to do their job when it comes to the people’s initiative to amend the Constitution.

Marcos said that if a signature was bought with money, it could not be counted.

Senate manifesto nixes people’s initiative, warns of no-el scenario

All 24 senators have signed a manifesto rejecting the people’s initiative (PI) for Charter change (Cha-cha) and warning of a possible no-election scenario.

The manifesto was read before the Senate floor by Senate President Juan Miguel Zubiri immediately after the session resumed on Tuesday.

Senate panel subpoenas Apollo Quiboloy for not attending probe

The Senate committee on women on Tuesday summons the self-proclaimed Appointed of God Apollo Quiboloy to appear before the Senate over allegations of sexual abuse.

Senator Risa Hontiveros, presiding over Tuesday’s hearing as the committee chair, moved to subpoena the religious leader for not attending the probe despite having been invited several times.

2 Ukrainian women accuse Quiboloy of sexual abuse

Some members of the Kingdom of Jesus Christ (KJC) believe that forced sexual intercourse with the “Appointed Son of God” Apollo Quiboloy is nothing but a “special privilege,” a witness to the religious leader’s “crimes” testified in the Senate on Tuesday.

In tears, alias Amanda recalled during the Senate committee on women’s hearing her traumatizing experience as a former “full-time miracle worker” of KJC.

NTC orders SMNI to stop operations indefinitely

The National Telecommunications Commission (NTC) has ordered an indefinite suspension of the operations of Sonshine Media Network International (SMNI) radio and television stations.

In an order dated Jan. 18, the NTC ordered Swara Sug Media Corporation, the business name of SMNI, to cease and desist its operations pending a hearing and final consideration of its administrative case lodged before the commission.

PH Navy airdrops supplies to BRP Sierra Madre – source

Personnel of the BRP Sierra Madre, a Navy outpost in the West Philippine Sea, received their supplies through airdropping over the weekend, a senior military official confirmed on Tuesday.

The source, who spoke to reporters on condition of anonymity, said the airdrop mission conducted by a Philippine Navy Islander maritime patrol aircraft NV314 was conducted on Sunday at 8:49 am.

‘Music lover’ Marcos deems Coldplay concert was ‘unmissable’

President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. on Tuesday called himself a music lover, saying that the Coldplay concert in the Philippine Arena could not be missed.

Marcos’ attendance at the British rock band’s concert sparked criticism for using the presidential helicopter.