INQToday: PNP to snub arrest warrant for Duterte if ICC issues one
Here’s a quick roundup of today’s top stories:
6 dead, 31 injured in Davao de Oro landslide
Six miners were reported dead and 31 others injured after a landslide in Maco, Davao de Oro, the municipal government said on Wednesday.
The Municipal Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Office of Maco said the casualties were reported as of 2:00 p.m.
House panel subpoenas Quiboloy after repeated snub of hearings
A House of Representatives panel issued a subpoena against Kingdom of Jesus Christ founder and leader Apollo Quiboloy who had repeatedly ignored the committee’s investigation to attend hearings.
During the hearing of the House committee on legislative franchises on Wednesday, Surigao del Sur 2nd District Rep. Johnny Pimentel moved that a subpoena be issued against Quiboloy as the panel was hearing bills and resolutions related to Sonshine Media Network International (SMNI).
Solon links SMNI to 288 red-tagging videos
Kabataan party-list Rep. Raoul Manuel revealed on Wednesday that the Makabayan bloc has monitored over 288 videos wherein Sonshine Media Network International (SMNI) hosts resorted to red-tagging of progressive groups and fake news about some lawmakers like him.
During the hearing of the House committee on legislative franchises on Wednesday, Manuel said the videos were uploaded on SMNI’s old YouTube account back in 2022 before the page was taken down due to criminal cases of Kingdom of Jesus Christ founder and leader Apollo Quiboloy.
PNP to snub arrest warrant for Duterte if ICC issues one
If the warrant of arrest from the International Criminal Court (ICC) for former President Rodrigo Duterte ever comes out, the Philippine National Police (PNP) will not enforce it, according to its spokesperson Col. Jean Fajardo.
Although PNP has no confirmed information on the issuance of the arrest warrant, Fajardo said it will not act on it since the ICC has no jurisdiction in the country.
Senators reject Dalipe’s Cha-cha dare: “Who is he?”
Senators rejected on Wednesday the challenge of House Majority Leader Manuel Jose Dalipe to make public their stand on the Charter change (Cha-cha) issue.
On Tuesday, Dalipe dared senators to say whether or not they are in favor of amending the Constitution so that voters could decide in 2025 whom they would want to reelect in the Senate.
