INQToday: Apollo Quiboloy invoked God in abusing minors, based on testimonies – PNP

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

Duterte ordered killing of Chinese inmates, BuCor exec confirms

Corrections Senior Supt. Gerardo Padilla has confirmed a hitman’s testimony that former President Rodrigo Duterte ordered the killing of three Chinese nationals jailed at the Davao Prison and Penal Farm, adding that it was also true that the ex-leader congratulated him.

During the quad committee’s fifth hearing on Thursday, Padilla gave the panels a supplemental affidavit, which became the subject of Senior Deputy Speaker Aurelio Gonzales Jr.’s interpellation.

Quiboloy invoked God in abusing minors, based on testimonies – PNP

Kingdom of Jesus Christ (KJC) founder Apollo Quiboloy allegedly assured his teenaged sexual abuse victims that they remain “pure” and “intact” because of they got intimate with “God’s spirit.”

“Hindi ko alam kung paano ko sasabihin dito na ang sinasabi di umano, pagkatapos gamitin di umano, ni Pastor Quiboloy itong mga bata, ang sinasabi sa kanila ay they are still pure, intact pa rin yung kanilang pagkababae dahil ang nakipagtalik sa kanila ay espiritu ng Diyos,” Philippine National Police Spokesperson Col. Jean Fajardo Fajardo said in a press conference, citing the testimonies of another batch of purported victims.

Foreigners who allegedly helped Alice Guo, cohorts abroad revealed

Sen. Sherwin Gatchalian revealed on Thursday the names of foreign individuals who allegedly facilitated Alice Guo and her cohorts’ movement Malaysia, Indonesia, and Singapore after they fled the Philippines in July.

In a press conference, Gatchalian cited reports and named three individuals believed to have facilitated the former Bamban mayor’s movements abroad.

Alice Guo files counter-affidavit vs Comelec’s misrepresentation charge

Dismissed Bamban, Tarlac Mayor Alice Guo filed on Thursday her counter-affidavit in response to the material misrepresentation case filed by the Commission on Elections (Comelec) against her.

The poll body previously gave her until Thursday, September 12, to submit her counter-affidavit after she filed a second motion to extend the deadline for filing of her response to the charge.

Harry Roque held in contempt, ordered detained anew

Former Presidential spokesperson Harry Roque has been held in contempt again and was ordered detained in the House of Representatives until he submits the required documents proving that he has no connection to Philippine offshore gaming operators (Pogo) hubs.

Surigao del Norte Rep. Ace Barbers approved the motion made by Bukidnon 2nd District Rep. Jonathan Keith Flores during the House quad committee hearing on Thursday after Roque’s continued noncompliance with the lower chamber’s subpoena.

China will ‘crush’ foreign encroachment in South China Sea – military official

China will “crush” any foreign incursion into its sovereign territory including in the South China Sea, a senior Beijing military official said Thursday on the sidelines of a defense forum.

“We hope that the South China Sea will remain a sea of peace,” Chinese army Lieutenant General He Lei told a small group of journalists including AFP at the Xiangshan forum.

Marcos disproves gossips Teodoro quit as DND chief

President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. debunked rumors that Defense Secretary Gilberto Teodoro resigned from his post.

He urged the public not to be swayed by such “fake news” and other false statements flowing on social media.