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VOL. XXXVIII • NO. 207• 3 SECTIONS 16 PAGES • P20 •TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 10, 2024 •
Marcos: Quiboloy won’t be extradited yet to US Pastor to face sexual abuse, trafficking charges in PH first By Charles Dantes, Vince Lopez, Pot Chavez, Macon Ramos-Araneta and Maricel Cruz
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HE Philippines is not currently looking to extradite Pastor Apollo Quiboloy, who is wanted for child sex trafficking in the United States, President Ferdinand Marcos said Monday.
The US charged the Kingdom of Jesus Christ preacher in 2021 with sex trafficking of girls and women aged 12-25 to work as personal assistants, who were allegedly required to have sex with him. "For the moment, we are not looking at extradition. We are focusing on the cases filed in the Philippines," Mr. Marcos said. "It is now in the court's hands; it’s
no longer with the executive. Our role was to enforce the court's order," he added. It is not known if the United States has formally sought the extradition of Quiboloy, aged at least 74 according to the FBI. “We will cross the bridge when we get there, we will weigh the pros and cons of the treaty and how we will treat the subject Next page
By Maricel V. Cruz and Vince Lopez FORMER President Rodrigo Duterte may be charged for allegedly harboring a fugitive – his spiritual adviser Pastor Apollo Quiboloy – who was arrested by authorities inside the Kingdom of Jesus Christ compound in Davao City Sunday, a House leader said. “Being the administrator of Pastor Quiboloy’s estate, specifically the KOJC in Davao City where the evangelist was arrested, makes him (Duterte) liable under the law – at the very least for harboring a fugitive,” House Assistant Majority Leader Jil Bongalon said. Next page
IN DETENTION.
Kingdom of Jesus Christ (KOJC) leader Pastor Apollo Quiboloy, in black cap with the word Agila, is all but covered up when presented to the media by DILG Sec. Benhur Abalos and PNP Chief PGen Francisco Marbil during a press conference yesterday at Camp Crame in Quezon City. With Quiboloy (2nd from left) is co-accused Cresente Canada. Manny Palmero
Quiboloy, a self-proclaimed "Appointed Son of God" and ally of former president Rodrigo Duterte, was arrested on Sunday amid a massive two-week police search of his sect's sprawling compound in Davao City.
PBBM sacks BI chief; Remulla rebukes ‘groupie’ agents \By Charles Dantes PRESIDENT Marcos sacked Bureau of Immigration (BI) Commissioner Norman Tansingco in apparent fulfillment of his promise to punish corrupt or negligent government officials involved in the shortlived escape of disgraced ex-mayor Alice Guo. Presidential Communications Office Secretary Cesar Chavez initially confirmed Tansingco's dismissal through a message sent to journalists but did not elaborate on the details.
“We will leave it up to the Department of Justice to explain… but it has something to do with the departure of Alice Guo. This is also part of the commitment of the President that ‘heads will roll’ because of that issue,” he later told reporters in an ambush interview. The broader BI organization is also under scrutiny after Mr. Marcos vowed that there would be consequences for government personnel complicit in Guo’s clandestine departure.
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Guo names escape facilitator, says no Filipino aided in her getaway By Macon Ramos-Araneta and Rolando Ng III THE inscrutable Alice Guo’s much-anticipated return to the Senate on Monday may not have delivered the satisfaction some lawmakers hoped for. It did not take long before Senators cited her for contempt after she steadfastly refused to answer questions of the Committee on Women, Children, Family Relations and Gender Equality. “I am Alice Guo,” she told panel chair Sen. Risa Hontiveros as she denied having borne the name Guo Hua Ping, her alleged alter-ego. However, when asked about the identity of her parents, she confirmed that they were Guo Jian Zhong and Wen Yi Lin. Guo also chose to be tight-lipped about identifying the people behind the supposed threat against her life, owing to “security concerns.”
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Bamban, Tarlac Mayor Alice Guo is cited in contempt anew during the Senate hearing presided by Senator Risa Hontiveros, chairperson of Committee on Women Children family relations and gender. Rhoy Cobilla
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Teves extradition imminent, says Sec. Remulla JUSTICE Secretary Jesus Crispin Remulla said on Monday that arrangements are being made with the Philippine Air Force (PAF) for the “imminent” repatriation of former Negros Oriental lawmaker Arnolfo Teves Jr. to the Philippines, "Teves is coming home very soon. At expectation natin (And our expectation is) within the month," Remulla told reporters. "It will be an Air Force airplane. We have an agreement that the airplane to be used will come from the air force," he said in Pilipino.
IN CONTEMPT. Dismissed
DOH denies suggesting sex moves vs. Mpox By Ralph Harvey Rirao
HOUSE, 17 GOVS BACK PBBM’S ANTI-POVERTY GOAL NEWS / A2 ANTI-POVERTY MEET. Speaker Ferdinand Martin G. Romualdez leads House leaders in meeting with 17 top provincial leaders at Aguado residence in Malacañang on Sunday night to map out ways of supporting President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr.'s efforts to address poverty and resolve key issues affecting the nation and their local communities. Ver Noveno
THE Department of Health (DOH) on Monday clarified it is not recommending any particular sexual methodology as the number of active mpox cases rose to 14 in the Philippines. This is in response to reports stating the Health Department is recommending virtual sex activities due to mpox. "The DOH does not endorse any methodology of sex. They are free to do whatever they want," Health Secretary Teodoro Herbosa said. Next page