DAVAO CITY (MindaNews/15 December)– The Court of Appeals (CA) Third Division based in Manila upheld the ruling of the Regional Trial Court (RTC) of Pasig City, dismissing the petition for bail filed by Ingrid Canada, the co-accused in child abuse
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews / 23 October) – Pastor Apollo Quiboloy finally attended a Senate hearing on Wednesday, October 23, where damning testimonies of “sexual abuse” have been revealed by the alleged victims of the controversial founder of the Kingdom of
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews / 23 September) — Police authorities are preparing to file multiple criminal complaints against members and officials of Kingdom of Jesus Christ (KOJC), as well as their lawyers for alleged obstruction of justice, for allegedly harboring or
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews / 16 September) — Journalists from various organizations, among them the editors-in-chief of the city’s three newspapers, have joined forces to condemn the disinformation and harassments that their colleagues experienced from members of the Kingdom of Jesus
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews / 12 September) – The arrest and detention of Pastor Apollo Quiboloy on September 8 marked the end of a 16-day police operations inside the Kingdom of Jesus Christ (KOJC) compound that the regional police chief described
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews / 10 September) – Pastor Apollo C. Quiboloy, founder of Kingdom of Jesus Christ (KOJC) and self-appointed son of God, will be transferred to the New Quezon City Jail along Payatas Road in Bagong Silangan, Quezon City,
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews / 07 Sept) — “The way I see it right now, no matter how you defend your position, you are at the losing end,” Senator Ronald dela Rosa told regional police chief Brig. Gen. Nicolas Torre at
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews / 06 September) — Mayor Sebastian “Baste” Duterte believes that police operations to serve the arrest warrants on fugitive Pastor Apollo C. Quiboloy has become a siege on the Kingdom of Jesus Christ (KOJC) compound. Duterte arrived
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews / 06 September) – Senators Ronald “Bato” dela Rosa and Robinhood Padilla went around the Kingdom of Jesus Christ (KOJC) compound on Friday morning, Day 14 of the police operations to arrest Pastor Apollo Quiboloy, and found
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Kingdom of Jesus Christ (KOJC) workers, on orders of Senator Bato dela Rosa, use a rotary hammer drill to chip away the still uncured concrete covering the alleged digging hole done by police personnel at the basement of the JMC building inside the KOJC compound in Buhangin, Davao City on 6 September 2024. MindaNews photo by MANMAN DEJETO
Senators Ronald “Bato” dela Rosa and Robinhood Padilla inspect a cover placed on the stage of the cathedral of the Kingdom of Jesus Christ (KOJC) inside the KOJC compound in Bunhangin, Davao City on 6 September 2024. A sub-committee of the Senate Committee on Justice and Human Rights chaired by dela Rosa is investigating the conduct of the police operations to arrest the fugitive Pastor Apollo Quiboloy. MindaNews photo by MANMAN DEJETO
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews / 05 September) – Day 12 of the police operations to arrest Pastor Apollo Quiboloy inside the Kingdom of Jesus Christ (KOJC) compound ended with Brig. Gen. Nicolas Torre saying he is “even more certain that Quiboloy
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews / 05 September) – Police operations to arrest Pastor Apollo Quiboloy inside the 23-hectare compound of the Kingdom of Jesus Christ (KOJC) entered its 12th day on Wednesday but for Quiboloy’s chief counsel, Israelito Torreon, it has
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews / 03 September) — Police personnel barred the lead legal counsel of the Kingdom of Jesus Christ (KOJC), Atty. Israelito Torreon, from entering Tuesday the basement of Jose Maria College (JMC) and the KOJC cathedral, where he
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews / 03 September) – Pastor Apollo Quiboloy, the fugitive leader of the Kingdom of Jesus Christ (KOJC), is not in the position to make conditions for his surrender to authorities, the regional police chief said on Tuesday.
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews / 02 September) – Vice President Sara Duterte personally apologized Sunday before thousands of members of the Kingdom of Jesus Christ (KOJC) for asking their support for President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. in the 2022 national elections. And
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews / 02 September) – As the operation to arrest Pastor Apollo C. Quiboloy entered Day 10 on Monday, law enforcers remained confident that the fugitive religious leader is still inside the 30-hectare Kingdom of Jesus Christ (KOJC)
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews / 02 September) – Heavily-armed police forces tried to forcibly open Monday the Kingdom of Jesus Christ (KOJC) compound’s Emerald entrance, a large gate going towards the Jose Maria College (JMC), a school also founded in this
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews / 02 September) – The Kingdom of Jesus Christ (KOJC) celebrated its 39th founding anniversary on Sunday with a 3.25 hour-program that featured a video replay of last year’s anniversary message by Pastor Apollo Quiboloy, and ended
Policemen guarding the perimeter of the Kingdom of Jesus Christ (KOJC) compound cross the street on 1 September 2024 in Davao City. Members of the KOJC flocked to the KOJC compound to celebrate the group’s 39th founding anniversary on Sunday, 01 September 2024, Day 9 of the police operations to arrest Pastor Apollo Quiboloy. MindaNews photo by MANMAN DEJETO
MALAYBALAY CITY (MindaNews / 01 September) – Fugitive Kingdom of Jesus Christ founder Apollo Quiboloy’s statement, as relayed by lawyer Israelito Torreon, that he would surrender only upon the assurance that he would not be extradited to the US where
Vice President Sara Duterte (in blue) is mobbed by Kingdom of Jesus Christ (KOJC) supporters outside the KOJC compound in Buhangin, Davao City on 1 September 2024. Duterte delivered a 30-minute speech during the 39th anniversary of the KOJC. MindaNews photo by MANMAN DEJETO
Vice President Sara Duterte urges followers of Pastor Apollo Quiboloy’s Kingdom of Jesus Christ (KOJC) to use the words of God in dealing with the police whose operations to arrest Quiboloy entered its 9th day Sunday, 01 September, the 39th anniversary of the KOJC. MindaNews photo by MANMAN DEJETO
MindaNews fact-checked the statement of President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. that policemen who occupied the Kingdom of Jesus Christ (KOJC) compound in Davao City to arrest fugitive preacher Apollo Quiboloy were unarmed. His claim is false. On Tuesday, August 27, Marcos
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews / 27 August) – At 9:15 p.m. on Monday, August 26, I and my colleagues from MindaNews – Antonio Colina IV and Toto Lozano – and Germelina Lacorte of the Philippine Daily Inquirer were about to go
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews / 26 August) – “How long do you intend to stay at the KOJC property?” Mayor Sebastian Duterte posed the question Monday evening, or two days after the police entered the Kingdom of Jesus Christ (KOJC) compound,
Kingdom of Jesus Christ supporters gather outside a Jollibee branch across the Davao City International Airport shortly past 5 p.m. Monday, 26 August 2024. The KOJC compound is just near the airport, along the Diversion Road in Davao City. MindaNews photo by ANTONIO L. COLINA IV
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews / 26 August) – The lead counsel of Kingdom of Jesus Christ (KOJC) founder Pastor Apollo C. Quiboloy said on Monday the police are planning to use explosives to access an underground bunker beside the elevator of
Policemen reroute motorists as the portion of the road barricaded by Kingdom of Jesus Christ members and supporters Sunday night is still closed to traffic as of 8:30 a.m. Monday, 26 August 2024. The police searched the KOJC compound to arrest fugitive preacher Apollo Quiboloy starting Saturday dawn, 24 August 2024. MindaNews photo by FERDINANDH CABRERA
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews / 26 August) — Supporters of fugitive Pastor Apollo Quiboloy of the Kingdom of Jesus Christ (KOJC) took over portions of the highway on Sunday night, shouting “Hustisya Hustisya” and “BBM resign” and burning tires as the
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews / 25 August) — Two followers of Pastor Apollo C. Quiboloy who were allegedly “trafficked” to serve the religious group were rescued at the Kingdom of Jesus Christ (KOJC) Compound on Sunday morning. In a press conference
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews / 25 August) – The regional police chief said on Sunday afternoon that it is just “a matter of time” before law enforcers could arrest Pastor Apollo C. Quiboloy as they have discovered an underground bunker in
Both lanes of the Carlos P. Garcia Highway along the Kingdom of Jesus Christ (KOJC) Compound and Davao International Airport are at a standstill as protesters have blocked traffic, Sunday evening. Alternate routes advised. This is a developing story.
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews / 25 August) – “The key to the Door of Due Process or the Right to be Heard by a court of law is in his own hands,” the Dean of the University of Mindanao College of
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews / 25 August) — Former President Rodrigo Duterte and Vice President Sara Duterte issued separate messages on Saturday night and Sunday morning condemning the alleged “abuse of power” in the police operations inside the 30-hectare Kingdom of
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews / 24 August) – Senator Ronald “Bato” Dela Rosa urged Pastor Apollo C. Quiboloy to surrender and face the criminal charges slapped against him, noting that the fugitive religious leader “cannot hide forever.” In an interview with
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews / 24 August) – The police operation launched before Saturday dawn inside the Kingdom of Jesus Christ (KOJC) compound to arrest fugitive Pastor Apollo Quiboloy will not stop until the operatives fully searched the 30-hectare compound in
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews / 24 August) – The police raided anew the compound of the Kingdom of Jesus Christ (KOJC) to arrest its founder, fugitive Pastor Apollo Quiboloy, before dawn Saturday, August 24. Brig. General Nicolas Torre III, Police Regional
Hundreds of police personnel led by Davao Region police chief Brig. Gen. Nicolas Torre, raid anew the compound of the Kingdom of Jesus Christ near the airport in Davao City to arrest fugitive Pastor Apollo Quiboloy. The raid, launched by a composite team from the Philippine National Police in three regions (Davao, Northern Mindanao and Socsksargen), started at dawn on Saturday, 24 August 2024, and is still ongoing as of 8:30 a.m. MindaNews photo by IAN CARL ESPINOSA
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews/21 August) – Police already have the alias warrant against Kingdom of Jesus Christ (KOJC) founder Pastor Apollo C. Quiboloy and five aides for human trafficking and other cases, Major Catherine dela Rey, Police Regional Office-Region 11 spokesperson
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews / 03 August) — Putting Special Weapons and Tactics Division personnel in full battle gear at a checkpoint near the Kingdom of Jesus Christ (KOJC) compound is a “deployment strategy” that should not be misinterpreted, an official
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews / 16 June) — The legal team of the Kingdom of Jesus Christ (KOJC) maintained that the serving of warrants of arrest last June 10 was illegal as the law enforcers did not inform former President Rodrigo
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews / 10 June) — Supporters of fugitive preacher Pastor Apollo Quiboloy gather outside the Kingdom of Jesus Christ (KOJC) compound in Buhangin, Davao City Monday morning, 10 June 2024. They gather as operatives of the Philippine National
MALUNGON, Sarangani (MindaNews / 02 June) – Fugitive preacher Pastor Apollo Quiboloy of the Kingdom of Jesus Christ (KOJC) is not hiding in Kitbog, a remote highland village here, a female worker of the KOJC declared in a video interview.
KALONBARAK, Malungon, Sarangani (MindaNews / 13 May) – Can the fugitive doomsday preacher Apollo Quiboloy, by any chance, hide in a remote community perched almost a thousand meters above sea level, which the self-proclaimed “appointed son of God” refers to
MALAYBALAY CITY (MindaNews / 8 May) – It’s clear that self-proclaimed Son of God Pastor Apollo C. Quiboloy won’t submit himself to either the Senate or the court under the current administration. The leader of the doomsday cult Kingdom of
TAMAYONG, Davao City (MindaNews / 08 May) – The black Bell 429 Global Ranger helicopter of Pastor Apollo Quiboloy circled several times over his Glory Mountain and Prayer Mountain shortly before noon on Tuesday, May 7 but whether or not
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews / 24 March) — Police authorities in the Davao region claim they are still clueless on the whereabouts of Pastor Apollo C. Quiboloy. The Senate had earlier ordered the arrest of Quiboloy for his continued refusal to attend
