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At the heart of one side of the tensions lies the ongoing stand-off surrounding the Kingdom of Jesus Christ (KOJC) compound in Davao City. For the fourth consecutive day, some 2,000 riot policemen maintained a blockade and search operation within the sprawling compound on Monday, in an effort to apprehend the influential KOJC founder, Apollo Quiboloy.
Guban, a former customs intelligence officer with 17 years of experience, told lawmakers that Congressman Paolo Duterte; lawyer Manases Carpio, husband of Vice-President Sara Duterte-Carpio; and Chinese businessman and economic adviser Michael Yang owned the massive magnetic lifters used to secretly transport hundreds of kilograms of crystal meth, or “shabu”, into the country in 2018.
President Ferdinand Marcos Jnr will deliver his third State of the Nation Address (Sona) for the Philippines, but the true picture of his term at nearly the halfway mark can be gleaned in the carpeted and newly marbled halls of Congress and its surrounding streets rather than in his glowing report card.
The president’s approval and trust ratings plunged by 13 percentage points and 16 percentage points to 55 per cent and 57 per cent, respectively, in the first quarter of 2024, according to a non-commissioned quarterly survey by Pulse Asia. The results were a reversal from the fourth quarter of last year when his ratings rose marginally.
Arturo Lascanas said current Vice-President Sara Duterte-Carpio devised an operation, instructing law enforcement officials to abduct and bury drug suspects to portray them as kidnapping cases, when she was Davao mayor in 2012.