Windows26: CA orders 20-day freeze on Quiboloy, Kingdom of Jesus Christ assets

August 9, 2024

Hello, reader! Today, we're covering the Court of Appeals freezing Quiboloy's assets, Marcos and the Villars forming the biggest political bloc in the Philippines, and the DepEd's over 47,000 vacancies.

CA orders 20-day freeze on Quiboloy, Kingdom of Jesus Christ assets

The Court of Appeals (CA) on Thursday said it had imposed a 20-day freeze order on televangelist Apollo Quiboloy's bank accounts, real estate properties, and other assets after it found merit in the sexual exploitation, human trafficking and financial smuggling cases filed against the founder of the Kingdom of Jesus Christ (KJC, alternatively KOJC) church.

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Marcos, Villars form biggest PH political bloc

As his political party continued forging alliances ahead of the 2025 midterm elections, President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. urged politicians on Thursday to set aside their differences and personal interests and work together toward improving Filipinos' lives.

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A bittersweet homecoming for Fil-Am pushed into BART train in SF

Corazon Dandan, 76, who was killed last month after she was pushed into the BART train in San Francisco, has come home. Before her death, Dandan was planning to retire in the Philippines. As she wished, she is now back home.

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Inflation, slow demand eat into fortunes of 50 richest Filipinos

Slower economic growth in the first quarter, high borrowing costs, inflation and a weak peso did not just affect the daily lives of ordinary Filipinos but also the fortunes of the country's wealthiest.

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DepEd has more than 47,000 vacancies

Filipinos in search of jobs can try to look for one at the Department of Education (DepEd), which is struggling to fill up more than 40,000 vacant positions, including newly created teaching and school-based nonteaching positions.

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EDITORIAL: Disproportionate need for protection

In a telling instance that showed where their personal loyalty lies, allies of Vice President Sara Duterte on Monday turned the Senate probe on the Philippine National Police's failure to arrest fugitive pastor Apollo Quiboloy — wanted for human trafficking and child abuse, among others — into a venue to lobby for the reinstatement of Duterte's full security detail.

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