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SAN FRANCISCO, AGUSAN DEL SUR—Some residents of remote villages in Socorro town of Surigao del Norte went into “panic buying” rice after hearing about rumors of three days without sun and a world plunged into total darkness.…
MANILA, Philippines — Members of the Socorro Bayanihan Services Inc. (SBSI) have admitted to diverting government aid meant for indigent senior citizens and beneficiaries of the Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program (4Ps) to fund the group. They made…
MANILA, Philippines — Senator Ronald “Bato” dela Rosa has asked the National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) to investigate the circumstances behind the reported deaths of children in Sitio Kapihan, the village in Socorro, Surigao del Norte occupied…
MANILA, Philippines — The Senate Committee on Public Order and Dangerous Drugs inspected Sitio Kapihan in Surigao del Norte and found the situation to be worse than expected. In a statement, Senator Risa Hontiveros said the committee…
MANILA, Philippines — Jey Rence Quilario or Senior Agila, the head of the Socorro Bayanihan Services Inc. (SBSI), faced the prosecutors from the Department of Justice (DOJ) in a clarificatory hearing Monday, Oct. 9, on complaints of…
The Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) has suspended an agreement that allows the controversial Socorro Bayanihan Services Inc. (SBSI) to use over 300 hectares of protected land in Surigao del Norte. Environment Secretary Maria Antonia…
MANILA, Philippines – A former member of the Socorro Bayanihan Services Inc. (SBSI) claimed that alleged cult leader Jey Rence “Senior Agila” Quilario has the power to stop rain and make birds sing. Former educator and ex-member…
MANILA, Philippines — Grave threats hindered the progress of a previous case filed against an alleged sex cult in Socorro, Surigao del Norte, Justice Secretary Jesus Crispin Remulla said on Monday, Sept. 25. In June, several charges…
SAN FRANCISCO, Agusan del Sur — Surigao del Norte Gov. Lyndon Barbers on Tuesday met with members of a provincial interagency task force to further investigate the alleged shabu laboratory inside a cult-infested community in the island…
MANILA, Philippines — A former member of the so-called “Soldiers of God” and a teenage girl “survivor” were the latest to testify against an alleged cult based in Sitio Kapihan, Surigao del Norte. Their testimonies were revealed in two…
MANILA, Philippines — Social Welfare and Development Secretary Rex Gatchalian said they are now investigating reports of an alleged cult in Surigao del Norte supposedly collecting the Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program (4Ps) and other cash grants of…
MANILA, Philippines — A complaint has been filed against leaders of the alleged religious “cult” Socorro Bayanihan Services Inc. before the Provincial Prosecutor’s Office of Surigao del Norte, according to the Department of Justice (DOJ). Mico Clavano,…
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