Senators on Tuesday, April 9 welcomed the Department of Environment and Natural Resources’ (DENR) decision to fully cancel its 2004 agreement with the Socorro Bayanihan Services Inc. (SBSI) that awarded them 353 hectares of land protected area in Surigao del Norte province. This,...
The Department of Justice (DOJ) might release the resolution of the complaints against the alleged religious cult Socorro Bayanihan Services Inc. (SBSI) by middle of November. Justice Undersecretary Nicholas Felix Ty on Monday, October 9 disclosed this during the Senate Finance Committee...
The Senate Committee on Public Order and Dangerous Drugs will conduct an ocular inspection of the controversial community in Sitio Kapihan, Socorro, Surigao del Norte reportedly controlled by a religious cult on Saturday, October 14. Sen. Ronald “Bato” Dela Rosa, chairman of the said...
More child victims, former and incumbent members of the Socorro Bayanihan Services, Inc. (SBSI) are now “communicating” with the Senate with the intention of testifying against the leaders of the alleged cult. SBSI president Jey Rence Quilario, who is also known as 'Senior Agila,' during...
A Senate panel has cited in contempt four members of the Socorro Bayanihan Services Inc. (SBSI) or the so-called Socorro "cult" including its President or leader Jey Rence Quilario also known as "Senior Agila" after consistently denying the existence of child marriage in their community. ...
The leader of the so-called Socorro Bayanihan Services Inc. (SBSI) or the Socorro 'cult' Jey Rence Quilario surfaced on Thursday, Sept. 28, denying the allegations being thrown at the group specifically the abuses, forced marriages and rape among its members. (Senate PRIB photo) This was...
BUTUAN CITY (PNA) – Mayor Riza Rafonselle Timcang of Socorro, Surigao del Norte is seeing “real threat and imminent danger” from the Socorro Bayanihan Services Inc. (SBSI), a group accused of child abuse and cult-live activities, following a raucous rally on Saturday, September 25. On Monday,...
Senator Risa Hontiveros on Monday, September 25 thumbed down the call of the Socorro Bayanihan Services Inc. (SBSI) to conduct its investigation into the alleged child sexual abuse at the Sitio Kapihan in Surigao Del Norte where leaders and members of the religious group are currently...
A Senate panel is set to conduct an inquiry into the so-called religious cult in Surigao del Norte, particularly on the allegations of human rights violations, its link to the illegal drug trade, and the presence of armed individuals. In a radio interview on DWIZ, Senator Ronald "Bato" dela Rosa,...
The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) is now investigating reports of a religious cult supposedly collecting the cash grant of its members who are part of the Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program (4Ps). Secretary Rex Gatchalian defends the proposed P207.37-billion...