Ashley Erika Jose

The Bureau of Immigration (BI) is set to deport a South Korean fugitive who fled to the Philippines in 2015 after being wanted in Seoul for allegedly operating a multi-million dollar telephone fraud scheme. BI Commissioner Jaime Morente said Jung Hyojin, 35, was arrested in Malate, Manila on Thursday and is detained at the BI facility in Bicutan, Taguig City. BI Intelligence officer Bobby Raquepo said that Jung allegedly defrauded victims of more than $8 million from 2013 to 2015.

CHURCH leaders and members of catholic groups on Saturday gathered at the Quirino Grandstand to protest moves in congress to legalize divorce and the continued drug killings. About 2,000 Catholics joined the protest rally dubbed “Walk for Life,” which was initiated by the Church. The pre-dawn protest was organized by church groups worried about the possible passage of a divorce bill, which is being championed by Duterte’s allies in Congress.

An activist nun and a former president of the exclusive St. Scholastica’s College in Manila on Saturday said President Rodrigo Duterte’s administration is worse than that of then-President Ferdinand Marcos. Sister Mary John Mananzan made the comparison on February 25, the 32nd anniversary of a popular uprising in 1986 that came to be called EDSA Revolution.