NEWS: QCPD to file charges of illegal possession of firearms against expelled INC members

Iglesia Ni Cristo

Outside Camp Karingal where the expelled Iglesia Ni Cristo members, who had been rounded up by the police on Thursday, were brought for questioning. Twenty-seven of them will reportedly be charged with illegal possession of firearms by the Quezon City Police Department. (Eagle News Service)

(Eagle News) — The Quezon City police district chief said they would file complaints for illegal possession of firearms against 27 expelled Iglesia Ni Cristo members, including siblings Felix Nathaniel “Angel” Manalo and Lolita “Lottie” Hemedez, who were rounded up on Thursday for questioning.

This was after police found a cache of unlicensed firearms and ammunition in their residence at no. 36 Tandang Sora Avenue in Quezon City Thursday morning.

Chief Superintendent Guillermo Eleazar, QCPD director, said Angel Manalo and the others who were brought to the QCPD for questioning could not present any license of ownership for the firearms seized by the police in their residence.

The seized high powered firearms included a shotgun, an M16 rifle, a rifle grenade, and more than a hundred ammunition. Continue reading “NEWS: QCPD to file charges of illegal possession of firearms against expelled INC members”

NEWS: 2 policemen hurt; High-powered firearms found inside #36 T. Sora

(Eagle News) — More than 30 expelled members of the Iglesia Ni Cristo were rounded up by authorities on Thursday, March 2, after two policemen who were serving a search warrant inside the compound where they lived despite being ejected by a court were shot.

Angel Manalo, Lottie Hemedez and several others were taken into custody by members of the Quezon City Police, who also found a cache of firearms–including an M16, a shotgun, a rifle grenade, and a .cal .40 pistol— inside No. 36 Tandang Sora. Continue reading “NEWS: 2 policemen hurt; High-powered firearms found inside #36 T. Sora”

INC to file ejectment case vs. expelled members

14 Jan 2016 09-53-22
QUEZON City, Philippines (Eagle News)  – The Iglesia Ni Cristo, through its spokesperson, Bro. Edwil Zabala, on Thursday (Jan. 14) held a press conference where the official statement of the Church was read regarding the decision of the INC to finally file an ejectment case against expelled members, Mr. Angel Manalo and Mrs. Lottie Hemedez. Continue reading “INC to file ejectment case vs. expelled members”