INQToday: P10 million reward offered for Apollo Quiboloy’s arrest

Here’s a quick look at today’s top news:

A P10-million reward awaits anyone who comes forward with credible information that would lead to the arrest of fugitive televangelist Apollo Quiboloy, Interior Secretary Benjamin Abalos Jr. said in a press conference Monday.

Abalos also announced a reward of one million pesos for information leading to the arrest of Quiboloy’s subordinates, Cresente Canada, Paulene Canada, Ingrid Canada, Sylvia Camanes and Jackiely Roy.

The Philippines and Japan signed a Reciprocal Access Agreement (RAA) in Malacañang on Monday.

The RAA will serve as the legal basis for the entry of troops from both countries into each other’s territory for joint military exercises.

Defense Secretary Gilberto Teodoro Jr. and Japanese Foreign Minister Kamikawa Yoko signed the agreement, in the presence of President Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr.

The Chinese Coast Guard’s “monster ship” remained near the Philippine Coast Guard vessel at Escoda (Sabina) Shoal for about five days, according to a West Philippine Sea observer.

Ray Powell, program director of Stanford University’s Gordian Knot Center for National Security Innovation, which monitors Chinese vessel activity in the South China Sea, told INQUIRER.net that the CCG vessel with bow number 5901 is just 500 meters from the PCG’s BRP Teresa Magbanua.

Motorists will get no respite this week as oil companies prepare to implement a new round of price increases starting Tuesday.

In separate notices issued Monday, Shell Pilipinas, Cleanfuel and Seaoil said per-liter prices of diesel and kerosene would increase by 65 centavos and 60 centavos, respectively.

The two former police officers, now suspects in the case of Pampanga beauty pageant contestant Geneva Lopez and her Israeli boyfriend Yitshak Cohen, allegedly shot the couple over a land dispute.

This information comes from the Philippine National Police Criminal Investigation and Detection Group (PNP CIDG).