Tag: Lowell Menorca II

CA sets next hearing on Nov. 11; INC asks CA to dismiss petitions for being without basis

  (Eagle News) — The Court of Appeals required the parties to submit all affidavits by Thursday, Nov. 5, as it adjourned this afternoon (Nov. 3) its proceedings on the petitions for habeas corpus and writ of amparo filed against the officials of the Iglesia Ni Cristo. The next hearing was set on Nov. 11. The lead counsel of the INC, Atty. Patricia Ann Prodigalidad, asked the Court of Appeals’ seventh division which is hearing […]

INC asks CA to dismiss Menorca’s habeas corpus and writ of amparo petitions for being “moot and academic”

(Eagle News) — The Iglesia Ni Cristo has asked the Court of Appeals to dismiss the petitions for  habeas corpus and writ of amparo filed by expelled INC members on behalf of Lowell Menorca II and his family. Saying that the petitions filed by Lowell’s brother Anthony and sister-in-law Jungko Otsuka were “moot and academic,” INC’s legal counsel Atty. Patricia Ann Prodigalidad, moved for the dismissal of the petitions since Lowell, his wife, Jinky, and […]

Parents of Abegail Yanson appeal to Menorca to release their daughter

    (Eagle News) — The parents of Abegail Yanson, the alleged househelp of expelled Iglesia Ni Cristo evangelical worker Lowell Menorca II and his wife Jinky, have asked the Menorcas to release their daughter immediately. Candido Yanson Jr., and Roselie Yanson, father and mother of Abegail, asked the Menorcas not to hold on to their daughter who was not really working for them as “househelp.”  They said the Menorcas brought their daughter along with […]

Accused INC officials praying for Menorca, wary about exploitation of issue, says lawyer

IN the face of allegations that they held former Iglesia Ni Cristo (INC) minister Lowell Menorca II against his will, INC legal counsel Atty. Patricia-Ann Prodigalidad said on Monday that INC officials were praying for the “enlightenment” of their former colleague, and were more concerned with the possible “exploitation of the issue” than the cases that Menorca had threatened to file against them. “The officials of the INC are servants of their church, and their […]

“Liwanagin Natin” on Menorca’s serious illegal detention claim: “No basis”

Sa episode noong Oct. 26, 2015 ng NET 25 program na “Liwanagin Natin,” ipinaliwanag ng batikang komentarista na si Ka Totoy Talastas na walang basehan ang kuwento at alegasyon ng “serious illegal detention” laban sa Iglesia Ni Cristo ng natiwalag na manggagawa nito na si Lowell Menorca. Ipinaliwanag pa niyang may mas malalim na kuwento ukol sa pinag-uugatan ng mga  paninira ni Lowell Menorca at ng kanyang mga kasamahan sa pamumuno ng kasalukuyang Tagapamahalang Pangkalahatan […]

INC ministers come out in the open to say they were not abducted, hit lies spread in media

(Eagle News) — Iglesia Ni Cristo ministers, who were earlier reported by media to be missing, have come out in the open to belie claims of expelled INC ministers and other critics that they were abducted and tortured. INC ministers Jojo Nemis, Arnel Tumanan, Nolan Olarte, and Lowell Menorca II came out in televised interviews today on NET 25 saying that they are safe and well, and have never ever been kidnapped nor hurt.  Another […]