A couple of weeks ago, I was on my way to fly to the island on my good friend Kiko's helicopter. Upon arriving at Lion Air, the aviation company in which's hangar Kiko keeps and maintains his chopper, I immediately saw before my eyes a huge business jet, which turned out to be a Gulfstream 200 Inter-Continental Long Range Jet. This baby was impressive, sleek, long, and high. Beside it was parked the Hawker jet just like the one owned by Danding Cojuangco, which looked very small beside it.
I asked the ground crew at Lion Air who owned it and they said it was someone from Davao - a certain "Quiboloy". I thought, wow, this guy must be super low-key as I had never heard of him in any of the business circles or news items I read. (I also thought he might be another wealthy warlord from Mindanao).
That is until last week when his picture with president GMA was plastered all over the front pages. His name is Pastor Apollo Quiboloy - "Appointed Son of God" (By God Himself I presume??) & founder and main man behind the "Kingdom of Jesus Christ - The Name above Every Name".
His religious sect, (some have called it a cult, but that's their opinion), supposedly counts about 6 million members, whom I have read in some accounts, tithe 10% or more of their incomes to the sect. This could explain why GMA and many other powerful politicians, including many of the current "presidentiables" have been trooping to his sprawling heavenly retreat in Davao to "pay their respects". THIS could also explain why this particular "Appointed Son of God" shuttles between Manila and Davao, (and anywhere in the world he should fancy) using his state of the art, US$12 million Gulfstream jet. (that's the price for a used one, a brand new one can go upwards of about US$30M). No walking on water, walking through walls, or travel by thought for this Messiah. That's all old stuff for the former act- Jesus Christ. This new version of the Divine Son prefers to to fly with his angels in the cabin, and not in the clouds.
"There's no business like God's business..."
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