Kapa declares week of prayer, closes office after PRRD’s order
Kapa Ministry has reportedly declared a week of prayer and will suspend its operations.
In the social media page of Kapa Ministry Gen. Santos, the page administrator posted that Kapa Founder Joel Apolinario has declared a “week of prayers” beginnng June 9 and within the period, there will be no office transactions.
The post read:
“To All KAPA Members,
Recently our Ministry is faced with OPPRESSION and HARASSMENT from both ends. We need to counter these through PRAYERS for we believe that it is the only Powerful Weapon that we had in these times of Crisis. By this, our Beloved Founder PASTOR JOEL A. APOLINARIO Declared a WEEK OF PRAYERS starting today, June 9, 2019, and in observance thereof, there will be no OFFICE Transactions. You may contact your Respective Coordinators for your concerns. We need your Cooperation on this. Rest assured that we will continue to serve our members!”
Kapa Ministry and Nermie Health and Beauty Product were among those who responded to the public pronouncement made by President Duterte on Saturday ordering law enforcement agencies to shut down entities offering Ponzi-style investment scheme. According to the President, the investments craze sweeping across Southern Mindanao are a fraud and amount to syndicated estafa.
For its part, Tagum-based Nermie wrote on its social media account that it is voluntarily closing its office for one week and will stop its operations.
The post said in full:
“To our Valued Members:
Due to the release statement of President Rodrigo Duterte, we will voluntarily close our office for one week, we will also stop or current operation to give more time on our new and exciting COMPLAN which is binary networking. We are pure NETWORKING company. New health and beauty products will be introduce soon. A lot of features that will satisfy your income on a daily, weekly and monthly basis.Nermie will be back with a big bang ..better than before , better than expected, this time everyone will enjoy more.Still we will give to our clients what we promise before or while this new complan will be launched soon.We will ask your kind understanding and consideration for we are always after of the welfare of our clients.
Rest assured that Nermie will deliver its promise to pay what is due to them.
Thank You
NERMIE HEALTH AND BEAUTY PRODUCT.”
Meantime, a news report posted by Edge Davao elicited a reaction from a Kapa Ministry member who said its founder Pastor Joel Apolinario has reportedly suspended its operations for at least a week.
The netizen revealed that Apolinario bared in his radio program six salient points following the President’s order.
First, Apolinario reportedly regarded the President’s statement as a general statement on the subject of pyramiding scam and did not include Kapa. Second, Apolinario is willing to dialogue with the President regarding Kapa’s activities and what it has done to its members.
Third, Kapa is also reportedly saddened by alleged harassments. Fourth, it maintained that Pastor Apollo Quiboloy who interviewed President Duterte when the latter made the order, is feeling insecure because some of the members of his congregation are reportedly joining Kapa. Fifth, Kapa wishes to ask the President to look into the positive effects of Kapa to its members and sixth, for Kapa members to continue to pray.
“Busa usa ka semana matud pa nga ihunong ang operasyon, aron nga han-ayon ang tanang butang gikan sa legalidad og uban pa,” the post said in vernacular.
It ended saying: “Sa katapusang bahin sa interview, nanawagan si Pastor Apolinario sa tanang miyembro sa KAPA nga dili mabalaka sa unsa man nga nanggawas nga mga balita, og padayon sa paglaom, og mag-ampo.”
President Duterte has ordered the National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) and other government agencies to shut down investment schemes that are proliferating, mainly in Southern Mindanao, for conning people of their hard-earned money.
Interviewed by Pastor Quiboloy, Duterte said the activities of these investment schemes, including the Kapa Community Ministry International, are clearly a form of estafa.
Several investment schemes have sprouted in Southern Mindanao and have reportedly been branching out to as far as Luzon in recent days. These include Kapa, headed by Joel Apolinario, which promises a 30 percent “love gift” each month. Some schemes, such as the Tagum City-based Rigen Marketing, Jogle and Ever Arm, even promise a return of up to 500 percent.
In the interview, Duterte said the NBI should immediately put a stop to these schemes.
The President said he has been telling people that “when it is too good to be true, it is fraud.”
