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MANILA, Philippines — Dismissed Bamban, Tarlac Mayor is still in the Philippines as far as the Department of Justice (DOJ) knows, according to agency spokesperson Assistant Secretary Mico Clavano.
MANILA, Philippines — It started with a raid on a Chinese-run online gambling center north of Manila where hundreds of foreigners and Filipinos were forced to run scams or risk torture.
SUSPENDED Bamban, Tarlac Mayor Alice Guo was a no-show in yesterday’s preliminary hearing on the qualified human trafficking case filed against her before the Justice Department in connection with the raided Philippine Offshore Gaming Operator hub in her municipality.
MANILA, Philippines (Updated 12:53 p.m.) — Lawmakers have long sought to ban Philippine offshore gaming operators (POGOs) from the country after they opened the door to a range of criminal activities—spanning from human trafficking and torture to possibly even killings.
MANILA, Philippines — Iba’t ibang klase ng torture at pang-aabuso ang nalantad sa pagsisimula ng pagdinig ng Kamara sa mga krimen na iniuugnay sa operasyon ng Philippine Offshore Gaming Operations (POGOs) nitong Miyerkules.
MANILA, Philippines — The Presidential Anti-Organized Crime Commission (PAOCC) said on Saturday that suspended Bamban, Tarlac Mayor Alice Guo would only be considered as a state witness if she names higher-ranking individuals involved in illegal Philippine offshore gaming operator (POGO) hubs. During the Saturday News Forum in Quezon City, PAOCC spokesman Winston Casio explained that any consideration for Guo as a state witness would depend on her ability to implicate individuals "higher" in the hierarchy of alleged criminal activities. "Any state witness for that matter will have to be the least guilty in the entire conspiratorial chain in the commission of a crime," Casio said. “We wouldn’t be open to that discussion until and unless we get higher on the food chain in relation to the crime that this group has committed,” he added. Guo, according to Casio, is not viewed as the least guilty party based on the evidence gathered. Under Republic Act 6981 or the Witness Protection, Security and Benefit Act, any person who has knowledge of or information on the commission of a crime and has testified or is testifying or is willing to testify can be admitted to the Witness Protection Program. Last Friday, the Office of the Solicitor General (OSG) has petitioned for the cancellation of Guo's certificate of live birth. According to Solicitor General Menardo Guevarra, the cancellation of the birth certificate can be a basis for filing a quo warranto petition to remove Guo from her post as mayor. Guo's identity has come under scrutiny due to her suspected connections to raided POGOs Hong Sheng in Bamban and Lucky South 99 in Porac, Pampanga. On June 27, the National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) disclosed that the fingerprints of the suspended mayor matched those of a Chinese national named Guo Hua Ping. NBI records also revealed two individuals named Alice Leal Guo who share the same name, birthday and birthplace. The Office of Ombudsman imposed preventive suspension on May 31 for Guo and others allegedly linked to the illegal POGO in her municipality.
MANILA, Philippines — Solicitor General Menardo Guevarra announced on Friday that the Office of the Solicitor General (OSG) has petitioned for the cancellation of suspended Bamban, Tarlac mayor Alice Guo's certificate of live birth.