Roque: House detention is ‘political harassment’
MANILA, Philippines — Former presidential spokesman Harry Roque hit back at the House of Representatives yesterday for slapping him with a 24-hour detention, saying this is “simply an abuse of power.”
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Mayor’s sister, companion face obstruction complaint
MANILA, Philippines — Days after their arrest in Indonesia and repatriation to Manila, an incorporator of online gaming operator Lucky South 99 and a sister of dismissed Bamban, Tarlac mayor Alice Guo underwent inquest proceedings before the National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) Special Task Force Division for obstruction of justice and harboring a fugitive.
Harry Roque slams House detention as 'harassment'
MANILA, Philippines — Former presidential spokesperson Harry Roque called his detention in the House of Representatives an "abuse of power," claiming that his absence from a hearing was a mere mistake.
‘Heads will roll’ over Guo’s escape
PRESIDENT Marcos Jr. yesterday said heads will roll over the inexplicable escape of dismissed Bamban, Tarlac mayor Alice Guo, adding that government personnel who aided her would be held accountable. In a social media post, the President said Guo managing to
MVP sacks TV5 executive for sexual abuse
MANILA, Philippines — Manuel V. Pangilinan, chairman of TV5, has terminated a program manager over a sexual abuse complaint filed by a 22-year-old news researcher.
Duterte ordered killing of drug inmates, hitmen claim
MANILA, Philippines — Two inmates from the Davao penitentiary have come forward and tagged former president Rodrigo Duterte as the mastermind who indirectly ordered them to kill three Chinese drug lords inside the penal colony in August 2016.
Guo sister, companion back in Philippines after arrest
MANILA, Philippines — Two companions of dismissed Bamban, Tarlac mayor Alice Guo – her sister Sheila and Lucky South 99 incorporator Cassandra Li Ong – arrived at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport Terminal 1 on board Philippine Airlines flight PR540 that landed at 4:18 p.m. yesterday.
PAOCC opposes Alice Guo’s counter-affidavit due to questionable notarization
MANILA, Philippines — The Presidential Anti-Organized Crime Commission (PAOCC) on Thursday filed a comment-opposition on the admittance of the counter-affidavit of dismissed Bamban, Tarlac Mayor Alice Guo due to questionable notarization.