Bamban, Tarlac Mayor Alice Guo and Sen. Jinggoy Estrada. ABS-CBN News/Senate PRIB/FileMANILA — Senate President Pro Tempore Jinggoy Estrada gave law enforcers two more weeks to arrest suspended Bamban, Tarlac Mayor Alice Guo, or else their 2025 budgets could be “affected.”
“Two weeks na hindi pa mahanap. Wala ba kayong lead?” Estrada said during the Senate’s investigation into illegal POGOs.”If you cannot arrest her within a month, baka maapektuhan ang budget ninyo… We cannot just keep on waiting here. You better get your acts together,” he warned.Estrada questioned why authorities were having a hard time locating a high-profile individual.• Guo asks SC to stop Senate from summoning her to POGO hearings“Ito kilalang-kilala pa hindi nyo mahuli… Baka mahia mga intelligence niyo kapag ganon,” he said.The Senate issued a warrant of arrest against Guo after she failed to attend 2 hearings. Guo was accused of being linked to a raided illegal POGO in her municipality, which she denied.The Bureau of Immigration reported that based on its monitoring, Guo or “Guo Hua Ping” was still in the country.
Bamban, Tarlac Mayor Alice Guo and Sen. Jinggoy Estrada. ABS-CBN News/Senate PRIB/FileMANILA — Senate President Pro Tempore Jinggoy Estrada gave law enforcers two more weeks to arrest suspended Bamban, Tarlac Mayor Alice Guo, or else their 2025 budgets could be “affected.”