Tag: Philippine Offshore Gaming Operators (POGOs)

Alice Guo confirmed theory on ‘crucial personality’ during closed session – Hontiveros

(GMA NEWS) Dismissed Mayor Alice Guo corroborated a Senate panel’s theory involving a “crucial personality” in the operations of illegal Philippine Offshore Gaming Operators (POGOs) in the country during Tuesday’s executive session, Senate Deputy Minority Leader Risa Hontiveros said Wednesday. “Hindi pa [r]in ako masyadong satisfied sa mga pahayag sa Executive Session, bagama’t there was…
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‘Ginag*Go mo kami e!’ Estrada slams Tony Yang for pretending not to know Tagalog

(POLITIKO) Senate President Pro Tempore Jinggoy Estrada scoffed at the claim of former presidential economic adviser Michael Yang’s brother Tony Yang that he does not know how to speak Filipino or English. Tony Yang was summoned to the Senate’s investigation on illegal offshore gaming activities on Tuesday (Sept. 24), after his arrest at Ninoy Aquino…
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PHOTO RELEASE: A man may lie but a document will never lie

A man may lie but a document will never lie: Senate President Pro Tempore Jinggoy Ejercito Estrada says public documents his office obtained indicate apparent links in business undertaking of dismissed Bamban mayor Alice Guo, a.k.a. Guo Huaping and Sual, Pangasinan Mayor Liseldo “Dong” Calugay. This is despite the repeated denial of Guo and Calugay even during Tuesday’s continuing public…
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Tony Yang admits having fraudulent PH birth certificate ‘obtained by grandpa’

(ABS-CBN) MANILA — Chinese national Tony Yang, the brother of former Duterte aide Michael Yang, admitted Tuesday having obtained fraudulent Philippine government documents in order to set up local businesses with “convenience.” • Senate panel to wrap up POGO, Alice Guo probe, sets eyes on Quiboloy next During a hearing of the Senate Committee on…
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Senate might wrap up hearings on Alice Guo

(HEAD TOPICS) The Senate might wrap up this week the hearings on dismissed Bamban, Tarlac Mayor Alice Guo and her alleged link to illegal Philippine offshore gaming operators activities in the country, said Senate Pro Tempore Jinggoy Estrada on Monday.“I think that will be the last hearing,” said Estrada, noting the senators failed to get all the information…
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Estrada reveals Alice Guo’s attempt to buy P95M Baguio house

(INQUIRER) MANILA, Philippines — Senate President Pro Tempore Jinggoy Estrada revealed on Tuesday that dismissed Bamban Mayor Alice Guo (real name: Guo Hua Ping) attempted to purchase a P95 million house in Baguio City. This was raised in the Senate panel on women, children, family relations, and gender equality hearing shortly after Estrada quizzed Sual,…
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Ex-PNP chief allegedly took bribe to help Alice Guo, siblings flee PH

(INQUIRER) MANILA, Philippines — A former Philippine National Police (PNP) chief allegedly received a bribe to help dismissed Bamban, Tarlac Mayor Alice Guo and her siblings escape the country despite being under an immigration lookout bulletin. This information was revealed during the Senate panel on women’s ongoing investigation into illegal Philippine offshore gaming operators (Pogos)…
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Jinggoy: Birthplace in Cassandra Ong’s birth certificate non-existent

(GMA NEWS) The birthplace indicated in the birth certificate of Cassandra Li Ong, the authorized representative of the POGO firm Lucky South 99, does not exist, Senator Jinggoy Estrada said Tuesday.advertisement Estrada questioned the details in Ong’s birth certificate during the continuation of the Senate Committee on Women, Children, Family Relations, and Gender Equality with…
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More firms tied to Alice Guo, Mayor Calugay unveiled in Senate probe

(INQUIRER) MANILA, Philippines — The Senate inquiry into Alice Guo’s case took another turn on Tuesday as Sen. Risa Hontiveros revealed that five more businesses appear to be registered under the names of dismissed Bamban Mayor Alice Guo and Sual, Pangasinan Mayor Dong Calugay. During the Senate panel on women’s hearing, Hontiveros pressed Calugay to…
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PHOTO RELEASE: Jinggoy bemused at Alice Guo’s and Sual mayor’s denial of their ‘ties’

Jinggoy bemused at Alice Guo’s and Sual mayor’s denial of their ‘ties’: Senate President Pro Tempore Jinggoy Ejercito Estrada seems bemused during Tuesday’s Senate hearing, September 17, 2024, as he listens to the oft-repeated denial of dismissed Bamban mayor Alice Guo and Sual Pangasinan Mayor Liseldo Calugay on their alleged “ties” despite what he noted as apparent links…
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