Tag: Philippine Offshore Gaming Operators (POGOs)

Mga bagong ebidensya laban kay Alice Guo, ilalatag ng mga senador

(DZME 1530) Kinumpirma ni Senate President Pro Tempore Jinggoy Estrada na may ilalabas siyang mga bagong ebidensya kaugnay sa pagkakaugnay ni dismissed Bamban Tarlac, Mayor Alice Guo sa POGO hubs. Sinabi ni Estrada na ilalatag niya sa pagdinig bukas ang mga dokumento na nagpapatunay ng mga negosyo ni Guo at ni Sual, Pangasinan Mayor Liseldo…
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Estrada: ‘Chinese POGO boss’ facilitated Alice Guo’s PH escape

(GMA NEWS) MANILA — A Chinese national facilitated ex-Bamban mayor Alice Guo’s escape from the Philippines before she was nabbed in Indonesia, according to Senate President Pro Tempore Jinggoy Estrada.The senators learned the individual’s name after they pressed Guo into revealing who helped her get out of the country. “Tinanong ko ‘who facilitated your escape?’…
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Paggawad sa hiling na executive session ni Alice Guo, laban sa prinsipyo ng transparency sa mga Senate investigations

(RADYO PILIPINAS) Hindi rin sang-ayon si Senate President Pro Tempore Jinggoy Estrada sa hiling ni dating Mayor Alice Guo para sa isang executive session kaugnay ng ginagawang imbestigasyon sa kanya tungkol sa operasyon ng mga POGO sa bansa. Ayon kay Estrada, maaaring makasira sa prinsipyo ng transparency at public accountability ng mga senate investigations ang…
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Bawal executive session sa sinungaling! Jinggoy Estrada nixes Alice Guo’s request for closed-door probe

POLITIKO | politiko.com.ph September 10, 2024 Senate President Pro Tempore Jinggoy Estrada has opposed giving an executive session for dismissed mayor Alice Guo, saying the public deserves to know the truth behind her alleged link to a syndicate. Estrada was reacting to Guo’s request for a closed-door session when she attends the next scheduled Senate investigation…
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2 senators reject Guo camp’s request for executive session in Senate

(INQUIRER) MANILA, Philippines — Two senators rejected on Tuesday requests and appeals from Alice Guo’s camp to convene the chamber in an executive session, rather than a public hearing, when discussing her alleged ties to Philippine offshore gaming operators (POGOs). In a statement, Sen. Risa Hontiveros, who heads the chamber’s panel on women, said her…
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PHOTO RELEASE: Jinggoy questions the need for an executive session with Alice Guo

Jinggoy questions the need for an executive session with Alice Guo: Senate President Pro Tempore Jinggoy Ejercito Estrada expresses misgivings in allowing dismissed Bamban, Tarlac mayor Alice Guo to testify in an executive session of the Senate committees investigating her alleged involvement in illegal Philippine Offshore Gaming Operator (POGO) in her town. Allowing an executive…
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POGO boss helped Alice Guo escape – Estrada

(INQUIRER) MANILA, Philippines — The Chinese national who helped dismissed Bamban Mayor Alice Guo (real name: Guo Hua Ping) escape from Philippine jurisdiction is the boss of all bosses of Philippine offshore gaming operators (Pogos), according to Senate President Pro Tempore Jinggoy Estrada. In a press conference on Tuesday, Estrada told reporters that the Pogo…
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Statement on Alice Guo’s appeal for an executive session

What difference does it make if she discloses in an open session as against a proceeding conducted behind closed doors? Alice Guo testified falsely before us, telling us a tall tale about her circumstances and practically everything we asked her in the previous Senate hearings. What assurance that she will be open, truthful, and cooperative…
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Person who helped Alice escape holds five passports – Jinggoy

(THE MANILA TIMES) MANILA, Philippines — Senate President Pro Tempore Sen. Jinggoy Estrada on Monday said that the person who helped dismissed Bamban, Tarlac mayor Alice Guo escape is a “holder of five passports.” The senator said this unidentified person carried passports supposedly issued by Saint Kitts and Nevis both located in West Indies, China, Cyprus,…
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‘Hindi ko siya boyfriend’: Why Alice Guo’s love life came up at Senate hearing

(ABS-CBN NEWS) Aside from her real identity, escape from the country, and alleged links to illegal POGOs, Alice Guo was also grilled on her romantic life Monday (September 9) at the Senate.Facing a Senate panel investigating her case, the dismissed Bamban mayor was made to explain her ties with another local leader, Mayor Liseldo “Dong”…
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