At A Glance
- The House of Representatives' quad-committee (quad-comm) also intends to wring out everything it can from dismissed Bamban, Tarlac mayor Alice Guo on the topic on Philippine Offshore Gaming Operators (POGOs) next week.
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The House of Representatives' quad-committee (quad-comm) also intends to wring out everything it can from dismissed Bamban, Tarlac mayor Alice Guo on the topic on Philippine Offshore Gaming Operators (POGOs).
Just not at the next immediate quad-comm hearing on Thursday, Sept. 12, since there are other matters that the special four-way panel needs to discuss.
"Yes we will invite her (Guo), but not this Thursday," lead quad-comm chairman, Surigao del Norte 2nd district Rep. Robert Ace Barbers said.
Asked what would be on their agenda on Thursday, Barbers says, "EJK muna tayo (Let's tackle extra judicial killings first)."
The quad-comm is investigating the alleged interconnected issues of Philippine Offshore Gaming Operators (POGO), illegal drugs, money laundering, and the extrajudicial killings (EJKs) during the previous Duterte administration's drug war.
Barbers said that the plan to have Guo attend the hearing next week as a resource person along with other personalities tied to the POGO controversy.
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"Next week na si Alice, Harry [Roque] at Cassy (Cassandra) Ong," the veteran congressman said.
Roque is a former presidential spokesperson during the Duterte administration, while Ong is a representative of suspected POGO Lucky South 99.
Guo participated as a resource person in a Senate hearing Monday, Sept. 9, just days after she was captured in Indonesia and subsequently brought back to the Philippines.
She was cited for contempt by the senators after supposedly lying about her citizenship and real name.