Senators on Thursday, August 22 expressed confidence that the long arm of the law will eventually catch up with dismissed Bamban, Tarlac Mayor Alice Guo or Guo Hua Ping. “I firmly believe that Guo Hua Ping would not be able to evade accountability for the numerous crimes she has committed....
Senate Deputy Minority Leader Risa Hontiveros will lead the Senate subcommittee tasked to look into the “escape” of dismissed Bamban, Tarlac mayor Alice Guo. This, after Senate Minority Leader Aquilino “Koko” Pimentel III, newly-elected head of the committee on justice and human...
The Senate will pursue the filing of perjury charges against dismissed mayor Alice Guo or Guo Hua Ping, despite reports that she has already fled the country. Senate President Francis “Chiz” Escudero said the Senate’s legal department is now building up an “airtight” case against...
Lanao del Norte 1st district Rep. Khalid Dimaporo (left), Vice President Sara Duterte (MANILA BULLETIN, Facebook) Lanao del Norte 1st district Rep. Khalid Dimaporo insisted on Tuesday, Aug. 20 that members of the House of...
The camp of dismissed mayor Alice Leal Guo or Guo Hua Ping should show actual proof she has not left the Philippines, two senators said on Tuesday, August 20. Senate deputy minority leader Risa Hontiveros said the Senate is simply doing its lawful job when it issued the arrest order...
Dismissed Bamban mayor Alice Leal Guo or Guo Hua Ping has already left the Philippines, and is now in Singapore, Senate Deputy Minority Leader Risa Hontiveros confirmed on Monday, August 19. Hontiveros disclosed this development in a privilege speech during the Senate...
Senator Ronald “Bato” Dela Rosa on Monday, August 19 apologized to Antipolo City 2 nd District Representative Romeo Acop, saying he is not among the “unprincipled” and “opportunistic” lawmakers at the House of Representatives who changed their stance on the Duterte administration’s...
House of Representatives (Ellson Quismorio/ MANILA BULLETIN) Lawmakers rejected the motion for reconsideration (MR) of the detention order against the corporate secretary of Philippine Offshore Gaming Operator (POGO) Lucky South 99 after...
Department of the Inteior and Local Government (DILG) Secretary Benjamin "Benhur" Abalos, Jr. swears in municipal councilor Erano Timbang as the acting mayor of Bamban, Tarlac after an Ombudsman decision that disqualified controversial town mayor Alice Guo and suspended the rest of the town council...
Two senators welcomed the Office of the Ombudsman’s order for dismissal from service of suspended Bamban, Tarlac Mayor Alice Guo for grave misconduct over her “willful attempt to violate the law” as a public official. Guo has been linked to the illegal activities of Philippine...
Taguig City 2nd district Rep. Amparo Maria Zamora (left), former presidential spokesman Harry Roque (Facebook) Taguig City 2nd district Rep. Amparo Maria “Pammy” Zamora has chided former presidential spokesperson Harry Roque for supposedly...
DAVAO CITY – Former President Rodrigo R. Duterte, on Monday, August 12, urged House officials who are considering merging investigations on Philippine Offshore Gaming Operators (POGO) crimes, illegal drugs, and his war on drugs to present evidence of their allegations. Senior Deputy Speaker...