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Mary Ann Maslog says 'friend' Dong Calugay, Alice Guo are exes

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Mary Ann Maslog, who claims to have been recruited by the Philippine National Police as a mediator for Alice Guo&#x27;s surrender during her escape, divulged to senators on Tuesday (October 8) the connection that supposedly allowed her to contact the dismissed mayor.Maslog, who previously made headlines for a graft case in relation to the 1998 textbook scam and faking her own death in 2019, said she is friends with Sual mayor Dong Calugay. <a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/2024/10/8/fuming-bato-confronts-mary-ann-maslog-you-tried-to-convince-alice-guo-to-implicate-me-duterte-1728" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Fuming Bato confronts Mary Ann Maslog: You tried to convince Alice Guo to implicate me, Duterte</a> &quot;I talked to Mayor Calugay if there is a way for him to contact Miss Alice,&quot; she told the Senate panel led by Sen. Risa Hontiveros.Hontiveros asked why she thought Calugay would be able to communicate with Guo despite her being in hiding, prompting Maslog&#x27;s candid revelation of what she knew to be their ties.&quot;Your honor, I was told po that they had a relationship. Ang pagkakaalam ko po — but I&#x27;ve never seen them together — but I would tell you... Ang pagkakaalam ko po, naging mag-on po sila,&quot; she said. <a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/2024/9/9/-hindi-ko-siya-boyfriend-why-alice-guo-s-love-life-came-up-at-senate-hearing-1852">&#x27;Hindi ko siya boyfriend&#x27;: Why Alice Guo&#x27;s love life came up at Senate hearing</a> Guo, who has repeatedly denied having romantic or business involvement with Calugay, was seen laughing at Maslog&#x27;s statement.&quot;Kinikilig &#x27;to si Alice Guo, o, kita mo!&quot; Senate President Pro Tempore Estrada observed. &quot;She&#x27;s squirming!&quot;Guo answered, &quot;Natatawa po ako, your honor!&quot;In past hearings, Calugay also insisted being only friends with Guo, saying they were never in a relationship and belying documents supposedly indicating joint ventures with portmanteaus of their names.<div><iframe width="640" height="360" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/pqOXhn4zcNE?&amp;wmode=opaque&amp;rel=0" frameBorder="0" allowfullscreen="" class="fr-draggable"></iframe> </div>

"I talked to Mayor Calugay if there is a way for him to contact Miss Alice," she told the Senate panel led by Sen. Risa Hontiveros.

"I talked to Mayor Calugay if there is a way for him to contact Miss Alice," she told the Senate panel led by Sen. Risa Hontiveros.