Bamban, Tarlac Mayor Alice Guo in a Senate hearing in Pasay City on May 22, 2024. Mark Demayo, ABS-CBN News/File

Bamban, Tarlac Mayor Alice Guo in a Senate hearing in Pasay City on May 22, 2024. Mark Demayo, ABS-CBN News

Mayor Alice Guo

Katrina Domingo

ABS-CBN News

<div><span class="fr-img-caption fr-fic fr-dib" style="width:950px"><span class="fr-img-wrap"><img src="https://od2-image-api.abs-cbn.com/prod/editorImage/171842798554120240522-guo-alice-senate-MD-13.jpg" style="width:950px" class="fr-fic fr-dib" alt="Bamban, Tarlac Mayor Alice Guo in a Senate hearing in Pasay City on May 22, 2024. Mark Demayo, ABS-CBN News/File"/><span class="fr-inner" style="text-align:left">Bamban, Tarlac Mayor Alice Guo in a Senate hearing in Pasay City on May 22, 2024. <em>Mark Demayo, ABS-CBN News/File</em></span></span></span><span style="color:#000000;background-color:transparent;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">MANILA -- The Presidential Anti-Organized Crime Commission (PAOCC) on Saturday said it is set to file &quot;serious&quot; and &quot;non-bailable criminal charges&quot; against Bamban town Mayor Alice Guo in the coming days after finding evidence of her involvement in the illegal operations of Philippine Offshore Gaming Operators (POGO) in her jurisdiction.</span></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;text-align:justify;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:10pt"><span style="color:#000000;background-color:transparent;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">An inter-agency body will convene next week to &quot;decide on the charges&quot; that will be filed against Guo, whose identity and citizenship has been placed under scrutiny, said PAOCC spokesperson Winston John Casio.</span></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;text-align:justify;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:10pt"><span style="color:#000000;background-color:transparent;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">&quot;Her name and her signature are in so many documents. Two nights ago we are able to get an official document with her signature,&quot; said Casio, whose agency was responsible for raiding a POGO compound built on property which Guo used to own.</span></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;text-align:justify;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:10pt"><span style="color:#000000;background-color:transparent;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">&quot;Ang usapan namin kagabi we will focus on the most serious and non bailable charges,&quot; he said, noting that the case is expected to be filed before the Department of Justice (DOJ) on June 21.</span></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;text-align:justify;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:10pt"><span style="color:#000000;background-color:transparent;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">&quot;The liability of the current mayor is on paper.&quot;</span></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;text-align:justify;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:10pt"><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/2024/6/3/paocc-eyes-tax-evasion-and-other-charges-vs-guo-1736"></a><span style="color:#000000;background-color:transparent;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><a class="fr-green fr-strong" href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/2024/6/3/paocc-eyes-tax-evasion-and-other-charges-vs-guo-1736">READ: PAOCC eyes tax evasion and other charges vs Guo</a></span></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;text-align:justify;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:10pt"><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/business/2024/6/7/bir-orders-probe-into-bamban-mayor-alice-guo-1002"></a><span style="color:#000000;background-color:transparent;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><a class="fr-green fr-strong" href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/business/2024/6/7/bir-orders-probe-into-bamban-mayor-alice-guo-1002">READ: BIR orders probe into Mayor Alice Guo</a></span></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;text-align:justify;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:10pt"><span style="color:#000000;background-color:transparent;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Casio declined to give further details about Guo&#x27;s case, but underscored that criminal cases are expected to be filed against &quot;a good number of people with regards to the Bamban case.&quot;</span></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;text-align:justify;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:10pt"><span style="color:#000000;background-color:transparent;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">PAOCC raids and Senate investigations earlier showed that Guo used to do business with Chinese firms involved in POGO operations in Bamban, which have been operating despite the lack of government permits.</span></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;text-align:justify;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:10pt"><span style="color:#000000;background-color:transparent;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">The PAOCC is also looking into the possible link between illegal POGO operations in Bamban, Tarlac and in Porcac, Pampanga.</span></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;text-align:justify;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:10pt"><span style="color:#000000;background-color:transparent;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Casio declined to comment when asked if PAOCC would recommend the outright ban of POGO&#x27;s in the Philippines.</span></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;text-align:justify;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:10pt"><span style="color:#000000;background-color:transparent;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">&quot;Crimes of this magnitude can only happen if there are co-opted public officers who look the other way or do not perform their functions properly,&quot; he said.</span></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;text-align:justify;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:10pt"><span style="color:#000000;background-color:transparent;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">&quot;We will make recommendations… That is only for the eyes of the President.&quot;</span></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;text-align:justify;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:10pt"><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/2024/6/7/a-closer-look-at-mayor-alice-guo-s-salns-2015"></a><span style="color:#000000;background-color:transparent;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><a class="fr-green fr-strong" href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/2024/6/7/a-closer-look-at-mayor-alice-guo-s-salns-2015">READ: A closer look at Mayor Alice Guo’s SALNs</a></span></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;text-align:justify;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:10pt"><span style="color:#000000;background-color:transparent;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><strong>RELATED VIDEOS:</strong></span></div><div><span class="fr-video fr-deletable fr-fvc fr-dvb fr-draggable" contenteditable="false" draggable="true"><iframe width="640" height="360" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/2J6vo3B0Jsk?&amp;wmode=opaque&amp;rel=0" frameBorder="0" allowfullscreen="" class="fr-draggable"></iframe></span><br/></div><div><ivs-player data-ivs-key="e8c22c015ca9eafa76f1e3edfa03c603" data-ivs-spid="3001339" data-ivs-vid="3036131"></ivs-player></div><script src="https://player.ivideosmart.com/ivsplayer/v4/dist/js/loader.js"></script>

<p>An inter-agency body will convene next week to "decide on the charges" that will be filed against <b>Alice </b>Guo, whose identity and citizenship has been placed under scrutiny.</p>

An inter-agency body will convene next week to "decide on the charges" that will be filed against Alice Guo, whose identity and citizenship has been placed under scrutiny.

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PAOCC to file 'non-bailable criminal charges' vs. Alice Guo over POGO ops in Bamban

PAOCC to file 'non-bailable criminal charges' vs. Alice Guo over POGO ops in Bamban

Katrina Domingo,

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Published Jun 15, 2024 01:21 PM PHT

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