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Dismissed Bamban Mayor Alice Guo arrives at the Senate on Sept. 17, 2024 wearing a mask, a bulletproof vest and a helmet. Victoria Tulad, ABS-CBN News

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Victoria Tulad

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<div><span data-teams="true" id="isPasted"><span dir="ltr"></span></span></div><p>MANILA — <span id="isPasted" style="color:rgb(65, 65, 65);letter-spacing:normal;orphans:2;text-align:left;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;widows:2;word-spacing:0px;-webkit-text-stroke-width:0px;white-space:normal;background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255);text-decoration-thickness:initial;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;display:inline !important;float:none">Philippine Amusement and Gaming Corp. (PAGCOR)</span> Senior Vice President Raul Villanueva should not have included unverified information that <span id="isPasted" style="color:rgb(65, 65, 65);letter-spacing:normal;orphans:2;text-align:left;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;widows:2;word-spacing:0px;-webkit-text-stroke-width:0px;white-space:normal;background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255);text-decoration-thickness:initial;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;display:inline !important;float:none">dismissed mayor Alice Guo</span> has a former Philippine National Police chief on her payroll and who may have helped her leave the country in July in his testimony at the Senate, <span id="isPasted" style="color:rgb(65, 65, 65);letter-spacing:normal;orphans:2;text-align:left;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;widows:2;word-spacing:0px;-webkit-text-stroke-width:0px;white-space:normal;background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255);text-decoration-thickness:initial;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;display:inline !important;float:none">Sen. Ronald dela Rosa said Wednesday.</span></p><p>Villanueva, a retired army general, shared the infromation during the hearing of the Senate Committee on Women, Children, Family Relations and Gender Equality on illegal activities at Philippine Offshore Gaming Operators (POGOs).</p><p>“It caused so much concern doon sa mga retired Chief, PNP na they are relaxing and living peacefully,” dela Rosa, a former PNP chief himself, said in a press conference on Wednesday.</p><div><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/2024/9/17/citing-intel-pagcor-exec-says-a-former-pnp-chief-may-have-helped-alice-guo-escape-1230">Citing &#x27;intel&#x27;, Pagcor exec says a former PNP chief may have helped Alice Guo escape</a></div><div><strong>Former PNP chiefs worried</strong></div><p>“Meron kaming group chat, mga former Chief, PNP, at yung iba doon ay concerned na concerned bakit ganoon,” he added.  </p><p>(We former chiefs have a group chat and some of the people there are very concerned why something like that was said)</p><p>He said some of the former PNP chiefs want to know the specifics of who is involved</p><p>&quot;Gusto nila klaruhin kung sino yung involved. Di yung hindi pa validated ang impormasyon, di pa confirmed, ipapalabas kaagad. So what if kung hindi ma-validate kaagad yan? Sira na ang pangalan ng former chief PNP.&quot;</p><p>(They said the information should have been clear. Information that hasn&#x27;t been validated or confirmed should not have been released. What if validation takes time? Former Chief, PNP are already implicated)</p><p>Villanueva did not mention names during his testimony and he made it clear that the tip is still being validated and confirmed.</p><div><strong>Bato: Intelligence reports have no evidentiary value<br/></strong></div><p>Dela Rosa said that intelligence reports have no evidentiary value and said the inclusion of the unverified intelligence report raised concerns on what the hearings are about.</p><p>“Is this part of a grand political plan?” Dela Rosa, a member of the Duterte-led Partido Demokratiko Pilipino, said.</p><div><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/2024/9/18/senate-panel-to-wrap-up-pogo-alice-guo-probe-sets-eyes-on-quiboloy-next-1239">READ: Senate panel to wrap up POGO, Alice Guo probe, sets eyes on Quiboloy next</a></div><p>He said he will question Villanueva at the next committee hearing on September 24, saying the former soldier seems to have become a rumormonger.</p><p>&quot;He was a former [Intelligence Service, Armed Forces of the Philippines]… Ganoon na pala produkto ng ISAFP. Maglalabas ng information na &#x27;di validated,” dela Rosa said.</p><p>(He was with ISAFP. I didn&#x27;t realize that ISAFP trains its people to release unvalidated information)</p><p>In the event that the claim is true, dela Rosa said that that person &quot;will face the music&quot;.</p><p>He said: &quot;Walang exemption dito. Kapag nag-violate ka ng batas, harapin mo.&quot;</p><p>(There is no exemption here. If you violate the law, you have to face the consequences)</p><div><strong>RELATED VIDEO</strong></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/pVXSF32L7MM?&amp;wmode=opaque&amp;rel=0" frameBorder="0" allowfullscreen="" class="fr-draggable"></iframe></span><br/></div>

<p>“It caused so much concern doon sa mga retired chief PNP na they are relaxing and living peacefully,” dela Rosa, a former PNP chief himself, said in a press conference on Wednesday.</p>

“It caused so much concern doon sa mga retired chief PNP na they are relaxing and living peacefully,” dela Rosa, a former PNP chief himself, said in a press conference on Wednesday.

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Mention of 'former PNP chief' at Senate POGO hearing worries former top cops

Victoria Tulad,

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Published Sep 18, 2024 04:44 PM PHT

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