Alice Guo camp delays bail, foils Senate attempt at custody

Jauhn Etienne Villaruel

ABS-CBN News

<div><span class="fr-img-caption fr-fic fr-dib" style="width:900px"><span class="fr-img-wrap"><img src="https://od2-image-api.abs-cbn.com/prod/editorImage/172560355822520240906-alice guo-arrival-presscon-MT-3.jpg" style="width:900px" class="fr-fic fr-dib"/><span class="fr-inner" style="text-align:left">Dismissed Bamban Mayor Alice Guo is presented to the media inside a room at the Royal Star Aviation hangar in Pasay City shortly after her arrival on September 6, 2024. Maria Tan, ABS-CBN News</span></span></span></div><p>MANILA (UPDATE) — Dismissed Bamban, Tarlac Mayor Alice Guo will stay under the custody of the Philippine National Police (PNP) after her legal camp opted not to post bail on her Tarlac cases.</p><p>Whether or not a legal strategy, the move thwarted the Senate&#x27;s attempt to put her under its watch.</p><div><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/2024/9/6/senate-crame-or-tarlac-conflict-over-alice-guo-custody-looms-1125"></a></div><div><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/2024/9/6/senate-crame-or-tarlac-conflict-over-alice-guo-custody-looms-1125"></a></div><div><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/2024/9/6/senate-crame-or-tarlac-conflict-over-alice-guo-custody-looms-1125">• Senate or Camp Crame? Conflict over Alice Guo custody looms</a></div><p>In a chance interview outside the Capas, Tarlac trial court that issued the arrest warrant against Guo, her lawyer Nicole Jamilla argued that posting bail would not achieve its intended purpose of temporary freedom given that there is also an outstanding warrant issued by the Senate.</p><div class="twitter-tweet twitter-tweet-rendered" style="display:flex;max-width:560px;width:100%;margin-top:10px;margin-bottom:10px"><iframe id="twitter-widget-0" scrolling="no" frameBorder="0" allowtransparency="true" allowfullscreen="" title="X Post" src="https://platform.twitter.com/embed/Tweet.html?dnt=false&amp;embedId=twitter-widget-0&amp;features=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%3D%3D&amp;frame=false&amp;hideCard=false&amp;hideThread=false&amp;id=1831924276330688835&amp;lang=en&amp;maxWidth=560px&amp;origin=https%3A%2F%2Fnews-workbench-web.abs-cbn.com%2F%23%2Fworkspace%2Fmonitoring%3Fitem%3Durn%3Anewsml%3Anews-workbench-api.abs-cbn.com%3A2024-09-06T06%3A32%3A29.561476%3A15b86177-c7c3-4b0c-a7ec-8ecf83b7a937%26action%3Dedit%26popup&amp;sessionId=db6eb53b3e16ad30a32a79f887415ccfc9403305&amp;theme=light&amp;widgetsVersion=2615f7e52b7e0%3A1702314776716&amp;width=550px" style="position:static;visibility:visible;width:560px;height:316px;display:block;flex-grow:1" data-tweet-id="1831924276330688835"></iframe></div><script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charSet="utf-8"></script><p>&quot;Sa ngayon hindi pa siya nagba-bail kasi may motion pa kaming ipa-file... We see no reason [to post bail] considering na kahit mag-bail sya, definitely hindi pa rin makukuha yung purpose dahil may other warrant of arrest,&quot; Jamilla said.</p><p>Instead of the Senate, Guo was turned over to the PNP upon her arrival in the Philippines early morning Friday after the Capas court issued a warrant of arrest over the criminal cases filed by the Department of Interior and Local Government.</p><div><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/2024/9/4/senate-will-take-custody-of-alice-guo-upon-return-to-ph-hontiveros-1052"></a></div><div><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/2024/9/4/senate-will-take-custody-of-alice-guo-upon-return-to-ph-hontiveros-1052">• Senate to take custody of Alice Guo upon return to PH: Hontiveros</a></div><p>According to PNP-CIDG director Maj. Gen. Leo Francisco, Guo will return to the PNP Custodial Facility in Camp Crame following her appearance in Capas RTC.</p><div><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/2024/9/5/no-cellphone-no-aircon-no-special-treatment-for-alice-guo-inside-crame-pnp-517"></a></div><div><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/2024/9/5/no-cellphone-no-aircon-no-special-treatment-for-alice-guo-inside-crame-pnp-517"></a></div><div><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/2024/9/6/alice-guo-returns-to-tarlac-to-face-court-1151">Alice Guo back in Crame after facing Tarlac court</a></div><p>Sen. Risa Hontiveros earlier questioned why Guo seemed to prefer PNP detention over the Senate.</p><p>In a statement later afternoon, Hontiveros called the latest development &quot;irregular&quot; and questioned the motive behind DILG&#x27;s intervention.</p><p>&quot;Did the DILG file a deliberately watered-down case to wrest custody of the fugitive? Bakit? Napaka-iregular ng mga nangyari. We will get to the bottom of who is orchestrating all this circus and wild goose chase,&quot; the senator said.</p><p>With the PNP detaining Guo, the Senate Committee on Women, Children, Family Relations and Gender Equality would have a harder time securing her attendance to its hearing.</p><div><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/2024/9/5/no-cellphone-no-aircon-no-special-treatment-for-alice-guo-inside-crame-pnp-517" id="isPasted">• No cellphone, no aircon: PNP says no special treatment for Alice Guo</a></div><p>Hontiveros said she already wrote to the Capas court to allow Guo to attend her panel&#x27;s probe on Monday. <strong>—With reports from Johnson Manabat and Raya Capulong, ABS-CBN News</strong></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/oAe0b1Hn6uU?&amp;wmode=opaque&amp;rel=0" frameBorder="0" allowfullscreen="" class="fr-draggable"></iframe></span></div><div><br/></div>

<p>Alice Guo's lawyer Nicole Jamilla argued that posting bail would not achieve its intended purpose of temporary freedom.</p>

Alice Guo's lawyer Nicole Jamilla argued that posting bail would not achieve its intended purpose of temporary freedom.

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Alice Guo camp delays bail, foils Senate attempt at custody

Alice Guo camp delays bail, foils Senate attempt at custody

Jauhn Etienne Villaruel,

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Published Sep 06, 2024 02:55 PM PHT

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Updated Sep 06, 2024 03:15 PM PHT

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