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Sherrie Ann Torres

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<div><span class="fr-img-caption fr-fic fr-dii"><span class="fr-img-wrap"><img src="https://news-workbench-api.abs-cbn.com/api/upload-raw/20240730100724/b35031cca35cfc8b79aaaad278c341e23d99ca753d95f7d8fcbd572ffabc8e87.jpg" class="fr-fic fr-dii" alt="A portion of the POGO hub in Bamban, Tarlac. TV Patrol/Screengrab"/><span class="fr-inner" style="text-align:left">A portion of the POGO hub in Bamban, Tarlac. <em>TV Patrol/Screengrab</em></span></span></span></div><p>MANILA — Acting Bamban Mayor Leonardo “Ding” Anunciacion, the local official who assumed the functions of suspended Mayor Alice Guo, is eyeing to lease out the 10-hectare POGO complex in their municipality that authorities raided this year.</p><p>Such plan will be carried out he said, if the national government will turn over to the local government Zun Yuan Technology Incorporated’s POGO complex in Bamban, which prominently sits just behind the municipal hall.</p><p>“Kung ite-turn over sa LGU po, ang gagawin ko po bilang acting mayor. So, para magkaroon po ng income ang bayan namin po, ipapa-lease namin sa mga gustong mag-lease,” Anunciacionn told journalists when interviewed at the sidelines of the COMELEC’s visit to their office, Tuesday.</p><p>(If that will be turned over to us, I have it leased as acting mayor so that we can have an income.)</p><div><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/2024/7/29/osg-files-quo-warranto-petition-questioning-alice-guo-s-eligibility-to-be-bamban-mayor-945">READ: OSG quo warranto petition questions Alice Guo&#x27;s eligibility to be Bamban mayor</a></div><p>He said the property coould be leased to universities or to commercial activities.</p><div><strong>COMELEC EXAMINES GUO&#x27;S VOTING RECORDS</strong></div><p>Anunciacion formally received Comelec officers who examined Guo’s voting records Tuesday. He said he believes that whatever the Comelec&#x27;s findings will be, these will be on solid legal ground.</p><p>The Comelec is now checking Guo&#x27;s fingerprints against those of Guo Hua Ping, the Chinese national whom authorities believe is the same person as the suspended mayor.</p><p>If the findings will turn out that way, the people of Bamban will respect the result, Anunciacion said.</p><p>“Kung &#x27;yan po ay katotohanan po, ay tama, kami naman po ay wala naman po kaming magagawa... ako naman po ay full cooperation ako sa mga dumarating dito,” a smiling Anunciacion said.</p><p>(If that will be the truth, we cannot do anything. We cannot do anything. We will fully cooperate.)</p><div><strong>&#x27;GUO A KIND, EXCELLENT MAYOR&#x27;</strong></div><p>The last time he saw Guo, according to Anunciacion, was “one and a half months ago,” and that happened when both of them attended a Senate hearing, the acting mayor said.</p><p>Anunciacion said that he also tried to visit Guo at her residence, but she was not around.</p><p>“Nung dinala po dito yung kanyang pinaka-subpoena, pinuntahan ko po ang ano (bahay niya), wala po siya,” he said.</p><p>(I went to her place for the serving of the subpoena, but she was not there.)</p><p>Amid all the negative stories about Guo, Anunciacion maintained that their mayor is “kind.”</p><p>He even continues Guo’s yearly distribution of school supplies to their elementary to high school students, the acting mayor said.</p><p>“Dun po sa trabaho po namin, very excellent po siya. Dahil very supportive naman po kami,” he said.</p><p>(She was very excellent, and that is also because we are very supportive.)</p><p>As mayor, Anunciacion said that he had ordered their barangay officials to check if there are other POGO businesses in Bamban, which turned out negative.</p><div><strong>RELATED VIDEO</strong></div><div><iframe allowfullscreen="" frameBorder="0" height="360" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/uwIIds2sQGk?&amp;wmode=opaque&amp;rel=0" width="640"></iframe></div>

<p>Such plan will be carried out he said, if the national government will turn over to the local government Zun Yuan Technology Incorporated’s POGO complex in Bamban.</p>

Such plan will be carried out he said, if the national government will turn over to the local government Zun Yuan Technology Incorporated’s POGO complex in Bamban.

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Acting mayor: Bamban POGO hub could be leased out to universities, businesses

Sherrie Ann Torres,

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Published Jul 30, 2024 05:28 PM PHT

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Alice Guo

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Leonardo Anunciacion

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