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00:00Suspended Bamban Tarlac Mayor Alice Guo could be arrested if she will not attend the Senate hearing today.
00:06As part of the hearings, Pogo was raided in Porac, Pampanga, which is also connected to Guo based on the documents obtained by the authorities in the opened vaults.
00:17Here is the first news of Ma'am Gonzales.
00:21If she will not attend the Senate hearing, it is possible that Bamban Mayor Alice Guo will be arrested.
00:29Senate President Cheese Escudero insisted that a resource person is obligated to follow if there is a subpoena, whether from Congress or the court.
00:36The Senate Committee on Women and Children subpoenaed Guo and her relatives.
00:41If they will not attend, it is up to Senator Riza to request for a warrant of arrest to force them to attend the Senate hearing.
00:52And I will sign that warrant of arrest.
00:55But just now, Guo sent an excuse letter.
00:58One of the reasons why she will not attend is that her physical and mental health deteriorated.
01:05Guo also said that she consulted doctors but they refused to issue a medical certificate out of fear of embarrassment.
01:12She asked for a dispensary and she has no intention of wasting the committee.
01:16According to Guo's lawyer, her client is still in the Philippines.
01:21Escudero said that the Senate can send Guo's doctor to check on her health.
01:26According to Escudero, the reason why Guo will not attend the hearing is because she can use what she will say against him.
01:37They have the right to file a petition for certiorari but in the first decisions of the Supreme Court, this is what the Supreme Court said.
01:45It is true that there is a right against self-incrimination of any witness who will appear in the Senate or Congress.
01:51But that right should be invoked when someone is asked to incriminate her.
01:59And there should be no reason for her not to attend the hearing.
02:03Senate Committee on Women and Children Chairperson Senator Risa Contiveros added that the petition for certiorari of those who are avoiding the investigation is now valid.
02:12It is a duty of Guo and her lawyers to respect the law of the Philippines.
02:17If Guo wants to clear her name, she should show up at the hearing, answer properly, and stop lying.
02:24Raid of Pogo Hub in Porac, Pampanga was also investigated.
02:28According to the Presidential Anti-Organized Crime Commission, even though Guo appears to be connected.
02:33We can see the documents connecting suspended Mayor Alice Guo in the operation of Porac Illegal Pogo Hub.
02:44Sometimes it's her, sometimes it's her brother.
02:52In the leisure park in Clark Freeport in Pampanga,
02:55including receipts and documents of the company and incorporators,
02:59were recovered by Guo after she opened the money vault.
03:03Two Taiwanese passports of Chinese fugitive Wang Zhiyang, business partner of Guo, were also recovered.
03:09She also photocopied other passports from four countries and a special resident retiree's visa.
03:15According to PAOC, since 2012, Wang has been able to enter the Philippines and stay in the country for a longer period of time.
03:23The travel pass of Wang was also part of the investigation during the pandemic initiated by former Bamban Mayor Antonio Feliciano.
03:30We are still trying to get a hold of Guo and Feliciano.
03:34In the middle of the Pogo issues,
03:36the Secretary-General, Arsenio Balisaca, said that Pogo can be completely banned.
03:41This is even before the PADCOR said that Pogo may lose up to P20 billion if the operation is stopped.
03:49It may be a big number, but the cost, particularly social cost of Pogos are quite high.
04:00Also, we are trying to position our country as a legitimate place for business.
04:07We are trying to attract investors to come, tourists to come,
04:14and so the least that we want is to have a reputation that criminals are here.
04:23Balisaca hasn't talked to the Cabinet yet,
04:27but in the event that Pogo is banned, it is possible that it will be recovered in other ways.
04:33If we expand the businesses, then we generate more revenues from income taxes, corporate taxes, from all kinds of...
04:43If we import some equipment, we also derive tariff revenues there.
04:51So if you put all these together, they should be more than what you lost in the Pogo.
04:59The Finance Secretary, Ralph Lecto, also said that he will recommend to the President the banning of Pogo.
05:05The Department of Labor and Employment is preparing to welcome more than 22,000 Pogo workers who may lose their jobs.
05:15This is the first news.
05:17Mav Gonzales for GMA Integrated News.