-Passport nina Alice Guo, 2 niyang kapatid at ni Cassandra Li Ong, pinakakansela sa DFA/Abogado ni Guo, sinabing nasa Pilipinas pa rin ang kanyang kliyente/Notary Public Atty. Galicia, nakaharap daw si Guo para sa counter-affidavit sa DOJ/Bureau of Immigration: Guo, dumating sa Indonesia noong August 18/Babala ng DOJ kung sakaling may tauhan ng B.I. na tumulong kay Guo: "Heads will roll"/Mga dokumento sa Malaysia na nagsasabing pumunta roon si Guo, under verification ng NBI/ Kontra-salaysay ni Guo sa subpoena, hinihintay ng COMELEC; pagdinig ng Senado tungkol sa mga POGO, tuloy pa rin
-Interview: Sen. Risa Hontiveros
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00:00The passport of former Bamban Tarlac Mayor Alice Guo has been canceled following rumors that she has already left the Philippines.
00:07Authorities are also investigating who could possibly help the former mayor leave the country.
00:13Sandra Aguinaldo reported.
00:18After promising the Senate that there is information that the country's former mayor has left the country,
00:23Dismissed Bamban Mayor Alice Guo,
00:25Executive Secretary Lucas Bersamin of the DFA
00:29ordered the cancellation of Guo's passport,
00:31his siblings,
00:33Wesley and Sheila,
00:35and the body of the late South 99 Pogo,
00:38in Porac,
00:39Cassandra Ong.
00:40The passport of a fugitive under the New Philippine Passport Act can be canceled by the court.
00:47Guo has an arrest warrant in the Senate
00:49and is facing a criminal complaint
00:51due to qualified human trafficking.
00:53But the question now is,
00:55where is Guo really?
00:57His lawyer held his client's statement that he is still in the Philippines.
01:03This is also the case of Guo's confrontation with the notary public,
01:07Attorney Elmer Galicia,
01:09for his counter affidavit.
01:11Attorney Galicia explained to the Department of Justice,
01:14but refused to give a consent to the media.
01:17Prosecutors said,
01:19Galicia argued that he personally confronted Guo
01:23when he notarized his counter affidavit.
01:26A lawyer arranged for him to be notarized.
01:30On August 14, 2024,
01:34at around 7 o'clock p.m.,
01:36when he arrived at the office,
01:38there was a landcruiser,
01:41on board is Ms. Alice Guo.
01:44Ms. Alice Guo talked to him
01:46at the bottom of his office.
01:48She saw him.
01:50Ms. Alice Guo presented a driver's license to him.
01:56But if the information obtained by the Bureau of Immigration is false,
02:01Guo is not in the Philippines.
02:04Guo has no record of leaving the country,
02:07but the Malaysian Immigration has a record
02:10of Guo's arrival in Kuala Lumpur on July 18.
02:13He also has a record of his arrival in Singapore on July 21.
02:17And on August 18,
02:19he also has a record of his arrival in Batam, Indonesia.
02:22The Presidential Anti-Organized Crime Commission,
02:27led by Ms. Alice Guo,
02:29Ms. Sheila and Ms. Wesley,
02:31and Ms. Cassandra Ong,
02:33also took pictures when they went to the immigration area in Singapore.
02:36Before arriving in Singapore,
02:38they went to Indonesia and Malaysia
02:41based on the information they obtained.
02:43From the reports we received from our counterparts abroad,
02:48it is clear that Ms. Alice Guo has already left the country.
02:52Definitely, they will not get an airplane from the Philippines
02:56because they will be evacuated.
02:57What can happen is,
02:59they can hire a chartered plane from outside our country,
03:02and if something happens here,
03:04they will be the ones to be backloaded.
03:06So there is no record.
03:08According to the Immigration's intel,
03:10Ms. Guo has a flight back to the Philippines.
03:12Even though Ms. Guo used a possible backdoor or illegal route to get out of the country,
03:18Immigration is still investigating
03:20if they were the ones to send her out.
03:23The DOJ also investigated in the MBI and Immigration
03:26the departure of Ms. Guo.
03:28According to Justice Secretary Jesus Crispin Rimulya of the BIA,
03:32if this person is involved in Ms. Guo's escape,
03:35they will come forward and tell the truth.
03:38If it's not personal, they will say that there is an answer.
03:41They will also know if Ms. Guo's countrymen and lawyers have a role in her escape.
03:47The PNP has already informed the foreign counterparts
03:50so that Ms. Guo will be informed.
03:52As for the NBI,
03:53they will be careful in confirming if the dismissal of her mayor
03:57is the one that monitored her leaving the country.
03:59They are also verifying the documents that came out from Malaysia,
04:03especially the close-up image of her entering their country.
04:08Malaysia is a very high-tech country.
04:11There can't be no image.
04:13If you look at the counter,
04:15you can already see your face,
04:17your two fingerprints,
04:19two index fingers.
04:21So we are still checking the veracity of the report.
04:25If they have a fingerprint that they entered Malaysia,
04:29entered Indonesia,
04:31give us the fingerprint and we will check if it's her.
04:34The Comelec is still investigating the possible case of misrepresentation against Ms. Guo.
04:40They are still waiting for her answer
04:42on the statement that was made against her last week.
04:46The Senate hearings on Ms. Guo are still ongoing.
04:49They will investigate how Ms. Guo left the country.
04:54Sandra Aguinaldo reporting for GMA Integrated News.
05:00In a statement, President Bongbong Marcos warned that
05:03Ms. Guo will be punished if she left the Philippines.
05:06He said, heads will roll or she will be punished.
05:09After Ms. Guo left the country,
05:11the corruption that weakens the justice system
05:14and breaks the trust of the public was exposed.
05:17There is a deep investigation to find out
05:20who helped the former mayor to leave
05:24and they will be punished by the law.
05:29We will discuss the recent departure of Ms. Guo
05:32and other big issues.
05:34We will talk to Senator Liza Onteveros.
05:36Good morning and welcome to Balitang Hali, Senator.
05:39This is Connie with Rafi.
05:41Good morning to you, Connie and Rafi.
05:43Good morning.
05:44And to our viewers, good morning.
05:46Ms. Guo's camp is arguing that she is here in the Philippines.
05:50Attorney Stephen David challenged the Bureau of Immigration
05:53to prove that Ms. Guo is abroad.
05:55What can you say about this?
05:57They are the ones who are strongly challenged by the Bureau of Immigration.
06:01Well, we saw that the DI and other law enforcement agencies
06:07are saying that they are receiving information
06:12from their counterparts in other countries.
06:15And this is no different, Rafi and Connie,
06:19from our paper trail or information trail here in my office.
06:25For me, this all started when I wrote to the NBI
06:30to update their manhunt for Ms. Guo Huaping.
06:34And I received unconfirmed information from the NBI
06:39that Ms. Guo Huaping left the Philippines on July 18.
06:45So we received that unconfirmed information from the NBI
06:50and we corroborated it to various sources from other countries
06:55such as Asia, Singapore, and China.
06:59And of course, this was confirmed by our Bureau of Immigration.
07:04Senator, you mentioned the NBI.
07:08The NBI is careful in confirming if Ms. Guo really left the country
07:12because there is no record of her immigration encounters.
07:17What can you say about this?
07:20That's why I said that this is unconfirmed information
07:23that I received from the NBI.
07:26But it was also a result of me writing to them
07:29to ask for an update on their manhunt.
07:33And what you said is correct.
07:35And this is also related to my raising the question of privilege on Monday.
07:40I noticed that in the screenshot of the video
07:45or it should have been a video of Ms. Guo Huaping entering Malaysia,
07:49her image was not there.
07:51That's why I thought and told my colleagues on the floor
07:55if that was a proof that she was used to
08:00or she had someone who helped her to avoid the place where her image would be caught.
08:06So this is one of the many things that we will continue to know
08:09even here in the Senate Committee on Women.
08:11In our interview yesterday, Senator Stephen David,
08:14Ms. Guo ruled out facing the Senate,
08:17especially since she is no longer an effective resource person
08:19due to the many cases filed against her by the former mayor.
08:22What is your reaction to this?
08:23The Senate Committee on Women is the only one who can weigh
08:28if she is an effective or ineffective resource person.
08:31And obviously, as a chair, I am giving this.
08:34We are still insisting that she should go under the Senate Warrant of Arrest
08:40issued by the Senate President on the request of this representation,
08:45the chair of the Senate Committee on Women,
08:47because she should still face our committee
08:51and once and for all answer our final questions to her properly.
08:56That's why I expect that our various executive agencies will take action.
09:03Even here, in my question of privilege,
09:05it was revealed that she left the Philippines
09:09so that her presence here in the Senate can have an effect.
09:14Senator, there are really many problems arising in our investigation in Pogo.
09:19So what will be our direction here in the investigation with regard to Pogo?
09:23At the same time, here to Dismiss Mayor Alice Guo,
09:27who is currently being asked to cancel her passport.
09:31Well, and I really welcome the order from the Office of the Executive Secretary of the DFA
09:38to cancel the Philippine passport of a non-Filipino citizen,
09:44Guo Huaping, so that her abuse and use will stop
09:49so that she can escape to our country and enter other countries.
09:54It is true that there are many problems arising in Pogo,
09:58many crimes.
09:59Our four years of investigation in the Senate Committee on Women against the Pogos
10:05but it also resulted in a great success,
10:08the President's ban in their zone in Pogo
10:13to wind down all of that until December 31
10:17and to find alternative jobs and find a life or just transition
10:22for the Filipino employees or those who are looking for a life in Pogo and its surroundings.
10:29Our next step here in the Senate Committee on Women
10:33are a few more hearings, I estimate two or three,
10:38to close this and to release our thick Committee Report of Findings and Recommendations
10:45including the last questions that we will ask and the results that will be submitted to the Committee Report
10:51are here with a few more resource persons that have not yet been answered.
10:56First of all, Guo Huaping
10:58and there are also the aforementioned lawyers of the last chapter so far of the saga of Guo Huaping.
11:07And who knows, maybe we will be able to complete or add
11:12the Blue Ribbon Senate Committee's investigation in Formally
11:18because our investigation in Pogo shows the cast of characters.
11:23Senator, this is a big blow to our system.
11:28This is the departure of Dismissed Bambantarlak Mayor, Alice Guo
11:34and it is being said here that for this to happen,
11:38we are seeing a new kind of aid of legislation that can be strengthened
11:44so that we will not be able to escape, to be laughed at,
11:47that is, other countries will say that it is too fast to leave.
11:51Is it because they are saying that the warrant of arrest from the Senate is weak
11:56as compared to a court order, for example, a hold departure order?
12:00Why was that kind of attention not paid to him so that he will not be able to leave?
12:07Why did we come to this?
12:09The warrant of arrest from the Senate is not a weak instrument.
12:14This is solidly within our mandate and according to our rules.
12:19That is why I have full confidence when we were able to issue the warrant of arrest of Guo Huaping
12:25that this will be enforced.
12:27In fact, the Bureau of Immigration promised us by Senate President Pro Tempo
12:33in a hearing that they will not allow Guo Huaping to leave the Philippines.
12:41Definitely, it will be mentioned in our recommendations
12:44on how to enforce the various laws and coordination
12:50between our various law enforcement agencies.
12:54As a result of this investigation by the Senate,
12:56our executive agencies also carried out a parallel investigation and corrective action.
13:02Senator?
13:03Yes, Raffy?
13:04We will also take a short break.
13:06What do you see as the source of tension between you and Vice President Sara Duterte
13:10in the hearing yesterday regarding the 2025 budget of the OVP?
13:15Oh my, VP Sara is the one who can answer that.
13:18She knows that the Congress passes the budget of the entire government every year
13:24including her office.
13:26That's why she should not only prepare her information
13:30but also her attitude and behavior
13:33because every peso and cent that we pass in the budget
13:38is money from the government and moreover, from the citizens.
13:42So, it's only right to ask for a duplication of programs
13:47and especially the possible improper request for budget
13:51from a private authored book that uses the money from the citizens and the government.
13:59It wasn't about her.
14:01Okay. Thank you very much for your time in Binagay sa Balitang Halik.
14:05Thank you, Senator.
14:06Thank you. You're welcome.
14:08We will try to get a new statement from Ms. Mamantanlac Mayor Alice Guo
14:14and Vice President Sara Duterte.
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14:37Transcription by ESO. Translation by —