Did the mayor of Sual town help dismissed Bamban Mayor Alice Guo flee the Philippines? This was a line pursued by Senator Risa Hontiveros as the Senate probed how the Guos were able to flee the country.
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00:00Did the mayor of Suwal Town help dismissed Bamban Mayor Alice Guo flee the Philippines?
00:06This was a line pursued by Senator Risa Ontiveros as the Senate probed how the Guos were able
00:10to flee the country in mid-July, despite Senate warrants and an immigration lookout.
00:14Guo is the subject of criminal investigations into shady Philippine offshore gaming operators.
00:20Invited to the Senate was Suwal Pangasinan Mayor Liceldo Dong Calugay.
00:24Calugay was absent but had sent a letter saying he'd been diagnosed with dengue fever.
00:28Ontiveros asked Sheila Guo, are Mayor Calugay and Alice in a relationship?
00:37The panel then goes into an executive session with an unnamed person.
00:41When the session resumes, Ontiveros says,
00:43The executive session has surfaced a clear link to Mayor Calugay of Suwal Pangasinan.
00:50Magpusanang bigla kayong umalis sa bansa, mayor.