Senator Risa Hontiveros resumes the probe on Bamban, Tarlac Mayor Alice Guo’s alleged involvement in illegal Philippine offshore gaming operations on May 22, 2024MANILA, Philippines — Suspended Bamban, Tarlac Mayor Alice Guo, or Guo Hua Ping, should cooperate with authorities and reveal crucial information about the activities and key players of Philippine offshore gaming operators , Sen. Sherwin Gatchalian said.
“To reduce her culpability, she can reveal everything she knows about the operations of both the Bamban POGO and the Porac POGO, as the two are interconnected.” At the House of Representatives, Cagayan de Oro 2nd District Rep. Rufus Rodriguez vowed to thoroughly probe alleged anomalies within POGOs, where former and current government officials may have been involved.
He was reacting to the revelation of Philippine Amusement and Gaming Corp. chairman and CEO Alejandro Tengco that a former Cabinet member had lobbied for the grant of franchises to illegal POGOs that authorities recently raided in Bamban, Tarlac and in Porac, Pampanga. — Jose Rodel Clapano, Alexis Romero, Pia Lee-Brago, Sheila Crisostomo, Daphne Galvez, Rainier Allan Ronda, Cecille Suerte Felipe, Delon PorcallaRamon Aboitiz Foundation Inc.
A quo warranto petition and another case will be filed by the Office of the Solicitor General this month against suspended...