‘Na-blangko ako,’ Bamban, Tarlac Mayor Alice Guo tells broadcast journalist Karen Davila as she recollects her expertise when she confronted senators throughout a listening to
PAMPANGA, Philippines – Controversial Bamban, Tarlac Mayor Alice Guo broke her silence concerning her alleged involvement in Philippine offshore gaming operations (POGOs) and the thriller surrounding her identification, claiming that she is a love little one of a Chinese language and a Filipina.
In an interview with ABS-CBN Information anchor Karen Davila on Monday, Could 20, and in an announcement she posted on her official Fb web page the identical day, Guo denied being a spy or an asset of one other nation.
She repeatedly asserted her Filipino identification, mentioning that she holds a Philippine passport.
Guo stated she obtained her first Philippine passport by the point she was 17 or 19 years outdated, between 2003 and 2005.
Twelve days after being questioned throughout a joint Senate panel listening to, the mayor claimed to be the love little one of Angelito Guo, a Chinese language, and Amelia Leal, a Filipina who labored as a home assist for her father’s spouse. This declare couldn’t be independently verified as of posting time.
Through the Could 7 listening to, nevertheless, Guo informed senators that she was unsure about whether or not her dad and mom had been married or not.
“Na-blangko ako (I blanked out),” Guo stated of the seeming inconsistencies in her pronouncements as she recalled her expertise when she confronted senators Risa Hontiveros and Sherwin Gatchalian throughout a listening to.
Guo, who might doubtlessly face fees of perjury, apologized for her complicated testimony throughout the Senate listening to.
Guo, who will flip 38 on July 12, doesn’t appear to have core recollections of her youthful years. Raised underneath wraps by her father, Guo stated he hid her true identification and saved her secluded on their hog-raising farm till she was 12 or 14 years outdated. It was throughout these years, Guo stated, that she found the reality about her mom.
Teary-eyed, Guo admitted it was too embarrassing for her to disclose that her mom used to work as a home assist. She stated she thought-about this as a non-public matter.
She claimed she was homeschooled by means of day by day casual tutorials, initially by a trainer named Rubilyn. Later, she informed Davila that she was additionally taught by all of their farm employees.
None, one or a number of siblings?
Guo informed Davila she has siblings however denied understanding them personally.
“Meron po. Pero hindi ko sila kilala (I’ve. However I don’t know them),” she stated.
Greater than per week in the past, she initially informed senators that she didn’t have siblings, however finally admitted having paternal half-siblings. Afterward, she stated she has a half-brother named Guo Jiang Lengthy.
“Your honor, ako lang mag-isa sa nanay ko po. Sa ama na half siblings, meron po. Chinese language po sila. Guo Jiang Lengthy. Your honor, yan lang po. Ang alam ko, your honor, isa lang siya. Lalaki po your honor. Could sariling household na po your honor. Sa ngayon po wala po. Ang alam ko po nasa China po,” Guo informed Hontiveros.
(Your honor, I’m my mom’s solely little one. As for my father, I’ve half-siblings. They’re Chinese language. Guo Jiang Lengthy. Your honor, that’s all I do know. So far as I do know, there is just one. It’s a person, your honor. He already has his family, your honor. So far as I do know, he’s in China.)
No POGO ties?
Earlier than becoming a member of politics in 2022, Guo stated she divested her shares from Baofu Land Company, the proprietor of the compound that housed the 2 raided Philippine offshore gaming operations (POGOs): Hongsheng Gaming Expertise Included and Zun Yuan Expertise Included.
The Baofu compound stands throughout some 7.9 hectares within the city, based on data obtained by Rappler.
The Sangguniang Bayan, by means of Particular Ordinance No. 59-2019, accredited the reclassification of the property from agricultural to industrial, business, and residential as requested by Guo, then an abnormal citizen.
In her interview with Davila, Guo stated she purchased some 7.4 hectares of the property at P700 per sq. meter or some P52 million on an installment foundation in 2018.
Information obtained by Rappler, nevertheless, present that Guo purchased the 7.92 hectares, comprising eight parcels of land for P11.8 million or about P150 per sq. meter in 2019.
Through the Senate listening to, Guo maintained that she was not concerned in any of the POGOs regardless of a city council decision, together with a letter of no objection (LONO), in favor of the appliance for a enterprise license made by Guo on behalf of Hongsheng.
Guo stated it was former Bamban mayor Jun Feliciano who helped her get a LONO for Hongsheng. The previous mayor, she stated, additionally helped her throughout her marketing campaign for the city’s mayorship alongside together with her hog-raiser buddies. –Rappler.com
