ALICE Leal Guo, the forgetful young mayor of Bamban, Tarlac, claims she grew up raising hogs in one of the town's 15 barangay. During the campaign for the 2022 elections, she offered to be married to the town's residents.
ALICE Leal Guo , the forgetful young mayor of Bamban, Tarlac, claims she grew up raising hogs in one of the town's 15 barangay. During the campaign for the 2022 elections, she offered to be married to the town's residents.Two years after her historic win, being Bamban's first female chief executive, Guo finds herself the subject of a Senate inquiry on her possible connection to the questionable operations of a Philippine offshore gaming operators hub in the same town.
At the May 7 Senate hearing, Guo said without batting an eyelash, 'Hindi po kami involved in any POGO operation.' Hontiveros later said Guo lied before the joint committees on women, children, family relations, and gender equality; migrant workers; and public order and dangerous drugs.The POGO hub in Bamban was also suspected of involvement in surveillance activities and the hacking of government websites.
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