Bamban, Tarlac Mayor Alice Guo. Photo from Mayor Alice Leal Guo Facebook

Jauhn Etienne Villaruel

ABS-CBN News

<div><span class="fr-img-caption fr-fic fr-dib" style="width:559px"><span class="fr-img-wrap"><img src="https://od2-image-api.abs-cbn.com/prod/editorImage/17158444787541715782310847436421950_463108136081395_6540664572837341148_n.jpg" style="width:559px" class="fr-fic fr-dib"/><span class="fr-inner" style="text-align:left">Bamban, Tarlac Mayor Alice Guo attends a flag-raising ceremony at the municipal hall on May 13, 2024. <em>Courtesy: Mayor Alice Leal Guo/FB</em></span></span></span></div><p>MANILA — The Office of the Solicitor General (OSG) is now investigating Bamban, Tarlac Mayor Alice Guo after suspicions on her citizenship surfaced during a Senate panel hearing probing her ties to a POGO.</p><div><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/2024/5/15/for-acquaintances-mayor-alice-guo-a-good-person-long-time-resident-2131">For acquaintances, Mayor Alice Guo a &#x27;good person&#x27;, &#x27;long-time resident&#x27;</a></div><div><span id="isPasted" style="color:rgb(65, 65, 65);letter-spacing:normal;orphans:2;text-align:left;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;widows:2;word-spacing:0px;-webkit-text-stroke-width:0px;background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255);text-decoration-thickness:initial;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;display:inline !important;float:none">&quot;Yes, I created a special team of solicitors last week to look into the matter and determine if there is good reason to believe that the subject is unlawfully holding or exercising a public office,&quot; Solicitor General Menardo Guevarra said Thursday. </span></div><div><span id="isPasted">Guevarra said the OSG is currently gathering </span><span><span id="isPasted" style="color:rgb(65, 65, 65);letter-spacing:normal;orphans:2;text-align:left;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;widows:2;word-spacing:0px;-webkit-text-stroke-width:0px;background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255);text-decoration-thickness:initial;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;display:inline !important;float:none">relevant information from the Commission on Elections (Comelec), Bureau of Immigration, and other government agencies. </span></span></div><p>Guo faced the Senate last week to answer allegations that she was backing a POGO operation in Bamban that was raided last March, where authorities found evidence of human trafficking, serious illegal detention, physical abuse, and even torture.</p><div><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/2024/5/10/-pogo-politics-suspected-china-ties-of-tarlac-town-mayor-alarms-solon-1016">&#x27;POGO-politics&#x27;: Suspected China ties of Tarlac town mayor alarms solon</a></div><p>But Sen. Risa Hontiveros zeroed in on Guo&#x27;s personal background after receiving reports that the mayor &quot;came out of nowhere&quot; last 2022 elections.</p><div><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/2024/5/8/hontiveros-questions-nationality-of-bamban-town-mayor-1812">READ: Hontiveros questions nationality of Bamban mayor linked to POGOs</a></div><p>Guo&#x27;s apparent evasiveness to disclose her background at the Senate raised even more suspicion from the public.</p><p>According to Guevarra, a quo warranto case is possible if Guo was found to be unqualified to hold office.</p><div><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/2024/5/10/comelec-suggests-quo-warranto-case-vs-mayor-with-citizenship-issue-1543">READ: Comelec suggests quo warranto case vs mayor with citizenship issue</a></div><p>&quot;If it could be established by proof, the OSG will commence quo warranto proceedings to oust the person concerned.</p><p>Based on Comelec records, Guo declared that she is a Filipino citizen in her certificate of candidacy.</p><div><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/2024/5/14/tarlac-mayor-alice-guo-s-coc-i-am-a-filipino-citizen-2034">Tarlac mayor Alice Guo&#x27;s COC: &#x27;I am a Filipino citizen&#x27;</a></div><p>The Comelec added that no one challenged Guo&#x27;s qualification last election, allowing her to run and eventually win the position.</p><div><strong>RELATED VIDEO</strong></div><div><span class="fr-video fr-deletable fr-fvc fr-dvb fr-draggable" contenteditable="false" draggable="true"><iframe width="640" height="360" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/03iiEGrXFt4?&amp;wmode=opaque&amp;rel=0" frameBorder="0" allowfullscreen="" class="fr-draggable"></iframe></span><br/></div><div><br/></div>

<p>The OSG is now gathering information from the Commission on Elections, Bureau of Immigration, and other government agencies in relation to Alice Guo.</p>

The OSG is now gathering information from the Commission on Elections, Bureau of Immigration, and other government agencies in relation to Alice Guo.

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SolGen probes Bamban Mayor Alice Guo over shady background

SolGen probes Bamban Mayor Alice Guo over shady background

Jauhn Etienne Villaruel,

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Published May 16, 2024 03:38 PM PHT

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Updated May 16, 2024 03:56 PM PHT

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