Bamban Mayor Alice Guo of Tarlac, Philippines, faces scrutiny and suspicion over her citizenship and alleged ties to a controversial offshore gaming operator. The Department of the Interior and Local Government recommends her preventive suspension and strips her of control over the local police. Senator Risa Hontiveros questions Guo's credibility, revealing discrepancies in her family history and travel records. Guo denies being a Chinese spy and claims to be Filipino.
Hontiveros lists things that don’t add up in Alice Guo’s story WATCH: "Hindi po ito ‘Maalaala No Kaya,’” says Senator Risa Hontiveros as she hits Bamban Mayor Alice Guo for her seemingly selective memory about her life. The senator lists things that don't add up in Guo's story… https://t.co/2UnEKiKzh6
TRAVEL BUDDIES? WATCH: Controversial Bamban Mayor Alice Guo says she doesn’t know anything about her own siblings, but travel records revealed during a Senate hearing on Wednesday, May 22 show they had traveled together. https://t.co/Kmu8l5Qepv https://t.co/e3Ckhc8whC
WATCH: After facing queries from senators at a hearing on Wednesday, May 22, Mayor Alice Guo reiterates she is a Filipino and not a Chinese spy. Related: https://t.co/nK2SOzB8ER https://t.co/mLEiUO0wad
The Philippine Statistics Authority says there’s a possibility that Bamban Mayor Alice Guo’s mother Amelia Leal doesn’t even exist at all given that she doesn't have birth records, but it’s also possible that she is not registered. | via @bnzmagsambol https://t.co/XWfAGQRZWw
The Philippine Statistics Authority says there’s a possibility that Bamban Mayor Alice Guo’s mother Amelia Leal doesn’t even exist at all given that they she doesn’t have birth records, but it’s also possible that she is not registered | via @bnzmagsambol https://t.co/XWfAGQRZWw
The Philippine Statistics Authority says there’s a possibility that Bamban Mayor Alice Guo’s mother Amelia Leal doesn’t even exist at all given that she doesn’t have birth records, but it’s also possible that she is not registered. | via @bnzmagsambol https://t.co/24BwgHpIm4
NEWS UPDATE. Senator Risa Hontiveros says that there's no record of marriage for Amelia Leal and Angelito Guo, parents of Bamban Mayor Alice Guo. This is in contrary to what the Mayor's birth certificate indicates. Her parents also do not have birth records. | via @bnzmagsambol https://t.co/6cHjR0SQyr
NEWS UPDATE. Senator Risa Hontiveros says that there's no record of marriage for Amelia Leal and Angeliyto Guo, parents of Bamban Mayor Alice Guo. This is in contrary to what the Mayor's birth certificate indicates. Her parents also do not have birth records. | via @bnzmagsambol https://t.co/jOlgO9q0L8
NEWS UPDATE. Bamban Mayor Alice Guo tells the Senate hearing that she doesn't know anything about her siblings, but travel records show that she had travelled with them in the past. Guo says she only lied because she doesn't want them to be involved in the probe. | via… https://t.co/VuE7CDbkWl
Another red flag: Hontiveros bares Bamban Mayor Alice Guo's 'ties to criminals' https://t.co/rAAXY9zQvF https://t.co/w5iNjJALCw
Senator Risa Hontiveros on Tuesday, May 21, welcomed the decision of the Department of the Interior and Local Government to strip Bamban, Tarlac Mayor Alice Guo of supervision over local police, citing her ties to “criminals.” https://t.co/5H168D0GI2 https://t.co/5pwUc2Pm66
Bamban Mayor Alice Guo will be stripped of control over the police within her jurisdiction. https://t.co/ZuIkuuU4pU https://t.co/0ZWmt48YWk
Department of the Interior and Local Government Secretary Benjamin Abalos Jr., on Monday, May 20, announced that Bamban Mayor Alice Guo will be stripped of her control and supervision over the Philippine National Police within her jurisdiction. https://t.co/Bar5uXzjTS https://t.co/plV3FeSPaW
Alice Guo is the mayor of Bamban, a nondescript town in the Philippines' rice-growing flood plains north of the capital Manila. President Marcos: "No one knows her. We wonder where she came from, that's why we are investigating this, together with the Bureau of Immigration,… https://t.co/Uyg6ZfclNh
Philippine Town Mayor Accused Of Being A Chinese Spy: ''No One Knows Where She Came From'' https://t.co/Qx3ROOk5rK
‘Came out of nowhere’: mayor of #Philippine town suspected to be #Chinese agent Alarms have been raised over Alice Leal Guo, the mayor of a small town in the Philippines, due to suspicions about her citizenship and her alleged ties to a controversial offshore gaming operator,… https://t.co/XA9eLnzQvS
Who is Alice Guo, Bamban mayor suspected of being a Chinese asset? https://t.co/s6ldhHnGGf via @rapplerdotcom
DILG recommends preventive suspension of Bamban Mayor Alice Guo amid probe https://t.co/VLgEI08YZS
Filipinos feast on Bamban mayor Alice Guo memes | The wRap https://t.co/nJ2pwy2Jgb
Filipinos online have a field day making fun of the evasive mayor of Bamban, Tarlac Alice Guo, as she stuck to her claim during a Senate hearing that she does not remember details about her past. Full story: https://t.co/W02eAru6dJ https://t.co/Soq0XJKHpz
NEWS UPDATE: Interior chief Benhur Abalos says the DILG has recommended to the Office of the Ombudsman the preventive suspension of Bamban, Tarlac Mayor Alice Guo, following the probe into the local chief executive. | via @jairojourno https://t.co/IS9Yf4GD8B
Filipinos make memes out of Bamban Mayor Alice Guo | The wRap https://t.co/IFtcaQSaJJ