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Comelec to require Alice Guo appearance in possible 'misrepresentation' case

Comelec to require Alice Guo appearance in possible 'misrepresentation' case

Sherrie Ann Torres,

ABS-CBN News

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Comelec chairman George Garcia and Bamban, Tarlac Mayor Alice Guo. ABS-CBN News/File 

MANILA — Suspended Bamban, Tarlac Mayor Alice Guo will be required to appear before the Commission on Elections (Comelec) once it files an election case against her, chairman George Garcia said Friday.

The Comelec is investigating Guo in relation to her 2021-2022 candidacy after details of her questionable identity and citizenship emerged.

“Pag kasong kriminal kasi, affidavit po yung pina-file, counter-affidavit po, kung sakali man... Mukha naman pong hindi pupwedeng ang manunumpa sa isang tao ay yung abogado... Yung mismong inaakusahan ang kinakailangang manumpa,” Garcia said.

(When one answers an allegation, filing a counter-affidavit is a requirement, and the lawyer cannot do that because the accused has to swear to it. It should be the accused who should file and swear to the authenticity of the affidavit.)

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Guo was last seen in public in May when she attended a Senate investigation on illegal POGOs. She snubbed the following Senate hearings, supposedly due to "stress and trauma.

The Senate has ordered her arrest.

Comelec is intending to visit the local registrar of Bamban, Tarlac, where Guo processed her certificate of candidacy (COC) in 2021. She won the election in May 2022.

Garcia said the investigation would examine 2 sets of Guo's fingerprints in the Comelec database, which were obtained in the 2 previous elections.

Garcia is looking at releasing Comelec's report on Guo before the filing of COC on October 1 to 8. 

 

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DMW coordinating with BOC for release of undistributed Balikbayan boxes

DMW coordinating with BOC for release of undistributed Balikbayan boxes

Pia Gutierrez,

ABS-CBN News

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MANILA — The Department of Migrant Workers said Monday it would assist families of OFWs who have been affected by the delayed shipment of thousands of Balikbayan boxes to the Philippines. 

“They have been victimized, and we will provide action fund assistance as well,” DMW Secretary Hans Leo Cacdac said in a televised briefing.

The DMW has been working closely with the Bureau of Customs to facilitate the release of the estimated 14,000 Balikbayan boxes, he said.

“Sa ngayon nakikipagtulungan tayo sa Bureau of Customs. We are thankful sa BOC dahil na-facilitate na ang release ng 9,000 boxes. But there are around 5,000 more to go, half of them are in the Davao port. We are thankful sa BOC, may deed of donation na ido-donate sa atin at tayo na ang magdi-distribute, so isasagawa natin yon,” he said.

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“Dito sa Manila, we are working on the same deed of donation system, pero ang maganda dahil sa hearing noong isang araw, nakita natin na pwede pala yung system na puntahan mo nalang sa warehouse, around 40 boxes were released the other day. This will be just the beginning of the continued distribution, so 9,000 now, 5,000 more to go," he added.


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