Risa Hontiveros, ginisa si Guo sa birth certificate niya at kanyang mga kapatid
Risa Hontiveros, ginisa si Guo sa birth certificate niya at kanyang mga kapatid
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00:00 When you were asked what your mother's name is, your answer was, "I saw my mother's name on my birth certificate."
00:12 Is this correct?
00:14 Madam Chairman, yes.
00:18 Okay. And you just saw your birth certificate in 2005 because this was the year of your birth registration, correct?
00:27 Madam Chairman, first of all, I would like to apologize for not being able to answer your questions during the last hearing.
00:35 I'm sorry. I apologize to Sen Win as well.
00:38 I was a little scared last time because I'm not used to having a lot of people and cameras.
00:44 I apologize.
00:46 Yes, in 2005, when I was 19 years old, I looked for my father's birth certificate
00:55 because I was going to get a license and passports.
01:01 I asked him for them.
01:03 All right.
01:06 So, in other words, what you're saying is that the name on your birth certificate is your birth mother, correct?
01:15 The birth mother of the household that left you and didn't leave you after you were born.
01:21 Madam Chairman, yes.
01:23 My biological mother.
01:25 All right. Your biological mother.
01:29 Mayor Alice, I actually have a copy of your birth certificate.
01:34 And there's a name on it.
01:36 The name is Amelia Leal.
01:38 Is this your real mother?
01:41 Your Honor, my mother, I didn't grow up with her.
01:48 So, whatever my father told me, she's my biological mother.
01:54 So, is your biological mother Amelia Leal, who's on your birth certificate?
02:01 I saw on my birth certificate, Amelia Leal, who told me that she was their housewife at the time.
02:10 Wait a minute. So, Amelia Leal is the housewife?
02:15 Amelia Leal is my biological mother.
02:18 And she's the housewife of my father.
02:21 Okay. So, your biological mother is Amelia Leal, who's on your birth certificate,
02:27 and she's the housewife of your father.
02:30 All right.
02:33 At this point, friends, may I also put on record that the information here is information about an individual
02:41 who is an officer of a government institution relating to her position,
02:46 considering that citizenship is a requirement of public office and the position of mayor,
02:52 and is therefore a recognized exception to the Data Privacy Act.
02:57 You said, Mayor, that you only knew the name of your real mother when you saw the birth certificate.
03:06 So, you're saying that your real mother is Amelia Leal.
03:10 Your Honor, yes. She's my biological mother.
03:13 Biological mother and the housewife of your father.
03:17 Yes. She told me.
03:19 Your father told you. Mayor, you said that you're the only child of your mother and father. Is that correct?
03:29 Your Honor, I grew up on a farm. I grew up alone.
03:37 My father has another partner. I don't know anymore, Your Honor.
03:42 Your father has another partner, but you're the only child of your father and mother.
03:50 Your Honor, that's my understanding.
03:54 That's your understanding.
03:56 So, presumably, if you have siblings, they're half-siblings and their mothers are different.
04:04 And their mother is the legal wife of your father?
04:08 My father has three partners.
04:13 And among those three partners, your father has children, so they're half-siblings?
04:22 Yes, Your Honor.
04:24 So, one of those three is your father's legal wife?
04:32 Your Honor, I think so because I didn't grow up with them.
04:39 So, what you're saying is that Amelia Leal is not your father's legal wife, but she's your mother and she's your father's housewife?
04:52 Yes, Your Honor.
04:53 Okay. This is my problem, Mayor.
04:57 I also have copies of the birth certificates of Sheila Leal-Guo and C.M.N. Leal-Guo.
05:04 Okay. I note that the information contained in these documents is necessary to present in these hearings
05:13 for the Senate to properly carry out its authority to conduct investigations and ferret out the truth behind these issues we are confronting,
05:22 thus constituting an exception to the Data Privacy Act.
05:27 However, out of an abundance of caution, we redacted some portions of the birth certificates of Ms. Sheila Guo and Mr. C.M.N. Guo because they are not public officers.
05:42 Now, in these documents, you and your mother are both the same.
05:48 Amelia Leal is your mother and your father is Angelito Guo.
05:53 So, are you really the three children of your mother and father?
05:59 Your Honor, I didn't prepare their birth certificates, so I have no idea.
06:08 I also asked my father after the last Senate hearing, if they are my siblings. He said yes.
06:17 All right. So, your father confirmed that Ms. Sheila Leal-Guo and Mr. C.M.N. Leal-Guo are your siblings.
06:28 Yes, Your Honor.
06:31 And they confirmed that they are your siblings.
06:35 Yes, my father confirmed that. I asked him.
06:38 All right. So, based on these documents, first, your birth certificate, and now the birth certificate of your father and your siblings,
06:54 how is it that your mother left you when you were born in 1986, but she is still the mother of your sibling, C.M.N., who was born in 1988?
07:06 Your Honor, I didn't see their birth certificate, and I didn't prepare it. I have no idea about their birth certificate.
07:16 Bonilla.