The Senate orders the arrest of embattled Bamban, Tarlac Mayor Alice Guo for ‘refusing to appear,' despite 'notices’ in the Senate’s probe into illegal activities of Philippine Offshore Gaming Operators.
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00:00The Senate orders the arrest of embattled Bamban Tarlac Mayor Alice Guo for refusing
00:06to appear despite notices in the Senate's probe into illegal activities of Philippine
00:11offshore gaming operators.
00:13The arrest order was signed by Senate President Chiz Escudero and Committee Chair Senator
00:17Risa Ontiveros.
00:18It also orders the arrest of her family members, her former accountant Nancy Gamo and former
00:23government official Dennis Cunanan, the representative of the Bamban Pogo linked to Guo, for the
00:28same reason.
00:29The Senate's Sergeant-at-Arms was directed to carry out and implement the arrest order
00:33against Guo and the seven others within 24 hours.
00:37Ontiveros says the issuance of the arrest order is, quote, only the first step to making
00:42Mayor Alice Guo, or Guo Huaping, accountable to our laws.