Dating Sec. Roque at Sen. Risa Hontiveros, nagkasagutan sa pagdinig ng Senado sa POGO issue
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00:00In the search of the former presidential spokesperson Harry Roque in the Senate, Senator Issa Honteveros could not avoid answering them.
00:08In particular, the two were challenged if Roque is the lawyer of Lucky South 99, one of the pogohab that was once raided.
00:30Do you maintain that you are not the lawyer of Lucky South 99 or any pogoh for that matter?
01:01But it is true that you had a meeting in PAG-COR about the pogoh in Porac.
01:10That's true, I had a meeting, but as I said, my partner is known as a whirlwind corporate secretary.
01:18The two were even more heated. Some senators did not like what Roque said.
01:24Madam, you are angry because you are saying that I am giving words in your mouth.
01:32I am not angry, I am just telling you not to do that.
01:35But now, you said, you again insinuated that I had anything to do with the document. That's what I am saying.
01:42Attorney, attorney, please stop using that offensive verb, insinuating. I am a very plain speaker.
01:50Okay, I'm sorry.
01:51This investigation has been going on for four years and almost no one is insinuating.
01:55The Senate says that in proving facts, the rules of court apply in the supplitory character.
02:01You don't need to tell the committee what the rules of the Senate.
02:03Excuse me, excuse me, no, no, no, no.
02:05Mom, excuse me.
02:06No, no, no, no, no, excuse me, excuse me, Attorney Roque.
02:09I'm sorry, Madam, but I am a resource person invited.
02:12Yes, you are. Wait, wait, let me finish.
02:14I was asked to answer.
02:15Attorney Roque, please be reminded to respect the chairperson.
02:18I'm very respectful, Madam Chair.
02:20How can you be respectful when you are talking to him?
02:23I apologize, Senator Gatchalian.
02:26One more, and I will cite you in contempt.
02:29The authorities of a house in a subdivision in Benguet were arrested in connection with an operation.
02:35According to the Bureau of Immigration, two foreign nationals were arrested,
02:39a Chinese woman and a Cambodian man.
02:42Based on the information obtained by the BI,
02:44they were arrested in Bambantar, Lagpogo, where the authorities were also raided.
02:50The owner of that house is Secretary Roque.
02:53Secretary Roque, do you own that house?
02:56The house that you are talking about in Tuba, Benguet, is registered in a corporation.
03:01I owned that house when I left the government,
03:04and I do have an interest in the corporation that owns it.
03:08But I don't have possession of that house.
03:11Because as of January of 2024, it was raided by the corporation.
03:16Suspended Mayor Alice Guo still did not back down in her hearing,
03:19despite the arrest order against her.
03:22That's why some senators were outraged.
03:24According to the BI, Guo is still in the Philippines.
03:28Madam Chairperson has made statements that Mayor Guo has been very active on Facebook.
03:37Didn't you trace her IP address?
03:41Efforts are being done by our cybercrime group.
03:44If you cannot arrest her within a month, your budget might be affected.
03:48Yes sir, we will do our best.
03:50The senators also insisted that the government should be the one to be affected by the ban on Pogo.
03:57Because when our President gave a directive that Pogo should be legal or illegal,
04:04he also issued a statement that there are many affected here.
04:35He's calling for a meeting together with PACCOR, the BAOC, the Bureau of Immigration, and the Department of Justice.
04:45Nancy Gamo also made a statement in her hearing.
04:48She said that she is a freelance accountant of Guo.
04:50She used to be a client of Mayor Guo, but only per transaction basis or per project.
04:56Madam, you said earlier that since 2012, your client is Alice Guo, is that correct?
05:06Yes sir.
05:07She's not related to him, why Alice Guo?
05:09She's just Alice Guo.
05:11But in one of our hearings, when she came here, she flatly denied that she knows you.
05:20She said that she doesn't know you.
05:24What can you say about that?
05:26She's lying.
05:28Alice Guo, of course, is my client.
05:32Now, she's the one who referred me.
05:35The person I talked to in Hongsheng is also her.
05:39And then, please assist her person.
05:42For every document that I need for the incorporation of the company, her person is the one who provided it to me.
05:50Senators Gamo was first to release Daniel Manalastas for Kapansang TV in Bagong, Philippines.