Balitanghali: (Part 2) September 10, 2024

GMA Integrated News

-Alice Guo, ibinigay sa Senado ang pangalan ng tumulong sa kanila na makalabas ng Pilipinas/ Sen. Estrada: Holder ng 5 passport ang taong tinukoy ni Guo na tumulong sa kanilang lumabas ng bansa/ ALice Guo, inamin na noong Hulyo siya umalis pa-Malaysia/ Alice Guo, "no comment" sa tanong kung kilala niya ang abogadong nagnotaryo ng kanyang counter-affidavit/ Alice Guo, itinangging may relasyon sila ni Sual, Pangasinan Mayor Liseldo Calugay/ Alice Guo, tumangging sagutin kung siya ba si Guo Hua Ping/ Alice Guo, muling pina-contempt ng Senado; mananatiling nakakulong sa PNP Custodial Center    -PCO at DOJ: Pag-alis sa puwesto kay Immigration Commissioner Norman Tansingco, inaprubahan ni PBBM/ Tansingco, sinabing sa media lang niya nalaman ang pagtanggal sa kanya sa puwesto   -Alice Guo, mananatili pa rin sa Camp Crame kahit cited in contempt sa Senado dahil sa ilang isyu sa korte / Paniwala ni Sen. Tolentino: Invalid ang arrest warrant ng Tarlac RTC 109 laban kay Alice Guo/ DOJ Sec. Remulla: Kasong graft ni Alice Guo, Sandiganbayan dapat ang humahawak at hindi Tarlac RTC   -Panayam kay Atty. Stephen David, Abogado ni Alice Guo / Alice Guo, nananatili sa kustodiya ng PNP matapos ang pagdinig sa Senado kahapon     Balitanghali is the daily noontime newscast of GTV anchored by Raffy Tima and Connie Sison. It airs Mondays to Fridays at 10:00 AM (PHL Time). For more videos from Balitanghali, visit http://www.gmanews.tv/balitanghali.  #GMAIntegratedNews #KapusoStream  Breaking news and stories from the Philippines and abroad: GMA Integrated News Portal: http://www.gmanews.tv Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/gmanews TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@gmanews Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/gmanews Instagram: http://www.instagram.com/gmanews  GMA Network Kapuso programs on GMA Pinoy TV: https://gmapinoytv.com/subscribe

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00:00Dismissed Mayor Alice Guo because of her short response to the hearing of the Senate yesterday.

00:08Some discussed her true identity and how Sheila and Wesley left the country to go to Malaysia.

00:16Sandra Aguinaldo reports.

00:21Who really fell for Alice Guo to leave the Philippines?

00:25It was hard for Guo to give an answer when she faced the Senate.

00:30Guo said they left Manila on a yacht with Sheila and Wesley Guo.

00:36They were on a long trip from Asia.

00:39They didn't have a cell phone then.

00:42They boarded a boat that sailed for four days and boarded a smaller boat to go to Malaysia.

00:49The trip was free and Guo didn't have to pay anything to leave the country.

00:55But when the Senators asked who gave them the yacht,

00:59Who facilitated you to use the yacht?

01:03Madam Chair, I really want to say this but I can't say it in public.

01:07I'm really scared.

01:09Ms. Alice, our patience is running out.

01:12I hope you understand that I'm really scared.

01:15I really want to discuss this.

01:17If you really want to discuss this, let us know.

01:20You're really scared.

01:22The name that Alice Guo wrote on the paper was not shown to the media, but the Senators said...

01:29The person you wrote on the paper is a holder of five passports.

01:33Why did he or she facilitate your escape?

01:37Maybe he's guilty.

01:39What's happening to me?

01:41Is this the name you wrote on the paper?

01:44Is this the person who stole your life?

01:49Last time, it wasn't him exactly, but I heard something.

01:53What did you hear?

01:55Sen, I refuse to answer for my safety.

01:59Did you escape or were you forced to escape?

02:03Sen, he initiated, but along the way...

02:07So he forced you to escape.

02:08Along the way, we weren't together.

02:11Isn't he your mastermind?

02:13Is he your mastermind? Is he your boss?

02:16Sen, I don't have a boss.

02:18Okay.

02:19Are you the big boss of all POGO in Bamban?

02:22I'm also not the big boss of Bamban.

02:25Guo admitted that he was foolish to escape to Malaysia.

02:29That's why the Senators thought that Guo was already in the Philippines...

02:33to launch his counterattack in Laisay...

02:36in the complaint of qualified human trafficking...

02:38in front of the notary public, which is Attorney Elmer Galicia.

02:42I'm just asking you, Ms. Alice.

02:44Do you know Attorney Galicia?

02:46Sen, I'm just talking to him. He's the Councilor.

02:49My God.

02:50Allow me, Your Honor, to...

02:54to claim the confidentiality of the Executive Session.

03:00The Executive Session, as mentioned earlier,

03:04has something to do with national security and public safety.

03:09Whether you know Mayor Alice or not,

03:13it has nothing to do with what I know.

03:16Sheila Guo also admitted that she was the first sister of Alice.

03:21Even though they are not real siblings,

03:24they are considered by Sheila's father to be Alice's father.

03:27Yet, she admitted that she is just a friend of Mayor Lizeldo Calugay...

03:33who was sentenced by the Senate...

03:35after not being able to attend the Senate hearing.

03:38She went to the Gemay Integrated News in the municipality of Sual...

03:42to get her report, but she did not go in because of the market.

03:47We are just friends. Sen, he's not my boyfriend.

03:50Guo was also asked about his acquaintance.

03:55His fingerprints match...

03:58in a Guo Hua Ping based on an investigation by the NBI.

04:02For your own sake, and for the sake of our committee,

04:06just one last time on this very simple fundamental question.

04:10Are you Guo Hua Ping?

04:13Madam Chair, I am not confirming.

04:16There was a case filed against me.

04:19I will answer to the court.

04:21The Senate has a right to know who we are talking to.

04:24Is it the real person we think or someone else?

04:27Madam Chair, I am Alice Guo.

04:29We have proven that you are not Alice Guo.

04:33You are the real Guo Hua Ping.

04:35It's not just the committee that reached this conclusion.

04:39It's the NBI and another agency.

04:42There are many questions that Guo did not answer.

04:45My question is, you have a monitor in front of you.

04:48You can see the passport page.

04:50Is that you in that photo?

04:52I'm not asking your name.

04:54Madam Chair, there's a pending case against me.

04:57You answer.

04:59He repeatedly invoked his right against self-incrimination

05:03and he has a small margin in his life.

05:05That's why he can't answer the questions.

05:08Madam Chair, that answer is unacceptable.

05:11You will make us like that after you have beaten us.

05:14You will answer us like that after you beat us.

05:16After you beat us, you will say that you have a death threat

05:19and you can't say where your death threat came from.

05:21Ms. Alice, I'm reminding you.

05:23I have never raised security concerns to the committee before.

05:27This is the only time you were arrested and brought here.

05:30After the session, after the hearing, what will happen to me?

05:34Let's take a look.

05:35For the second time, the former mayor was cited in contempt.

05:40I move to cite Guo Hua Ping, also known as Alice Guo, in contempt of the Senate.

05:45You will remain in the custody of the Senate

05:49until the conclusion of this committee's inquiry

05:52until you finally recognize the authority of this body

05:56and grant even a semblance of respect for the laws of this country.

06:00The committee will coordinate with any court.

06:03Sandra Aguinaldo is reporting for GMA Integrated News.

06:08President Bongbong Marcos approved the removal of the position

06:12of Bureau of Immigration Commissioner Norman Fancinco

06:15according to some members of the Cabinet.

06:17Yes, the President has approved the dismissal of the current B.I. Commissioner.

06:23Yes, that is confirmed.

06:25He will be replaced.

06:26When?

06:27If I were him, I would resign already.

06:29He will resign.

06:31Justice Secretary Jesus Crispin Remulla is not satisfied with the work of the Immigration Commissioner.

06:37That's why he recommended himself to President Fatal Sikin, Fancinco.

06:41That includes the issue of Alice Guo's escape from the Philippines.

06:45At the Senate hearing yesterday, Fancinco said that he only learned about the removal from the position

06:50in the media reports and that he is not yet formally abused.

06:54GMA Integrated News tried several times to get Fancinco's picture after the hearing

07:00but he did not respond.

07:04Even if cited in contempt of the Senate,

07:06Even if cited in contempt of the Senate,

07:08Dismissed Mabantarlak Mayor Alice Guo will still remain in Camp Krames

07:12while some issues are not yet resolved.

07:15The question of some Senators is why in the Regional Trial Court in Kapastarlak,

07:20the case of Graft was filed against Guo.

07:23According to Senator Francis Tolentino,

07:25it is not the Tarlac RTC that should hold the case

07:28because it is possible that the former mayor may have influence there.

07:32Because of that, the arrest warrant and the order to imprison Guo in the PNP Custodial Center is not valid.

07:38That is why the Senate should have custody of Guo if there is no arrest warrant from the court.

07:43According to Ombudsman Martyres,

07:45the Senate cannot fight for Guo's custody because the arrest warrant of the court is heavier

07:52than the content order of the Senate.

07:55For Justice Secretary Jesus Crispin Remulia,

07:58the case should be held by a fellow countryman

08:01because it is public official that Guo has a salary grade.

08:05They also clarified this to the Ombudsman.

08:08The Tarlac RTC Branch 109 that holds Guo's Graft case refused to give a statement.

08:14Senator Riza Ontiveros decided to respect the court's decision

08:18until the issue is not resolved.

08:22Let's continue with the short answer of Alice Guo in the Senate investigation yesterday.

08:27We will talk to her lawyer, Atty. Stephen DeVine.

08:30Good morning and welcome to Balitang Hali.

08:33Good morning. Good morning, Raffy. Good morning.

08:37Good morning. Please explain to us where this death threat comes from that Alice Guo always mentions in the Senate hearing.

08:46Well, actually, the death threat came before she left.

08:50Even during her visit, she confided in me.

08:56I can't be wrong about that because we have a lawyer here.

09:02But since she left, she's really saying that.

09:06That's the main concern.

09:08Why for so long a time, she couldn't surrender.

09:13This is also the reason why she left, this death threat?

09:18The question that Senator Bong revealed is very revealing.

09:22The question to her is, why did you escape?

09:26Because we don't know that.

09:29Although I know as her lawyer, but I cannot divulge that because of the privilege.

09:34But the good thing is, if she wants to fight for her position,

09:38she should have given her testimony during the session.

09:43Of course, she can't say that she divulged her knowledge.

09:50That's her life.

09:52So what you're saying is that many Senators will be satisfied if they agree to the Executive Session

09:57because the question is if she was escaped, protected, or threatened by people around her,

10:03can be answered in the Executive Session.

10:05First of all, safety is first.

10:11Self-right against self-determination is number two.

10:15How can you imagine that?

10:18You filed a case and you want her to speak against herself.

10:24Is there a person who, after becoming a resource person,

10:29you obtained information and filed a case, and now you want her to speak against herself.

10:34What's the point of being a lawyer if you allow her to violate her right against self-determination?

10:43There's no need for that.

10:47That's her right under the Constitution.

10:50If they really want to know the truth,

10:54they should have allowed Alice Goh to speak during the Executive Session.

11:06How will the next hearings be if Alice Goh continues to be on the line?

11:12Will you still ask for the Executive Session?

11:15How is the negotiation to do this?

11:18There's no negotiation.

11:20We just manifested ourselves.

11:23If they won't give the Executive Session an investigation,

11:28what will you expect?

11:32Will I speak against myself?

11:34There's no person who will speak against herself.

11:41If they won't allow her to speak, she will be in danger.

11:47As a lawyer, what's your reaction?

11:51Senators are saying that your client's answers are vague and evasive.

11:58Even her right against self-determination is vague.

12:04What's your reaction to that?

12:06First of all, in the hearing in court,

12:11in the hearing, if a witness speaks and you don't believe it,

12:17you won't say that you're lying.

12:20You won't say that it's not true because I don't believe you.

12:24You're lying. That's not true.

12:26Don't be like that.

12:28What you will do is, if you're saying that,

12:31I will present evidence in my testimony that you're not telling the truth

12:39because this is the truth on the other side.

12:42Because we have a due process, we have a rule of law,

12:47if you believe in your resource person,

12:50first, present your evidence so that you can believe that it's not true.

12:57The resource person in the Senate investigation,

13:00whether it's true or not,

13:03that's not the first and foremost consideration.

13:06The real consideration is that you can get data,

13:10you can get facts to make a law.

13:15Like what she said in the sea,

13:18they can't believe that it's true or not,

13:22for them, if I'm the Senator,

13:24I will make a law on how to stop the fishing of fish.

13:30One quick question, attorney.

13:31How did she confront the evidence of the fingerprint,

13:34that it's the same fingerprint of Gohua Ping and Alice Goh?

13:37Did she confront this evidence?

13:41Yes, but that's a photocopy.

13:43Second, that's a screenshot.

13:45How can you say that it's original?

13:47Because in our court process,

13:49you need to validate the authenticity and genuineness validity of such documents.

13:56For example, you will wonder why she has a signature on it.

14:01She didn't sign it.

14:03That's the question.

14:04Because we have electronic signatures, electronic fingerprinting.

14:09You know, we're modern now.

14:11You can put your signature even if you didn't sign it.

14:14So those are the things that we need to consider when we're in a court hearing.

14:20Maybe the context is that the court hearing and public hearings are different

14:25like what's being done in the Senate.

14:27Thank you very much for your time.

14:29We'll be back with the latest news.

14:31Okay boss.

14:32See you soon.

14:33See you, attorney.

14:34Stephen David.

14:44For more information, visit GMA Pinoy TV and www.gmanews.tv.

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