The Philippine Statistics Authority or PSA has blocked the ‘spurious’ birth certificates of 1,627 foreigners, including dismissed Bamban, Tarlac mayor Alice Guo.
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00:00The Philippine Statistics Authority, or PSA, has blocked the spurious birth certificates
00:06of 1,627 foreigners, including dismissed Bamban Tarlac mayor, Alice Guo.
00:12Senate Finance Committee Chairperson Grace Poe shares this during the Senate plenary
00:15session on Thursday, November 7.
00:18Of this number, only 18 birth certificates, including that of Guo, have been endorsed
00:22to the Office of the Solicitor General for cancellation.
00:25Regarding the proliferation of spurious birth certificates, Poe says that the names of government
00:29workers allegedly involved have been submitted to the mayor of the concerned town.
00:34In July, the NBI revealed the discovery of 1,200 fake birth certificates in Santa Cruz,
00:39Davao del Sur for 2018-2019.
00:42The Ontiveros-led Senate Investigation on Illegal Philippine Offshore Gaming Operators,
00:46or POGOs, exposed Guo's link to one in her hometown and led to questions about her Filipino
00:51citizenship.