News Roundup 30 May 2024
May 30, 2024 • 5 min Read
Alice Guo may have lied about Filipino mother — senators | PHILSTAR.COM – MANILA, Philippines — Two senators said it is possible that Bamban, Tarlac Mayor Alice Guo’s parents were both Chinese after all based on the investigation of one senator’s team who found that Valenzuela City residents allegedly knew Guo’s mother to be a certain Chinese national named “Lin Wen Yi.”
Sen. Sherwin Gatchalian said in a Kapihan sa Manila Bay forum on Wednesday that contrary to the Bamban mayor’s testimony that her mother was a Filipino housekeeper, a certain “Lin Wen Yi” was introduced as Guo’s mother to the people of Valenzuela City, where the Guo family used to have a business.
“Wen Yi was introduced as [Guo’s] mother to the locals there, where she rented a warehouse. Based on my personal assessment, this might be Alice Guo’s biological mother. Based on my investigation,” Gatchalian said in Filipino.
Sen. Risa Hontiveros on Thursday bared documents showing that a certain “Lin Wen Yi” lived in the same address as the Bamban mayor.
Hontiveros cited documents from the Securities and Exchange Commission that showed Guo’s co-incorporations in at least seven of her busiensses were the following: her siblings Shiela L. Guo and Siemen L. Guo, her father Jian Zhong Guo, and Lin Wen Yi.
The senator said that the identity of Guo’s mother is “crucial” to the issue as it would prove that Guo had been lying under oath during Senate hearings.
Hontiveros chairs the the Senate Committee on Women, Children, Family Relations, and Gender Equality, which has been leading an inquiry into the Philippine offshore gaming operator (POGO) hub raided in Tarlac due to complaints of human trafficking.
Guo was accused of having links to the POGO hub and has invited the ire of senators for her apparent inconsistent answers about her true identity. Among others, the Senate hearing has found irregularities in her birth certificate and the nationality listed for her father, who was labeled a Filipino despite being a Chinese national.
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Teves extradition case passed first screening in Timor-Leste — DOJ | PHILSTAR.COM – MANILA, Philippines — The extradition case of expelled lawmaker Arnolfo Teves Jr. has passed the first screening of Timor-Leste’s Ministry of Justice (MOJ), the Department of Justice (DOJ) said.
This has been mentioned by DOJ spokesperson Assistant Secretary Mico Clavano in an online press briefing with reporters on Thursday.
Following the approval of the first screening of the MOJ, Clavano said that Timor-Leste’s Court of Appeals (CA) would decide whether to deport, extradite or transfer Teves back to the Philippines.
“On our part, here in the Philippine government, we are ready. We have held preparatory meetings for this moment,” Clavano said.
Also according to Clavano, the deadline for the CA’s decision may be on June 20 or earlier.
In passing the first screening at the MOJ, Clavano said that the Timor-Leste government agency based it on the Interpol Red Notice along with the attached documents and evidence against Teves which was sent by the Philippine government.
“We attached all the resolutions and decisions relevant to this case para ma prove natin na yung mga basehan ng Interpol Red Notice ay totoo so yun lang po yung procedural and technical requirements requested by the Ministry of Justice,” Clavano said.
(We attached all the resolutions and decisions relevant to this case to prove that the basis for the Interpol Red Notice is true. Those are the only procedural and technical requirements requested by the Ministry of Justice.)
Full Story at: Teves extradition case passed first screening in Timor-Leste — DOJ | Philstar.com
Suspect in murder of Maguindanao Sur police officer nabbed in Cotabato | INQUIRER.NET – COTABATO CITY – One of the suspects in a 2022 ambush in Maguindanao del Sur that killed two police officers, including the police chief of Ampatuan town, was arrested inside a hospital in Midsayap, Cotabato on Thursday.
Agents of the Criminal Investigation and Detection Group (CIDG) in the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM) presented the warrants of arrest at 4 p.m. against Kamid Kambal, alias Kamir, inside a hospital where he was confined due to an undisclosed illness.
Kambal, a resident of Lapok village, Shariff Aguak, Maguindanao del Sur, was linked to the August 30, 2022 ambush of Police Lieutenant Reynaldo Samson and his subordinate, Corporal Salipuden Endab, in Barangay Kapinpilan, Ampatuan, Maguindanao del Sur.
Lieutenant Colonel Ariel Huesca, CIDG-BARMM regional chief, told the Inquirer that the suspect was under medical treatment in Anecito T. Pesante Sr. Memorial Hospital in Midsayap when law enforcers received information about the suspect.
“Kambal was facing charges for double murder, multiple frustrated murder, murder with less serious physical injuries, robbery and theft before different courts in Maguindanao provinces,” Huesca said.
Full Story at: Suspect in murder of Maguindanao police officer nabbed (inquirer.net)
SAF trooper dies, 2 others hurt serving arrest warrant in Tawi-Tawi | INQUIRER.NET – ZAMBOANGA CITY, Zamboanga del Sur – Interior and Local Government Secretary Benhur Abalos paid a visit to three wounded members of the police Special Action Force (SAF) at the Ciudad Medical Center on Thursday morning.
“We stand before you with heavy hearts but resolute spirits as we visit our brave SAF troopers here in Zamboanga City who were wounded during the recent operation in Tandubas municipality, province of Tawi-Tawi,” Abalos said after his brief talk with the family members inside the hospital.
The three were wounded in a clash with armed men in Tandubas last Tuesday afternoon while serving 21 arrest warrants against a certain Udon Hasim, also known as Utoh and Kah, a former member of the Abu Sayyaf terrorist group under Idang Susukan and Alhabsy Misaya.
On Thursday morning, Patrolman Ian Valdez, a newbie in the police force, died while being treated in a private hospital here.
Valdez and colleagues Police Master Sergeants Alberto Olbis and Mohammad Lee Aharul were seriously wounded in the clash.
Olbis and Aharul are set to be airlifted to Manila for further medical attention.
Full Story at: SAF trooper dies, 2 others hurt serving arrest warrant in Tawi-Tawi (inquirer.net)
