{"id":777016638,"date":"2024-06-21T09:29:53","date_gmt":"2024-06-21T12:29:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/?p=777016638"},"modified":"2026-04-22T08:53:50","modified_gmt":"2026-04-22T11:53:50","slug":"philippine-senator-calls-for-bamban-mayor-to-be-deported","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/philippine-senator-calls-for-bamban-mayor-to-be-deported","title":{"rendered":"Philippine senator calls for Bamban mayor to be deported"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Sherwin Gatchalian says Alice Guo is a Chinese citizen.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

The Philippines.- Senator Sherwin Gatchalian<\/strong> has called for Alice Guo<\/strong>, the suspended mayor of Bamban, Tarlac, to be deported to China. During an interview on ANC, he said Guo has lied in claiming she was born in the Philippines, and that a Chinese passport under the name Guo Hua Ping indicates that she is a Chinese citizen born in Fujian.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He claimed that she used a fake Philippine birth certificate and that her passport should be revoked. This would mean she needed a visa, and her Special Investor\u2019s Resident Visa (SIRV) was cancelled in 2011.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Senate committee investigating Guo’s involvement in an illegal offshore gaming business is to consult with the Chinese embassy in Manila through the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) in a bid to verify Guo’s identity.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Earlier this week, the Presidential Anti-Organized Crime Commission (PAOCC) announced that criminal charges are to be filed against Guo<\/a>. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Sherwin Gatchalian says Alice Guo is a Chinese citizen.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":176,"featured_media":26756,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"is_press_release":false,"is_interview":false,"is_opinion":false,"focusai_summary":"Senator Sherwin Gatchalian has called for the deportation of suspended Bamban Mayor Alice Guo to China, alleging she is a Chinese citizen involved in an illegal offshore gaming business using a fraudulent Philippine birth certificate. This development highlights significant regulatory compliance and governance challenges within the Philippine iGaming sector, particularly concerning foreign national involvement and the integrity of operational licensing. Criminal charges are pending, further intensifying scrutiny on the industry's legal and operational frameworks.","focusai_entities":"Sherwin Gatchalian, Alice Guo, Guo Hua Ping, Presidential Anti-Organized Crime Commission (PAOCC), Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA), Chinese embassy","focusai_location":"Philippines, China, Bamban, Tarlac, Fujian, Manila","focusai_target_profile":"regulator (1.0), compliance_legal (1.0), ceo_executive (0.9), investor_analyst (0.9), journalist_researcher (0.9), operator_casino (0.8), supplier_vendor (0.7)","focusai_suggestions":[{"label":"Impact on POGO Licensing","query":"What are the potential implications of this high-profile identity fraud and illegal gaming investigation on the future B2B\/B2C licensing frameworks and regulatory compliance requirements for Philippine Offshore Gaming Operators (POGOs)?"},{"label":"Investor Confidence Outlook","query":"How might the ongoing scrutiny of foreign national involvement in illegal gaming and the cancellation of investor visas affect capital market sentiment and foreign direct investment into the Philippine iGaming sector?"}],"footnotes":""},"categories":[439,16333],"tags":[15789],"class_list":["post-777016638","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-legal-news","category-south-east-asia-news","tag-pogos"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777016638","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/176"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=777016638"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777016638\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":777016641,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777016638\/revisions\/777016641"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/26756"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=777016638"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=777016638"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=777016638"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}