{"id":777017434,"date":"2024-07-22T09:36:14","date_gmt":"2024-07-22T12:36:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/?p=777017434"},"modified":"2026-04-22T07:56:38","modified_gmt":"2026-04-22T10:56:38","slug":"suspended-mayor-alice-guo-responds-to-senators-accusations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/suspended-mayor-alice-guo-responds-to-senators-accusations","title":{"rendered":"Suspended mayor Alice Guo responds to senators&#8217; accusations"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>She said the Senate should focus on other issues.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<p>The Philippines.- <strong>Alice Guo<\/strong>,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/bamban-mayor-suspended-over-alleged-gaming-links\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">the suspended mayor of Bamban<\/a>, Tarlac, has issued a statement against senators <strong>Risa Hontiveros<\/strong> and <strong>Sherwin Gatchalia<\/strong>. She said they should focus their attention on &#8220;many critical issues such as national security, poverty, unemployment, food shortage, health care delivery, environmental degradation, and human rights violations&#8221; instead of \u201cthreatening her with arrest.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Senate president <strong>Francis Escudero<\/strong> responded, stressing Guo was not in no place to tell lawmakers what issues to prioritise. During a press conference on Friday (July 19), he said: &#8220;She has the right to say that but for me, she is in no position to tell any member of the Senate what issues they should and shouldn&#8217;t prioritise.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>See also: <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/philippine-court-orders-asset-freeze-on-suspended-mayor-alice-guo\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Philippine court orders asset freeze on suspended mayor Alice Guo<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Meanwhile, senator <a href=\"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/philippine-senator-receives-death-threats\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Sherwin Gatchalian<\/a> has emphasised the need for safety measures to protect Filipino workers in the offshore gaming industry if <a href=\"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/philippine-government-still-to-decide-on-offshore-gaming-ban\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">a complete ban on operators<\/a> is enacted. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>See also:<\/strong> <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/pagcor-opposes-total-ban-on-online-gaming\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">PAGCOR opposes total ban on online gaming<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>She said the Senate should focus on other issues.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":176,"featured_media":21187,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"is_press_release":false,"is_interview":false,"is_opinion":false,"focusai_summary":"The article details suspended Mayor Alice Guo's public statements against senators Risa Hontiveros and Sherwin Gatchalian, urging them to prioritize national issues over her case. Senate President Francis Escudero countered, asserting Guo's lack of standing to dictate legislative priorities. Concurrently, Senator Gatchalian emphasized the critical need for robust safety measures to protect Filipino workers in the offshore gaming industry, particularly if a comprehensive ban on operators is enacted.","focusai_entities":"Alice Guo, Risa Hontiveros, Sherwin Gatchalian, Francis Escudero, PAGCOR","focusai_location":"Philippines, Bamban, Tarlac","focusai_target_profile":"ceo_executive (0.9), regulator (0.95), compliance_legal (0.9), operator_casino (0.95), affiliate_publisher (0.75), marketing_crm (0.75), payments_fraud_aml (0.85), investor_analyst (0.9), supplier_vendor (0.9), journalist_researcher (0.95)","focusai_suggestions":[{"label":"POGO Ban Timeline?","query":"What is the projected legislative timeline for the proposed POGO ban, and what are the key milestones for stakeholder consultation and implementation of exit strategies for affected operators and suppliers?"},{"label":"Economic Impact Analysis?","query":"Has the Philippine government published a comprehensive economic impact assessment detailing the projected loss in GGR, NGR, and employment figures resulting from a complete POGO ban, and how does this compare to potential social benefits?"}],"footnotes":""},"categories":[154,16333],"tags":[20326],"class_list":["post-777017434","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-legislation-news","category-south-east-asia-news","tag-illegal-gambling"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777017434","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=777017434"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777017434\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":777017456,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777017434\/revisions\/777017456"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/21187"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=777017434"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=777017434"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=777017434"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}