The National Bureau of Investigation\u00a0director Jaime Santiago has urged Guo to surrender.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
The Philippines.- The National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) director Jaime Santiago has announced that a search is underway to locate Alice Guo,\u00a0the suspended mayor of Bamban<\/a>, Tarlac. An arrest order<\/a> was issued by the Senate on July 11, but the NBI says it has been unable to find Guo despite reported sightings in Bulacan before the issuance of the order.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Senate Pro Tempore Jinggoy Estrada has given the NBI and the Philippine National Police (PNP) two weeks to arrest Guo, warning of possible budgetary repercussions.\u00a0Guo has failed to attend sessions of the Department of Justice (DOJ) preliminary hearing on the human trafficking charges against her and other co-respondents.<\/p>\n\n\n\n During a press conference, Jaime Santiago said: “If mayor Alice is listening, no problem has no solution. She can talk and surrender to the senate, and attend hearings. Everything can be resolved, she is good at explaining. If I were her, coordinate with the Senate to end this. If Mayor Alice is listening, she would not be put at a disadvantage if she surrenders to me.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The National Bureau of Investigation\u00a0director Jaime Santiago has urged Guo to surrender.<\/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 National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) is actively searching for suspended Bamban Mayor Alice Guo following a Senate arrest order related to human trafficking charges. Despite reported sightings, she remains at large and has missed Department of Justice hearings, prompting NBI Director Jaime Santiago to publicly urge her surrender. The ongoing pursuit, with a two-week deadline from Senate Pro Tempore Jinggoy Estrada, underscores escalating legal and political pressure.","focusai_entities":"Alice Guo, Jaime Santiago, Jinggoy Estrada, National Bureau of Investigation (NBI), Senate, Philippine National Police (PNP), Department of Justice (DOJ)","focusai_location":"Philippines, Bamban, Tarlac, Bulacan","focusai_target_profile":"regulator (0.9), compliance_legal (0.85), investor_analyst (0.8), ceo_executive (0.75), supplier_vendor (0.7), journalist_researcher (0.9)","focusai_suggestions":[{"label":"POGO Regulatory Impact?","query":"What are the broader implications of this high-profile pursuit for the future of POGO licensing, regulatory compliance, and the overall governance framework for iGaming operations in the Philippines?"},{"label":"Investor Confidence Impact?","query":"How might the ongoing legal challenges involving public officials potentially linked to illicit activities affect investor confidence and capital allocation within the Philippine iGaming and broader capital markets?"}],"footnotes":""},"categories":[439,16333],"tags":[20326],"class_list":["post-777017733","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-legal-news","category-south-east-asia-news","tag-illegal-gambling"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777017733","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=777017733"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777017733\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":777017753,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777017733\/revisions\/777017753"}],"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=777017733"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=777017733"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=777017733"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}