Suspended Bamban, Tarlac Mayor Alice Guo (INQUIRER file photo / GRIG C. MONTEGRANDE)
MANILA, Philippines 鈥� Suspended Bamban, Tarlac Mayor Alice Guo is skipping the Senate panel on women鈥檚 Wednesday hearing on the Philippine Offshore Gaming Operators (Pogos).
An official guest list provided by the Senate panel showed that the embattled mayor would be absent from the probe.
In a text message to 黑料社, Atty. Stephen David, Guo鈥檚 legal counsel, explained why she would not attend the public hearing.
鈥淪he is not feeling okay. She is sick and stressed,鈥� said David.
Guo has been scrutinized after the Senate committee on women bared her alleged ties to Zun Yuan Technology Inc., an illegal Pogo hub in Bamban.
Guo, however, repeatedly denied all accusations against her, including being an alleged spy of China.
Earlier, the Office of the Ombudsman placed Guo under a six-month preventive suspension without pay over her alleged ties to听 Pogo operations, and there were questions concerning her citizenship.
听A non-bailable offense of was also filed before the Department of Justice against Guo over her 鈥渓ink鈥� to illegal Pogo.