INQToday: Alice Guo to run for mayor in 2025 polls – legal counsel
Here’s a quick roundup of today’s top stories:
Dismissed Bamban mayor Alice Guo’s fraudulently acquired Philippine passport has been cancelled, the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) said.
The DFA confirmed this in a statement on Friday, saying it immediately acted on the matter upon the receipt of the certification issued by the National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) dated “24 August 2024 that the biometrics of Alice Leal Guo in the Passport Database match the biometrics of Chinese national Guo Hua Ping.”
Alice Guo, whose real name was revealed to be Guo Hua Ping during a congressional probe into Philippine offshore gaming operators (Pogos), will seek reelection as Bamban town mayor next year.
Guo’s lawyer, Stephen David, told reporters in a chance interview at the Department of Justice (DOJ) in Manila on Friday that his client will formalize his mayoral bid on October 8, the last day of certificate of candidacy (COC) filing for 2025 polls aspirants.
Article continues after this advertisementFormer Vice President Leni Robredo on Friday, Oct. 4, officially announced her candidacy for mayor of Naga City while unveiling the “Team Naga” slate for the 2025 elections.
Article continues after this advertisementAt a press briefing, Robredo, who has strong roots in Naga’s political scene, shared that the selection of her team’s candidates involved a series of consultations with city residents, various sectors, and local organizations.
Enrile: ‘I knew all along that I’ll be acquitted’
Former Senate president Juan Ponce Enrile said he knew all along that he will not be convicted in his plunder case before the Sandiganbayan.
He made this remark during an ambush interview on Friday, after the Sandiganbayan Special Third Division announced its acquittal verdict on him, his former aide Jessica Lucila “Gigi” Reyes, and Janet Napoles, who earned the moniker pork barrel scam queen.
Leaders from the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean) and the Republic of China are expected to discuss issues on the West Philippine Sea (WPS) in the 44th and 45th Asean Summits in Laos, officially the Lao People’s Democratic Republic, next week.
In a press briefing on Friday, Foreign Affairs Assistant Secretary Daniel Espiritu said Asean leaders and Chinese Prime Minister Li Qiang were scheduled to attend the Asean-China Summit set for October 10.
Headline inflation in September fell sharply to its lowest rate in more than four years, driven by a slower rise in costs for food, transport, housing, and utilities like water and electricity, the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) reported on Friday.
Preliminary data from the agency showed the consumer price index slowed to 1.9 percent year on year in September, easing from and 6.1 percent in 2023.
