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File photoon datedA4) July 27, 2016 shows President Duterte during a National Security Council meeting attended by four former presidents (Story including (from left) Joseph Estrada, Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo, Fidel V. Ramos and Benigno Aquino III. Presidential Spokesman Harry
AUG. INFLATION DOWN TO LOWEST LEVEL TO 3.3 % — PSA
BUSINESS / B1
Roque says Malacanang is inclined to ask the four ex-presidents to attend a meeting on issues besetting the West Philippine Sea. NSC file
KL TO PUSH SCS OIL, GAS SEARCH
‘POGO chief an ex-Chinese police officer’
WORLD / A6
CA NULLIFIES TPO FOR KOJC NEWS / A2
By Maricel Cruz and Macon Ramos Araneta
VOL. XXXVIII • NO. 203• 3 SECTIONS 16 PAGES • P20 •FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 6, 2024 •
Fugitive ex-mayor Guo brought back to Manila Faces 1,218 years jail term for money laundering charges
HE IS the top executive of Whirlwind Corporation – the firm that leased land to the Lucky South 99 POGO hub raided in Porac, Pampanga. He is also the godfather of Cassandra Li Ong who helped her and dismissed Bamban Mayor Alice Guo flee the country on July 17. And in his past life, Duanren Wu was a former Chinese police officer. Wu is a crucial piece in the matrix of illegal operations of POGO hubs in the Philippines that involve crimes such as human trafficking, scams and money-laundering. Next page
By Macon Ramos-Araneta, Joel Zurbano, Vince Lopez and Pot Chavez
ISMISSED Bamban Mayor Alice Guo was brought back to the Philippines early Friday dawn after she was arrested by Indonesian authorities in Tangerang City.
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Chartered flight RP-C6188, which carried Guo, Interior Secretary Benhur Abalos Jr., Philippine National Police chief Gen. Rommel Marbil, and officials of the National Bureau of Investigation landed at a private hangar operated by Royal Star Aviation Inc. at Villamor Airbase in Pasay City at 1:10 a.m. Guo will be brought to the PNP headquarters in Camp Crame for booking before she can be turned over to the Senate. “Secretary, please help me. I have a death threat,” were Guo's first words when she met Abalos in Jakarta on Thursday. Next page
IN CUSTODY. Dismissed Bamban, Tarlac Mayor
Alice Guo steps out of the chartered private plane shortly after arriving from Indonesia. Guo was escorted back to the country by Interior Secretary Benhur Abalos and PNP chief Gen. Rommel Marbil. Inset photo shows a smiling Guo having a groupie with NBI agents. Screengrab from Bureau of Immigration video/ NBI
Guo listens as Sec. Abalos assures her she is safe in the hands of authorities.
ERC chair Dimalanta suspended for misconduct, abusing authority By Rio N. Araja THE Office of the Ombudsman ordered up to six months of preventive suspension on Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC) chairperson Monalisa Dimalanta in connection with Manila Electric Company’s purchase of power from the Wholesale Electricity
Spot Market (WESM) and subsequent unauthorized billing of consumers. The decision, which was handed down on Thursday, arose from a complaint filed against Dimalanta by the National Association of Electricity Consumers for Reforms Inc. (Nasecore). Next page
BPSF IN DAVAO CITY. Speaker Ferdinand Martin G. Romualdez leads the formal opening of the Bagong Pilipinas Serbisyo Fair ( BPSF) at University of Southeastern Philippines and Cultural Center Campus Gymnasium yesterday in Davao City. The program delivers services and assistance packages of 38 participating government agencies. Among those present at the event are Senator "Ramon" Bong Revilla Jr., more than 200 district and partylist House members led by Senior Deputy Speaker Aurelio "Dong" Gonzales Jr.and other local government officials of the province. Ver Noveno
Enteng’s infra Marcos names Chavez as PCO chief damage reaches By Charles Dantes P139m—DPWH
By Vito Barcelo
FESTIVAL DANCE. Champion mode on! Barangay Carmen festival dancers dazzled the shoppers at SM CDO Downtown and SM City CDO Uptown with their colorful and energetic performances Celebrate Vibrant Higalaay with us!
DAMAGE to infrastructure in Luzon and Visayas due to typhoon “Enteng” reached more than P139 million, the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH). Next page
PRESIDENT Ferdinand Marcos named Senior Undersecretary for Strategic Communications Cesar Chavez as the administration's new communication's secretary vice Cheloy Garafil. Garafil is set to lead the Manila Economic and Cultural Office (MECO) in Taiwan replacing Silvestre Bello III. The newly minted Presidential
Communications Office (PCO) Secretary outlined his vision for the agency during a press briefing on Thursday, emphasizing clear and timely communication, particularly during emergencies. Chavez said a digital hotline had been set up, integrating the Office of the Executive Secretary, Office of Civil Defense, Presidential Management Staff, PAGASA, Department of the Interior and Local Government Next page