Alice Guo is the mayor of Bamban, a nondescript town in the Philippines' rice-growing flood plains north of the capital Manila.
President Marcos: "No one knows her. We wonder where she came from, that's why we are investigating this, together with the Bureau of Immigration, because of the questions about her citizenship.”
Law enforcers had discovered that an online casino known locally as a Pogo in her town was really a front for a scam centre. Pogo stands for Philippine Offshore Gambling Operator whose clients include 
people.
She was found to have owned half of the land where the Pogo stood, just behind her office. She claims she sold the property before she ran for mayor two years ago.
Guo was also found to have a helicopter and a Ford Expedition registered under her name but like the land, she claims, these have been sold long ago.
Little is known about her background, which is unusual in rural Philippines, where local officials are often affiliated with political dynasties. She is only on her first term as an elected official.
Her birth certificate was registered with local authorities only when she turned 17.
Guo claims she was home schooled exclusively inside the family compound where they also raised pigs. However, she could not remember the name of her home school organisation and named only one of her teachers.
Her birth certificate indicates that her father is Filipino, but in business records, her father is identified as a Chinese citizen.
"Is Mayor Alice, and those like her with mysterious backgrounds, working as an asset for China? Planted in our country so that they will be able to influence Philippine politics?"
"It's hard to believe Bamban Mayor Alice Guo, when her answer to our questions is always 'I don't know' and she can't even remember where she lived.”
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She was found to have owned half of the land where the Pogo stood, just behind her office. She claims she sold the property before she ran for mayor two years ago.
Guo was also found to have a helicopter and a Ford Expedition registered under her name but like the land, she claims, these have been sold long ago.
Little is known about her background, which is unusual in rural Philippines, where local officials are often affiliated with political dynasties. She is only on her first term as an elected official.
Her birth certificate was registered with local authorities only when she turned 17.
Guo claims she was home schooled exclusively inside the family compound where they also raised pigs. However, she could not remember the name of her home school organisation and named only one of her teachers.
Her birth certificate indicates that her father is Filipino, but in business records, her father is identified as a Chinese citizen.
"Is Mayor Alice, and those like her with mysterious backgrounds, working as an asset for China? Planted in our country so that they will be able to influence Philippine politics?"
"It's hard to believe Bamban Mayor Alice Guo, when her answer to our questions is always 'I don't know' and she can't even remember where she lived.”
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