Who is Alice Guo, Bamban mayor suspected of being a Chinese asset?

TARLAC, Philippines –

During the hearing, Guo, 37, was questioned about her alleged involvement in the two illegal POGOs and the hub that accommodated them: Hongsheng Gaming Technology Incorporated and Zun Yuan Technology Incorporated, located in the Baofu Compound.

That would be putting it too simply, as far as Senator Sherwin Gatchalian, whose committee is jointly probing the Tarlac POGOs with Hontiveros’, is concerned. In an interview on ANC Headstart on Thursday, May 16, he said Guo’s business partner was a fugitive who escaped during the raid via tunnels in the 14 villas on the POGO complex.

Since she owned the land, she must have known the existence of those tunnels. Why would there be tunnels in the first place? 

The Senate also suspects that Zun Yuan could be a fake company since its incorporators could not be located. 

Personal life

Guo was born on July 7, 1986, but her birth was registered only 17 years later. She grew up on a farm, raising hogs with her father, Jian Zhong Guo, who adopted the Filipino name Angelito.

Guo claimed to have been homeschooled until high school, She has no school records, and

Guo, who is single, claims in her certificate of candidacy to have lived in the Philippines all her life. At the time of her electoral run, when she was 35 years old, she said she had been a resident of Bamban, specifically of Barangay Virgen delos Remedios, for 18 years and 2 months. 

In the registration records of her many companies, Guo listed two other residences: one in Marilao, Bulacan, and another in Valenzuela City, Metro Manila. 

During the Senate hearing, Guo said she did not grow up with her Filipino mother.

Electoral campaign

Guo ran for mayor in the 2022 election,

She managed the feat spending only P134,000 for her campaign, as declared in her Statement of Contributions and Expenditures (SOCE). The expenses went to gas, food, bottled water, printing and distribution of tarpaulins, and counsel fees. 

During the Senate hearing, Guo said the previous Duterte administration and her hog-raiser friends helped her in her mayoral campaign.

At least two sources sent Rappler a photo of a Chinese-language newspaper clipping, which has since made the rounds of social media, showing ad placements congratulating Guo for winning the mayoral race.

Businesses

Securities and Exchange Commission records showed that before Guo entered politics, she had been a businesswoman for some time. She has been an incorporator and a major shareholder of at least 11 companies since 2010.

Below are Guo’s companies and their registration dates with the SEC:

• QJJ Embroidery Center – August 27, 2010
• QJJ Group of Companies – July 23, 2012
• QJJ Meat Shops Incorporated – July 23, 2012
• QJJ Smelting Plant Incorporated – July 23, 2012
• QJJ Slaughter House Incorporated – July 24, 2012
• The Siopao Bulilits Foods Incorporated – December 2, 2014
• QSeed Genetics Incorporated – December 3, 2014
• 3Lin-Q Farm Incorporated – December 9, 2015
• Westcars Incorporated – March 16, 2016
• Con-Horq Summer Real Estate Group Incorporated – April 12, 2018
• RK-Q Land Development Incorporated – August 31, 2018

Luxury car and a helicopter

she owns a McLaren 620R,

The Tarlac provincial information office confirmed Guo’s ownership of a McLaren when it posted about her car winning an award during the Auto Motor Show organized by the municipality of Concepcion, another town in Tarlac, on December 11, 2023.

During the Senate hearing, senators got Guo to admit that she had owned a helicopter, which was sold to a British company in 2024, and that, despite her claim that she no longer owned Baofu, her Ford Expedition was still found within the compound.

Possible suspension, disqualification

– Rappler.com