00:00Mayor Alice Goh's response to the Senate hearing yesterday is still vague.
00:05It's like asking her about the huge amount of money that went in and out of her bank accounts.
00:12And with that, we have Senator Sherwin Gatchalian. Good morning to you, Senator.
00:17Good morning. Good morning to our listeners.
00:19First of all, let's hear from Alice Goh about who deposited the huge amount of checks in her account.
00:26Do you have any information about that money?
00:30Based on your own sources, Senator.
00:33We have information, but we are still validating it with different government agencies like AMLOC.
00:42We are making sure that our information is correct and accurate.
00:47But the facts here are that P1.9 billion went into her personal bank accounts.
00:55P600 million is cash. It means that cash was deposited there.
01:00And the remaining P1.2 to P1.3 billion was deposited as checks.
01:06Now, we are looking for who deposited it.
01:09If we follow the money trail, we can also follow the huge mastermind who is involved in Pogo Hub in Bambang.
01:20Based on your documents and the amount you mentioned,
01:24is it true that the huge amount of money went into Alice Goh's accounts when Pogo Hub was being built in Bambang?
01:32That's right. It went in about one or two years ahead.
01:35Because of the construction of these buildings, you need to plan, you need to buy materials.
01:41We saw that around 2018, the money started going in.
01:45And not only in her bank account, we also saw it in different family corporations like QJJ Farm, QJJ Embroidery, QSeed Genetics.
01:58These are the corporations that she uses as a front for the construction of Pogo.
02:06Farm and Embroidery is not really a farm and embroidery business.
02:12Her bigger business is Pogo Hub.
02:14And it's easy to conceal because she's the mayor there.
02:19Correct. She's the mayor and she's also the president of these companies.
02:22And we saw that these companies used the money as a conduit for the construction of Pogo Hub.
02:30Senator, did you notice any changes in these transactions when Alice Goh became the mayor?
02:36We saw her continuous payment of various expenses of Pogo Hub.
02:41We also saw yesterday the payment of electricity.
02:45She didn't pay for electricity from 2022 to 2024.
02:51She, as a mayor, paid for Pogo Hub's electricity.
02:56Even though Pogo Hub's license is no longer valid.
02:59Because Pagcor's Pogo Hub license was cancelled several times.
03:04She still continues to pay for electricity.
03:07And as a mayor, she should have cancelled the business permit.
03:10But instead, she continues to pay for electricity.
03:17That's why Pogo Hub, even though it's illegal, she continues to do illegal things.
03:23Senator, before Alice Goh was arrested,
03:27there were rumors that rogue cops might have helped her.
03:32But Pagcor's Senior Vice President Raul Villanueva
03:35mentioned yesterday that they received information from the intelligence community
03:40that a former PNP chief helped Goh to escape.
03:44And Goh has been detained for a month.
03:47Did you receive this kind of information?
03:49This is the first time I heard this from General Villanueva of Pagcor.
03:54That's why we are asking her to pursue this validation and investigation.
04:01Personally, this is the first time I heard this yesterday.
04:06But this information is important if it's true.
04:09Validation is important.
04:11It's important to get the details, especially the name.
04:15Because she didn't give the name yesterday,
04:18we can't determine who she is.
04:21But we will consult with her.
04:24And if she needs an executive session, we will have an executive session.
04:28Obviously, this information is important.
04:32But how many PNP chiefs are there?
04:35If ever, it's easy to find out, right?
04:38Correct. It's easy to find out.
04:41And there's a basis to what she's saying.
04:44Because during our executive session before,
04:46there was information that there are government officials
04:51and enforcement officials connected to POGO.
04:57But it's important to have this kind of information, the validation.
05:03We don't want the PNP to be contaminated with information that is still incomplete.
05:10So you will wait for her to request for an executive session?
05:13You won't say, let's just have an executive session
05:16so that she can release the information there?
05:19No. It's important that this information comes from her.
05:22Because if it comes from her, it means that she has valid information.
05:26Based on her statement yesterday, it's still very raw, her information.
05:33That's why we're asking her to pursue this.
05:36She's the one with the connection, she's the one with the network.
05:39Pursue this.
05:40And if it's clear who this person is,
05:44we can give her an executive session so that we can get more details.
05:50With regards to the possible connection between Alice Guo and Sual Pangasinan Mayor Liceldo Don Calugay,
05:56how strong is the evidence that they are both connected to illegal POGO?
06:01That's what the committee is pursuing.
06:05For me, the most important thing is the connection between Mayor Calugay and POGO,
06:11the connection between Mayor Calugay and the escape of Guo Hoping,
06:15and the cover-up of his escape.
06:18That's what's being established now.
06:23Aside from Alice Guo, the birth certificate of Cassandra Leong is also questionable.
06:28What will be the outcome of this by the Senate?
06:30We saw that one year after her birth certificate,
06:36she also had a late registration,
06:38and one year after she had a late registration,
06:42so we are still looking into this,
06:46because we know the pattern of late registration used by Filipino PECs because it's easy to get.
06:54So we are still establishing if there is an anomaly or irregularity in her late registration.
07:02But the good thing here is that the PSA was alerted, so they are investigating it now.
07:06We will continue to report to you and look forward to the Senate hearing.
07:09Thank you very much Senator Sherwin Gatchalian.
07:11For the information you gave us and for your time. Good morning.
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