00:00A number of senators, especially those who put in much work and time in the oversight process,
00:05celebrated former Bamban-Taylap Mayor Alice Guo's conviction,
00:09hailing the swift carriage of justice and the overall triumph of the rule of law.
00:14Senators Ondeveros and Gachalian, whose detective work on her background was without peer,
00:19said her conviction validates the expulsion of pogos from the country
00:22and how cheating the system almost always never succeeds.
00:26Our Luisa Erisbe has more.
00:30After Alice Guo, former Bamban-Taylap Mayor, was found guilty by a Pasig Regional Trial Court
00:37for qualified human trafficking in person and was sentenced to reclusion perpetua,
00:42senators believe this is a huge victory for justice and for Filipinos.
00:46According to Senator Risa Honteveros,
00:49this is a sign that perpetrators no longer have a place to commit such crimes in the country.
00:54The conviction of Alice Guo, a.k.a. Guo Huaping, is a victory against corruption.
01:00Human trafficking, cybercrime, and many other transnational crimes.
01:04Ngayon, hindi na sila makakaulit.
01:07It can also be said that a Senate investigation led to a conviction and total ban of Pogo.
01:12This Senate investigation delivered unprecedented results.
01:17It helped secure a presidential executive order banning pogos,
01:20provided evidence towards a guilty verdict, sending a criminal to prison for life,
01:25and contributed in the passage of the anti-Pogo law of 2025.
01:30I am proud to consider it one of the most consequential Senate inquiries of my life's work so far.
01:36Sen. Baum Aquino also applauded the fast resolution of the case,
01:41and he hoped the same procedure will be used in resolving the issue on flood control in the country.
01:47Well, maganda na mabilis yung hostisya,
01:49at inaasahan natin na hindi na gagaya yung ibang mga sindikato
01:53kung ganito kabilis yung hostisya pagating dito sa issue ng mga Pogo.
01:57Sana lang kung gaano kabilis ito,
01:59ganon din kabilis ma-resolve yung mga issues natin pagating sa flood control.
02:03For Sen. Wingat Shalyan, this is simply a message
02:06that neither Filipinos nor foreign nationals can take advantage of the country to commit a crime.
02:12May this be the start to amplify the implementation of Pogo ban and fight against online scams.
02:19Luisa Erispe from the National TV Network for a New and Better Philippines.
