Alice Guo
Alice Guo | |||||||||||||||||||
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郭華萍 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Mayor of Bamban, Tarlac | |||||||||||||||||||
| In office June 30, 2022 – August 13, 2024 Suspended since June 3, 2024 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Vice Mayor | Leonardo Anunciacion | ||||||||||||||||||
| Preceded by | Jose Antonio Feliciano | ||||||||||||||||||
| Succeeded by | Erano Timbang (acting) | ||||||||||||||||||
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| Born | Date and place disputed (see below) | ||||||||||||||||||
| Citizenship | Filipino (disputed since 2024; alleged to be actually Chinese) | ||||||||||||||||||
| Political party | Independent (until 2023; 2024–present) | ||||||||||||||||||
| Other political affiliations | NPC (2023–2024) | ||||||||||||||||||
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| Occupation | Businesswoman politician | ||||||||||||||||||
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| Traditional Chinese | 郭華萍 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 郭华萍 | ||||||||||||||||||
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Alice Leal Guo (Chinese: 郭華萍; pinyin: Guō Huápíng; Wade–Giles: Kuo1 Hua2-p'ing2; IPA: /kwo˥ xwa˧˥ pʰiŋ˧˥/) is a businesswoman and former politician in the Philippines who served as the mayor of the municipality of Bamban, Tarlac, from June 30, 2022, to August 13, 2024.
Guo was accused of being a Chinese spy and also faced investigations over her alleged involvement in illegal gambling and other criminal activities. In June 2024, she was suspended for up to six months as mayor by the Ombudsman after the Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) filed graft charges against her over alleged connections with Philippine Offshore Gaming Operator (POGO) activities in her municipality. She was dismissed by the Ombudsman on August 13, 2024. In a Senate Committee inquiry following raids in Bamban in 2023 and 2024, Guo was alleged by Senators Risa Hontiveros and Win Gatchalian to have links to illegal activities by POGOs. Her Filipino citizenship was also questioned, and was being investigated due to inconsistencies in her documents and testimony.
In July 2024, Guo's assets were frozen and an arrest order was issued for her. In August 2024, it was reported that Guo had already fled the Philippines on July 17 for Malaysia, and then traveled to Singapore, and finally to Indonesia, where she was arrested on September 3, 2024, and deported back to the Philippines on September 5, where she was detained under police custody. As of March 2025 she was on trial in six separate cases which could lead to decades in prison, and had been barred from running for public office again. She pleaded not guilty to human trafficking charges.