Alice Guo says she escaped Philippines by yacht
MANILA, Philippines (Updated 10:13 p.m.) — The “white boat” that dismissed Bamban, Tarlac Mayor Alice Guo and her companions used to flee the Philippines appears to be a yacht.
Alice’s purported sister, Shiela Guo, initially claimed they escaped on a “white boat,” which she suggested might have been a fishing boat. However, she was unable to provide concrete details about the vessel.
At a Senate hearing on Monday, September 9, Alice instead revealed that they had escaped on a yacht.
Sen. Risa Hontiveros, chair of the Committee on Women, Children, Family Relations, and Gender Equality, asked Alice who owned the yacht.
“Hindi ko po talaga alam (I really don’t know),” Alice responded.
“That is impossible!” Hontiveros exclaimed.
Alice later wrote down the name of the person who facilitated their escape via the yacht and handed it to the senators.
Upon reading the name, Senate President Pro Tempore Jinggoy Estrada stated that, according to his office’s information, the person is currently in Taiwan and possesses five passports.
In her statement at the hearing, Alice said they departed from a port in Metro Manila, though she could not specify which one. She shared that after boarding the yacht, they transferred to a larger boat.
While on the larger vessel, Alice could not recall exactly how long they traveled, but claimed that only she, Shiela, and Wesley Guo were on board.
A foreign woman, whose name Alice could not provide, confiscated their phones while they were on the boat. The three Guos then transferred once again, this time to a smaller boat.
Throughout the hearings, Alice, like Shiela, has consistently provided three types of responses: either she does not remember, she cannot disclose information due to an ongoing case, or she fears for her life.
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