The Senate investigation began in May after authorities raided a casino in Guo’s sleepy farming town of Bamban in March, uncovering what authorities said were scams perpetrated from a facility built on land partially owned by the former mayor. MANILA, Aug 21 (Reuters) – Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr said on Wednesday his government was investigating how Alice Guo, a former town mayor accused of ties with Chinese criminal syndicates, managed to flee the country.
“Those responsible will be suspended and will be held accountable to the fullest extent of the law.” “We will expose the culprits who have betrayed the people’s trust and aided in her flight,” Marcos said in a statement. The official did not immediately respond when asked if Guo was still in Indonesia. An Indonesian immigration official who declined to be named because he is not authorised to speak to the media confirmed that Guo entered the country on Aug.
For more on online casino visit our web-page. 18 at 1:13 pm [0513 GMT]. Guo’s case comes at a time of growing Philippine suspicion about China’s activities following an increasingly tense dispute over reefs and shoals in the busy waterway of the South China Sea, where both nations have overlapping claims. “Verifying every signature on multiple initiative petitions this summer has been a very long process for election officials and we realize mistakes happen,” the group said in a statement.
“However, ORGC has always been confident their initiative petition contained a sufficient number of valid signatures from legal voters to qualify for placement on the November 5, 2024, general election ballot and are now asking the Court to do so.” (1 = 0.9155 euros) (Reporting by Aleksandar Vasovic in Belgrade and Stevo Vasiljevic in Kotor; Editing by Helen Popper) In neighbouring Croatia, the UNESCO-listed resort of Dubrovnik introduced a “Respect The City” plan in 2017, capping the number of cruise visitors to 4,000 at any given time.
KOTOR, Montenegro, Aug 9 (Reuters) – A UNESCO World Heritage Site nestled on the edge of a picturesque Adriatic bay, the town of Kotor in Montenegro is struggling to cope with a surge in tourism that is clogging its narrow streets and raising environmental concerns. “The life of our neighbours is becoming increasingly difficult during the tourist season,” said Jovan Ristic, director of the local tourist organisation, who backs an increase in the cruise ship visitor fee.
Many visitors arrive on the hundreds of boats, yachts, and cruise ships that dock daily in Kotor’s harbour, leading some people to call for a hike in the 1-euro ($1.09) fee that visitors from cruise ships are charged to enter the town. The number of annual cruise ship arrivals has risen steadily over the past decade, with about 500 expected this year. On Wednesday alone, four cruise ships carrying about 5,000 tourists moored in the town, which featured in the 2006 James Bond film “Casino Royale”.