With baited breath, the more than 45,000 registered voters in Bamban, Tarlac, are awaiting news if their dismissed Bamban Mayor Alice Leal Guo will file her Certificate of Candidacy (COC) today, May 8, the last day for filing of COCs for the May 2025 polls.
Guo is still favored to win in this town despite her involvement in the Bamban POGO, which is still legal at the time of the raid in Zun Yuan Technology last March 13, 2024. President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. in his recent State of the Nation Address (SOCA) had already banned POGO operations in the country due to their social costs such as human trafficking, kidnapping, torture, and various scams. — By AP San Pedro