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Digging a deeper probe: Deputy Minority Leader Risa Hontiveros continues the eighth hearing of the Committee on Women, Children, Family Relations, and Gender Equality to dig deeper and unearth more information on the identity of Bamban Mayor Alice Guo who was allegedly involved in scam hub operation. During Wednesday’s hearing, May 22, 2024, Hontiveros reminded that the hearing will never be about the race, whether Filipinos or foreigners, neither a status in the society, but it is about pursuing the truth. “Let me also take this opportunity to remind all of us: racism is never justified. The Philippines must remain open and dependable to people who follow our law and have no ill intentions, whether Filipinos or foreigners,” Hontiveros said. “But if they are admitting fugitives, if they conspire with money launderers, if they try to run for public office knowing that they have disqualification, if they are working against our national security, we as elected officials will become a failure as a public servant if we will not investigate it,” she added. (Bibo Nueva España/Senate PRIB)