Hearing on cancellation of Alice Guo's birth certificate set in September —SolGen

The Regional Trial Court in Tarlac City is set to hear the petition seeking to cancel suspended Bamban, Tarlac Mayor Alice Guo's birth certificate in September, Solicitor General Menardo Guevarra said at a Senate hearing.

"It has been raffled, your honor, and the hearing of this petition has been set sometime in September. I think September 18 if I'm not mistaken and the court has requested the Office of the Solicitor General to assist the process server of the court to serve the necessary summonses and notices to the parties concerned," Gueverra said.

Guevarra made the statement as Senator Risa Hontiveros requested updates on OSG's petition to cancel Guo's birth certificate that was filed earlier this month.

In its petition, the OSG said the legal requirements for late registration were not complied with, citing the absence of supporting documents.

The OSG also said that it was Guo's father, Angelito, who registered her birth certificate in November 2005, though she was already 19 years old at the time.

Under NSO Administrative Order No. 1-93, a person who is at least 18 years old must personally apply for the late registration of his or her birth, making Guo's case a ''clear violation of the mandatory rule,'' the OSG said.

Aside from this, Guevarra said there were “glaring inconsistencies” between the entries in her birth certificate and information in other public records.

On her birth certificate, her parents were called Angelito Guo and Amelia Leal and both were declared “Filipinos.” The Philippine Statistics Authority, however, said it had no birth records of Guo’s supposed parents.

Neither the local civil registry office nor the PSA had any records of their marriage, the OSG added.

Apart from the petition to cancel Guo's birth certificate, the OSG also filed a quo warrant case against the suspended Bamban mayor earlier today.

The National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) earlier confirmed that Guo and Chinese passport holder Guo Hua Ping have the same fingerprints.

In the Guo family's Special Investor's Resident Visa (SIRV), Lin Wen Yi is also the registered mother of Chinese passport holder Guo Hua Ping.

The NBI also confirmed that Guo’s brother, Wesley Leal Guo, has the same fingerprints as Chinese citizen Guo Xiang Dan.—LDF, GMA Integrated News