MANILA, Philippines — Dismissed Bamban, Tarlac mayor Alice Guo is expected to attend the resumption of the hearing by the Senate committee on women, children, family relations, and gender equality led by Sen. Risa Hontiveros today, Tuesday. Alice, her sister Shiela and business partner Cassandra Li Ong are all under government custody amid their alleged involvement in the illegal activities of Philippine Offshore Gaming Operators (POGOs), among others. They were arrested separately in Indonesia after fleeing the country in July following the issuance of arrest orders by the Senate for their refusal to attend the hearings. Ong has informed her lawyer, Ferdinand Topacio, that she would no longer attend the hearings and would rather go to jail. In a speech at the start, Hontiveros said that they were getting "closer to the truth." "Our hearing on this complicated matter is about to end, and I believe we are getting closer to the truth. I want to share what we have achieved so far: We have identified gaps in border control, the system of granting visas, law enforcement, and birth registration, and now, the government agencies are acting on these aspects, Hontiveros said in her opening statement. "Our hearings have allowed us to craft an amendment to the AFASA Law—accepted and passed into law—that allows seized assets to be used for victim protection even before the finality of the case," she added. AFASA is the Anti-Financial Account Scamming law. "We have exposed the rottenness of POGO, which led to the President's (Ferdinand Marcos Jr.) declaration to ban it forever. We are also crafting amendments to the Expanded Anti-Trafficking in Persons Act to add 'forced criminality' to the definition of human trafficking," Hontiveros said.