Rappler/Joann Manabat Bamban Municipal Hall as it was during Guo's time as mayor "Alice was beautiful ... and returned to the Philippines. Getty Images Guo appeared several times before Senators ...

In early 2022, residents of the rural Philippine town of Bamban, north of Manila, gathered for the mayoral campaign rally of a plucky young woman named Alice ... that as mayor, Guo had arranged ...

who really is Alice Guo? The mayor everyone seemed to love Guo says she came to local politics from the pig-farming business, having managed her family's commercial piggery for several years.