MANILA, Dec. 3 -- The Bureau of Jail Management and Penology (BJMP) on Wednesday confirmed it has received the commitment order to transfer dismissed Bamban, Tarlac mayor Alice Guo from the Pasig City Jail Female Dormitory to the Correctional Institution for Women (CIW) in Mandaluyong City.

"We will transfer (her) within the week," BJMP spokesperson Jail Supt. Jayrex Bustinera told the Philippine News Agency in a phone interview, but declined to elaborate for security reasons.

Guo will be transferred after being sentenced to life imprisonment by a Pasig Regional Trial Court for qualified trafficking.

The CIW previously said Guo and her two cohorts, Jaimielyn Santos Cruz and Rachelle Joan Malonzo Carreon, upon their arrival, will underg...