Three Chinese nationals who allegedly abducted a woman and sold her to a Philippine Offshore Gaming Operator (POGO) were arrested by Pasay City police in a series of operations early this week. Col. Byron Tabernilla, Pasay City police chief, identified the suspects as Jia He Zhang, 28; Yun Gao, 29;...
The Pasig City Council approved on third and final reading a landmark ordinance prohibiting online gambling and Philippine Offshore Gaming Operators or POGO-related operations and services in the city. All members of the 11th City Council agreed to pass Ordinance No. 49-2022, authored and sponsored...
Calls for the Senate to formalize its position on the Philippine Offshore Gaming Operators (POGOs) snowballed on Wednesday, December 14 after Sen. Grace Poe raised another abduction case involving this sector. Poe, in a privilege speech, narrated how a trusted friend told her two days ago how his...
The Philippine Amusement and Gaming Corporation (PAGCOR) on Wednesday, November 23 submitted to the Senate a copy of its road map which they plan to adopt to grow the Philippine Offshore Gaming Operations (POGOs) industry. This roadmap, according to the state gaming regulatory agency, will help...
CEBU CITY – Police arrested Friday, August 5, four South Koreans allegedly involved in illegal Philippine Offshore Gaming Operations (POGO) in a raid in Barangay Lahug here. The Criminal Investigation and Detection Group (CIDG) Lapu-Lapu City Field Unit identified the suspects as Kang Tae-wong,...
Four Chinese nationals, who were detained by their two fellow citizens and an Indonesians in a Philippine Offshore Gaming Operation (POGO) office, were rescued by police operatives in Parañaque City on Thursday, April 28. Brig. Gen. Jimili Macaraeg, Southern Police District (SPD) director,...
The Fiscal Incentives Review Board (FIRB) is planning to set uniform charges on registered Philippine Offshore Gaming Operations (POGO) with the investment promotion agencies (IPAs). Finance Assistant Secretary and FIRB Secretariat Head Juvy Danofrata said on Thursday, April 21, that they will look...
Parañaque City Mayor Edwin Olivarez said the new 15 active cases of Covid-19 recorded in Barangay Tambo are all Chinese nationals and working in the Philippine Offshore Gaming Operator (POGO) industry. Olivarez said the POGO workers were immediately brought to the city’s isolation facility for...
A Chinese employee of a Philippine Offshore Gaming Operators (POGO) was arrested for trying to evade his debt of P400,000 with a fellow Chinese on Monday, April 11, in Paranaque City. Col. Maximo Sebastian, Paranaque City police chief, identified the suspect as Zhang Yujun, 27. He is now detained...
The Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) recorded a decline in tax collection from Philippine Offshore Gaming Operations (POGO) last year following their exodus at the height of the pandemic. BIR Commissioner Caesar R. Dulay reported to the Department of Finance (DOF) that the bureau collected P3.91...
Three Chinese nationals were arrested by patrolling policemen when a fellow citizen whom they kidnapped screamed for help in Paranaque City on Tuesday night. Police identified the suspects as Zhao Lian, 40; Su Xiaoxi, 34; and Long Chen 33. They were charged with kidnapping and illegal detention and...
After shuttering several licensed Philippine Offshore Gaming Operations (POGO) in Cagayan, the Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) warned non-compliant online gaming licensees and their service providers to register and pay taxes or face closure. BIR PHOTO In a statement Wednesday, Feb. 23, the bureau...
