Speaker Lord Allan Velasco formally opened on Monday, July 26 the third and final regular session of the 18th Congress with a vow that the House of Representatives is ready to make “one last big push” for the passage of the remaining legislative priorities of the Duterte administration. House...
Albay 2nd District Representative Joey Salceda said on Tuesday, July 20, that Speaker Lord Allan Velasco is amenable to the House of Representatives adopting the Senate's version of the fiscal regime for Philippine offshore gaming operators (POGOs). The House Ways and Means Committee chairman said...
President Duterte said he has tempered his opposition to gambling because the country was running out of funds to address the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic. President Rodrigo Duterte (Malacañang) Duterte made the statement as he led a meeting with executives of the ruling PDP-Laban...
The POGO (Philippine Offshore Gaming Operators) exodus continues and the once bustling Chinese-run industry that filled high rise office buildings with young Chinese workforce now only accounts for 2.8 percent of office portfolio in Metro Manila”, according to a study. John Corpus,...
A Chinese POGO (Philippine offshore gaming operator) worker who was allegedly abducted by six suspects was rescued by the police in Parañaque City on Thursday afternoon, June 17. Philippine National Police (PNP) Chief Gen. Guillermo Eleazar said five Chinese suspects and a Filipino cohort were...
The House Committee on Justice on Tuesday, June 15, tackled the application of two businessmen engaged in offshore gambling for naturalization. House of Representatives (MANILA BULLETIN File photo/Alvin Kasiban) 1-PACMAN Party-List Representative Enrico Pineda pushed for the approval of his two...
Three kidnapped Chinese nationals were rescued by members of the Manila Police District (MPD) during a follow-up operation in Makati City, police said Thursday. Screenshot from video of MPD CIDU Chief PMaj. Rommel Anicete / MANILA BULLETIN Police identified the rescued victims as Zhen Xiao, 24; Gao...
The Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) should collect the P40-billion in unpaid franchise taxes of Philippine Offshore Gaming Operators or POGOs and they should leave the country once they’ve paid. Senator Risa Hontiveros made the call as she stressed that the social costs that came along with the...
President Duterte has certified as urgent the Senate bill that seeks to allow the government to enforce improved tax collection on Philippine Offshore Gaming Operators (POGOs). President Duterte (File photo/Malacañang) In a statement, Presidential Spokesman Harry Roque confirmed that Duterte...
Anti-kidnapping operatives of the Philippine National Police (PNP) rescued a 27-year old Chinese in a raid in a hotel in Pasay City where three of his captors were arrested. Col. Rudolph Dimas, director of the PNP Anti-Kidnapping Group (AKG), said victim Sun Xiao Lin was kept inside a room in a...
A Chinese man was rescued by members of the Parañaque City Police after he was allegedly kidnapped by two fellow citizens and four Filipinos, police said on Saturday. Police identified the suspects as Chen Shiduan, 47; Chen Lianxing, 37; Joseph Cardona, 52; Benidecto Manicad, 48; Raphael Milanag,...
Two Chinese workers of the Philippine Offshore Gaming Operators (POGO) and a Filipino were arrested for their involvement in the kidnapping of a Chinese Information Technology expert in Parañaque City. Maj. Gen. Vicente Danao, Jr., director of the National Capital Region Police Office (NCRPO),...
