Senator Joseph Victor “JV” Ejercito on Thursday, September 21 expressed hope the Senate would be amenable to a longer phaseout period for Philippine Offshore Gaming Operators (POGOs). Ejercito, one of the senators who signed the committee report on the Senate measure that seeks to...
Senator Grace Poe has called on the Senate to investigate why text scams continued to proliferate even after the enactment into law of the SIM Registration Act. Sen. Grace Poe (Senate PRIB Photo) Poe said the Upper Chamber should also look into its possible link into the reported use...
Senate Deputy Minority Leader Risa Hontiveros on Tuesday, August 15 scored the Philippine Amusement and Gaming Corporation (Pagcor) over its failure to collect P2.2-billion worth of unpaid dues that a certain Philippine Offshore Gaming Operator (POGO) firm owes the government. Sen....
The Philippine Amusement and Gaming Corporation (PAGCOR) on Wednesday, August 2 assured legislators they are moving to address the gaps in its inspection of Philippine Offshore Gaming Operators (POGOs). Sen. Risa Hontiveros, head of the Senate Committee on Women, Children, Family Relations and...
Senators on Wednesday, August 2, grilled members of the Philippine National Police’s Anti-Cybercrime Group (PNP-ACG) over the alleged lapses in the raid they conducted on a Philippine Offshore Gaming Operator (POGO) hub in Las Piñas City last June. Senators Raffy Tulfo and Risa Hontiveros grill...
Police are now working with the Bureau of Immigration (BI) for the repatriation of all the more than 1,200 foreigners who were rescued in a raid in an alleged Philippine Offshore Gaming Operators (POGO) hub in Las Piñas City last month. Police Brig. Gen. Sidney Hernia, director of the Philippine...
The Philippine National Police (PNP) wants to have more active role in the conduct of inspections of all the Philippine Offshore Gaming Operators (POGOs) in the country following the challenges faced by its Anti-Cybercrime Group (ACG) when the Las Piñas raids were conducted last month. PNP-ACG...
Four of the foreigners who were rescued by the Philippine National Police (PNP) in the raids on a suspected Philippine Offshore Gaming Operator (POGO) hub in Las Piñas City turned out to be fugitives from China. Police Capt. Michelle Sabino, spokesperson of the PNP-Anti-Cybercrime Group, said...
The Philippine National Police (PNP) said Friday, June 30, that it will conduct an impartial investigation to determine whether there were lapses on the part of cops who conducted a raid on a Philippine Offshore Gaming Operator (Pogo) hub in Las Piñas City recently. *Philippine National Police...
The Inter-Agency Council Against Trafficking (IACAT) has confirmed that among the modus committed by “scam hubs” is being registered as a “legitimate” Philippine Offshore Gaming Operator (POGO) business or a service provider for POGOs. Justice Undersecretary Nicholas Felix Ty, who...
The Philippine Amusement Gaming Corp. (PAGCOR) earned the ire of some senators on Tuesday, May 30 after it admitted responsibility for the glaring lapses in the implementation of their regulations on Philippine Offshore Gaming Operators (POGOs). Sen. Risa Hontiveros presides over Senate Committee on...
Senator Risa Hontiveros on Monday, May 8 said she is pleased to see and hear that the hearings being conducted by the Senate Committee on Women, Children, Family Relations and Gender Equality on the various human trafficking and abuses “have been hearing fruit.” Hontiveros, who heads the said...
