Instead of boosting the Philippine economy, the recently banned offshore gaming industry exposed the country's systemic vulnerabilities, including money laundering, human trafficking, and espionage, according to the Stratbase Institute. "The POGO (Philippine Offshore Gaming Operator) phenomenon,...
The Presidential Anti-Organized Crime Commission (PAOCC) said Sunday, Dec. 15, that they will crack down and close the remaining 20 Philippine Offshore Gaming Operators (POGOs) still operating as the deadline for their closure looms. POGO hub in Porac, Pampanga (Photo courtesy of PAOCC via...
Surigao del Norte 2nd district Rep. Robert Ace Barbers (Ellson Quismorio/ MANILABULLETIN) The next House quad-comm hearing won't happen until January next year, but overall chairman Surigao del Norte 2nd district Rep. Robert Ace Barbers is already...
Carry out smaller but multiples operations against existing Philippine Offshore Gaming Operators (POGOs) in the country. President Ferdinand 'Bongbong' Marcos Jr. (MANILA BULLETIN | Mark Balmores) President Marcos made this directive to law enforcement and anti-corruption entities on Thursday, Dec....
After winding down large Philippine Offshore Gaming Operators (POGO), the government's next crackdown would be on the small-time POGO hubs. POGO hub in Bamban, Tarlac (Photo courtesy of the Presidential Anti-Organized Crime Commission) By January, the government is expecting to run after small POGO...
Surigao del Norte 2nd district Rep. Robert Ace Barbers (Ellson Quismorio/ MANILABULLETIN) The House quad-committee (quad-comm) plans to end 2024 with a bang by inviting the alleged "King of kings" of Philippine Offshore Gaming Operators (POGOs) to...
(Unsplash) Davao del Norte 2nd district Rep. Alan “Aldu” Dujali filed on Monday, Dec. 9, a resolution batting for an immediate investigation into certain provincial officials' alleged involvement with illegal Philippine offshore gaming...
DAVAO CITY – Fifty-nine workers of an illegal Philippine Offshore Gaming Operator (POGO) hub were arrested during a raid in a warehouse in Purok 6 New Malitbog, Barangay Manay, Panabo City, Davao del Norte before dawn on Friday, Dec. 6. AN illegal POGO hub was raided in Panabo City on Dec. 6....
The Bureau of Immigration (BI) should identify at the soonest possible time who helped former presidential spokesperson Harry Roque escaped the country undetected, two senators on Wednesday, December 4 said. Sen. Risa Hontiveros, head of the Senate Committee on Women, Children, Family...
Over 20,000 foreign workers of Philippine Offshore Gaming Operators (POGO) are still in the country, the Bureau of Immigration (BI) said on Monday, Dec. 2. BI Commissioner Joel Anthony Viado reminded that foreign POGO workers who are still in the country should leave by the end of this year. Viado...
The Presidential Anti-Organized Crime Commission (PAOCC) has revealed that they are now supporting 15 young children, who are mostly infants and toddlers, after their foreign fathers got deported for working at illegal Philippine Offshore Gaming Operator (POGO) hubs in the country. PAOCC executive...
Michael Yang, former president Rodrigo Duterte’s former economic adviser, is clearly a central figure in Chinese intelligence operations in the Philippines, Senator Risa Hontiveros said on Tuesday, November 26. Hontiveros made the remark during the Senate Committee on Women, Children,...
