Several women in Bulacan appealed to the Central Luzon police to stop the illegal gambling activities happening in amusement parks and fairs or "peryahan" in the province saying that their husbands and children are getting addicted to gambling. The women said they used to feel happy whenever a...
CEBU CITY — Suspected shabu worth P7.1-million was seized while more than 100 drug suspects were arrested in simultaneous police operations in Central Visayas on Sunday, Dec. 18. A total of 107 anti-illegal drug operations were conducted in the region-wide police operations dubbed as Simultaneous...
Operatives of the Police Regional Office 7 (PRO7) confiscated more than P4 million worth of illegal drugs and arrested 100 people in a one-day anti-illegal drugs operations in Central Visayas. PRO7 director Brig. Gen. Roderick Augustus Alba said a total of 627 grams of shabu worth P4.2 million were...
But first a word on responsibility Speak out the word “Sugal” or gambling in this country and you would see heads turn and eyebrows furrow, showing disapproval. But then again, one may ask, is there such a thing responsible gambling? While the moralist would have great disdain for what is...
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...
CAMP BGEN. VICENTE LIM, Laguna -- Twenty-one individuals were arrested in separate police operations conducted by Laguna Police Intelligence Unit, San Pedro City Police Station and Biñan City Police Station against illegal gambling on Monday, Dec. 12, Police Regional Office CALABARZON (Cavite,...
Camarines Sur 2nd district Rep. LRay Villafuerte wants the Department of Information and Communications Technology (DICT) to spearhead an operation against illegal gambling sites together with the National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) and the Philippine Amusement and Gaming Corp. (PAGCOR)....
CEBU CITY -- Six alleged gamblers were arrested in Cebu as police authorities kept their relentless campaign against illegal gambling in Central Visayas. Arrested in San Fernando town, southern Cebu were Reynaldo Villasurda 57; Lowela Campaña 41; and Timoteo Baruman, 46. In Tabogon, northern Cebu,...
Senator Sherwin Gatchalian on Wednesday, November 23 said he is considering amending the Philippine Amusement and Gaming Corporation’s (PAGCOR) Charter to pave way for the creation of another agency that would be in charge of gambling operations in the Philippines As of now, Gatchalian said it is...
IMUS CITY, Cavite – Authorities here arrested 45 individuals allegedly involved in illegal gambling, particularly pigeon racing, on Saturday, Nov. 19. The Cavite Police Provincial Office said the Imus City Police Station (CPS) received a report from a concerned citizen about illegal pigeon...
CEBU CITY – More than 1000 individuals were arrested during a month-long intensified campaign by the police against illegal gambling in Central Visayas. Most of the 1,147 arrested individuals arrested in October were involved in unauthorized small town lottery (STL) operations. Col. Rommel...
CAMP OLIVAS, City of San Fernando, Pampanga – Police arrested 61 persons in anti-illegal gambling operations conducted in Central Luzon over the weekend. Several illegal gambling paraphernalia, including bet money, were seized. Aurora police apprehended six persons while playing card games. Four...