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,...
Opposition Senator Leila de Lima is now seeking a Senate investigation into the reported raid conducted in Fort Ilocandia in Laoag, Ilocos Norte over alleged illegal online gambling activities within the resort hotel. De Lima said it is imperative for the Senate to probe into the continued...
The Department of Finance (DOF) said that China’s heightened crackdown on online gambling is the one forcing Philippine offshore gaming operations (POGO) to close shop, and not the government’s new tax measures. Finance Secretary Carlos G. Dominguez III said the exodus of Chinese-run online...
The Bureau of Immigration (BI) has deported a South Korean fugitive wanted in his own country for operating an illegal online gambling site on the Internet. (Photo by Simon Hattinga Verschure/ Unsplash) BI Commissioner Jaime Morente said that 44-year-old Park Junyoung has been flown to Incheon,...
Bureau of Immigration (BI) agents caught three Koreans in the act of operating online gaming sites in Pampanga--a no-no based on their country’s law against illegal gambling. (Photo from BI Facebook page) BI Commissioner Jaime Morente said members of the bureau’s fugitive search unit (FSU)...
Bureau of Immigration (BI) operatives have arrested three South Korean nationals who were wanted in their country for operating illegal online gambling sites. (Photo by Simon Hattinga / Unsplash) BI Commissioner Jaime Morente said Cho Chang Joo, 26; Beom Dawon, 26; and Hong Changwoo, 29 were nabbed...
