CEBU CITY – Lapu-Lapu City lone district Rep. Junard “Ahong” Chan was offered a whopping P300,000 to promote an online gambling platform. The offer could have been irresistible to some, but the neophyte lawmaker answered with a ‘big no!’ “Big no! When I woke up this morning, we were...
The public can now renew their driver’s license online as the Land Transportation Office (LTO) seeks to streamline the process, eliminate red tape and long queues at local offices, and make it more accessible for motorists nationwide. LTO Chief, Asst. Sec. Vigor D. Mendoza II said the renewal of...
To regulate the growing exposure of Filipinos to gambling, the state-run Philippine Amusement and Gaming Corporation (Pagcor) has ordered all gaming licensees, operators, suppliers, and system administrators to take down all gambling-related billboards and other out-of-home advertisements. “We...
The Philippine National Police (PNP) rescued a one-month-old baby that was allegedly sold on Facebook by the infant’s guardian for P90,000, revealing what could be one of the darkest and most disturbing money-making modus operandi on the internet. The PNP Women and Children Protection Center...
Amid rising concerns over online gambling, one of the country 's top economic officials proposed leveraging e-wallets as a tool for taxation. As President Marcos’ economic managers have yet to finalize their collective stance, Department of Economy, Planning, and Development (DEPDev)...
Senator Ronald "Bato" Dela Rosa said on Wednesday, July 9, that while the government is earning from it, the revenues from online gambling are not enough to compensate for the moral decay and the social cost that it brings. "Dapat i-ban yan. Kasi maraming nasisirang buhay diyan (That should be...
A group as big as the missing sabungeros won 't just vanish into thin air unless an influential figure orchestrated it. This was according to Senator Ronald "Bato" Dela Rosa, who led an investigation in the Senate regarding the matter in 2022 under the Committee on Public Order and Dangerous...
Senator Joseph Victor “JV” Ejercito filed on Tuesday, July 8 a resolution asking the Senate to look into the rapid proliferation of online gambling in the Philippines. In his resolution, Ejercito lamented that online gambling has become a widespread activity among Filipinos particularly...
Senator Juan Miguel "Migz" Zubiri expressed his belief that taxing online gambling is not an answer to the social ills it will cause Filipinos. "Let’s not earn at the expense of our people," he said. “We passed a law taxing POGO operations in the country and it did not stop the moral scourge...
Regulating social media influencers from promoting online gambling must be studied carefully before the administration takes action about it, Malacañang said. Palace Press Officer and Communications Undersecretary Claire Castro said it must be studied first as such move might violate the...
The Catholic Bishops’ Conference of the Philippines (CBCP) slammed the widespread rise of online gambling, calling it a “bagong salot”(new plague) that is causing deep moral and social crises across the country. In a statement on Tuesday, July 8, the bishops likened online gambling to a virus...
A former commissioner of the Presidential Anti-Graft Commission (PAGC) called on Congress to ban online gambling ads, similar to what Italy has done to shield the public, especially the youth, from the harm brought by online gambling. Lawyer Nicasio Conti, in a statement on Tuesday, July 8, said...
