House Speaker Martin Romualdez (Speaker's Office) House Speaker Martin Romualdez's stance against controversial Philippine Offshore Gaming Operators (POGOs) is clear-cut: punish those that violate the country’s laws. Romualdez,...
ACT Teachers Party-list Rep. France Castro (Contributed photo) Riding the wave of anti-Philippine Offshore Gaming Operators (POGO) sentiments in the House of Representatives, ACT Teachers Party-list Rep. France Castro filed on Tuesday morning,...
AFP spokesperson Col. Francel Margareth Padilla (Photo by Martin A. Sadongdong / MANILA BULLETIN) The People’s Liberation Army (PLA) uniforms found by authorities inside a raided Philippine Offshore Gaming Operator (POGO) facility in Porac, Pampanga could have been used as props and are not...
Surigao del Norte 2nd district Rep. Robert Ace Barbers (Ellson Quismorio/ MANILABULLETIN) Surigao del Norte 2nd district Rep. Robert Ace Barbers has challenged members of the Filipino-Chinese community to "prove their allegiance" to the country by...
Senate Deputy Minority Leader Risa Hontiveros on Friday, June 7 vowed to also look into the reported “leakage” that marred authorities’ operation against a Philippine Offshore Gaming Operator (POGO) company in Pampanga. “Nagpupugay ako sa Presidential Anti-Organized Crime Commission...
Mayor Lani Cayetano said she will not allow the establishment of a Philippine Offshore Gaming Operator (POGO) in Taguig. “A POGO refers to an entity that offers and participates in offshore gaming services by providing games to players, taking bets, and paying the winning players. The...
Bamban, Tarlac Mayor Alice Leal Guo has claimed that the Chinese national that senators allege is her biological mother is actually her father’s mistress. Guo, in her five-paged personal letter addressed to the Senate Committee on Women, Children, Family Relations and Gender Equality...
Senator Jinggoy Ejercito Estrada on Tuesday, June 4 pushed for the bill that would strengthen the system of filing of birth certificates in the country, noting how delayed registration of such documents have been abused. Estrada said passage into law of Senate Bill No. 2703...
At least 50 policemen assigned in Bamban, Tarlac were sacked from their posts, a move that is believed to be connected to the filing of charges and eventually the suspension of Mayor Alice Guo over allegations of link to the Philippine Offshore Gaming Operator (POGO) in the area. Interior and...
Senate Deputy Minority Leader Risa Hontiveros considers appropriate the preventive suspension order against Bamban, Tarlac Mayor Alice Guo yet hopes that this is not too late. This was after the Office of the Ombudsman (OMB) ordered the preventive suspension for not more than six months of Guo and...
Senator Sherwin Gatchalian on Sunday, June 2 said subjecting Bamban, Tarlac Mayor Alice Leal Guo and Lin Wen Yi, who is suspected to be her biological mother, to a DNA test may no longer be possible as Lin is now no longer in the Philippines. Gatchalian said he believes a DNA test between...
Cavite Gov. Juanito Victor "Jonvic" Remulla said he would give a P10 million reward to anyone who can prove his family’s involvement in the Philippine Offshore Gaming Operators (POGO) Island in Kawit. Gov. Jonvic Remulla In a Facebook post on Friday, May 31, Remulla addressed the circulating...
