Pasig City Mayor Vico Sotto announced the city 's banning of gambling advertisements and promotions on Monday, Dec. 8, as part of its sweeping reforms to curb the negative effects of gambling and other vices on Pasigueños. Sotto said the city government had passed Ordinance No. 26 s-2025,...
Malacañang revealed that Cassandra Li Ong, one of the co-accused of former presidential spokesperson Harry Roque in qualified human trafficking cases, is currently in the Philippines. Palace Press Officer and Communications Undersecretary Claire Castro disclosed the whereabouts of Ong during a...
The Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) cancelled the passports of former presidential spokesman Harry Roque and Katherine Cassandra Li Ong of Lucky 99 scam hub, the agency said on Tuesday, Nov. 25. The DFA made the cancellation after receiving the Omnibus Resolution issued by Pasig Regional Trial...
Senator Risa Hontiveros welcomed the cancellation of the passports of former presidential spokesperson Harry Roque, Cassandra Li Ong and other individuals linked to Philippine offshore gaming operators (POGO) by a Pasig City Regional Trial Court. Both Roque and Ong are facing charges of human...
A court in Pasig City announced the cancellation of the passports of former Presidential Spokesperson Atty. Harry Roque, Lucky 99 Representative Cassandra Ong, and three other individuals amid human trafficking charges filed against them as the probe continues on the alleged illegal activities...
Two senators hailed on Thursday, November 20 a Pasig City court’s decision convicting former Bamban, Tarlac mayor Alice Guo and her cohorts for qualified trafficking. “The conviction of Alice Guo and her cohorts for qualified trafficking is a big win for the Filipino people, including foreign...
Senator Risa Hontiveros welcomed on Wednesday, October 29, President Marcos’ signing into law of the measure banning and declaring illegal all offshore gaming operations in the Philippines (POGOs) and other related activities brought about by the said industry. Hontiveros made the statement...
President Marcos has signed the Anti-POGO Act of 2025 which bans illegal offshore gaming operations in the Philippines. Marcos signed Republic Act No. 12312 on Oct. 23, which repeals the law taxing gambling entities known as Philippine Offshore Gaming Operations (POGO), which have been linked to...
The Philippine National Police Criminal Investigation and Detection Group (PNP-CIDG) on Friday, Aug. 15, raided an alleged illegal gaming hub in Barangay San Lorenzo, Makati City, resulting in the arrest of seven individuals, including five foreigners. According to the PNP-CIDG on Aug. 18, the...
Senator Risa Hontiveros said on Tuesday, July 15, that she was no longer surprised with the modus operandi of a female Chinese national, who was caught posing as a Filipino in business transactions. According to the Bureau of Immigration (BI), Wang Xiujun, 43, was intercepted by immigration...
Nine Chinese were arrested by the Philippine National Police (PNP) for their alleged involvement in human trafficking and illegal operation of a Philippine Offshore Gaming Operator (POGO) in Mandaue City, Cebu. In a statement Friday, July 4, the PNP Criminal Investigation and Detection Group...
Calling it a silent epidemic, Senator Juan Miguel “Migz” Zubiri has filed a bill seeking an outright ban on online gambling in the Philippines. Zubiri said that online gambling is quietly harming Filipinos, especially minors and the most vulnerable. In the bill aptly called the “Anti-Online...
