President Marcos has issued Executive Order (EO) No. 74, formalizing his earlier order for the immediate ban of Philippine offshore gaming operations (POGOs), internet gaming, and other offshore gaming operations in the Philippines. In issuing the EO, signed by Executive Secretary Lucas Bersamin on...
The 87 counts of money laundering charges involving P100 million filed against dismissed mayor Alice L. Guo of Bamban, Tarlac and her 35 co-respondents have been submitted for resolution. This means that the panel of prosecutors of the Department of Justice (DOJ) will decide whether to dismiss the...
House quad-committee chairpersons, members file House Bill (HB) No. 11043 (PPAB) The leaders of the House quad-committee (quad-comm) filed on Thursday, Nov. 7, a bill that seeks to enable the government to seize real estate illegally acquired by...
Cassandra Ong (Mark Balmores/ MANILA BULLETIN) A panel of prosecutors of the Department of Justice (DOJ) on Tuesday, Nov. 5, deferred the submission of the counter-affidavits of Katherine Cassandra Ong and her co-respondents in the non-bailable...
Presidential Anti-Organized Crime Commission (PAOCC) spokesperson Dr. Winston John Casio was relieved from his duties following a viral video that showed him slapping a Filipino worker of a Philippine Offshore Gaming Operator (POGO) during a raid in Bagac, Bataan last week. Dr. Winston Casio...
The ban on Philippine Offshore Gaming Operations (POGOs) has dragged down Metro Manila's property sector, particularly the condominium and office markets, Colliers Philippines said. Based on Colliers' third-quarter 2024 report, the Metro Manila office market posted its first negative...
Former presidential spokesperson Herminio “Harry” L. Roque on Tuesday, Oct. 29, denied his reported involvement in the qualified human trafficking allegedly committed by Lucky South 99, a Philippine Offshore Gaming Operator (POGO) in Porac, Pampanga that was raided and shut down by the...
Complaint for non-bailable qualified trafficking in persons was filed on Monday, Oct. 28, against former presidential spokesperson Herminio “Harry” L. Roque and two others on the alleged criminal activities of Lucky South 99 Corporation, a Philippine Offshore Gaming Operator (POGO) in Porac,...
The Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) is set to organize a second job fair in November to assist Filipino workers affected by the ban on Philippine Offshore Gaming Operators (POGOs). DOLE Secretary Bienvenido E. Laguesma said the event is scheduled for the second or third week of November,...
Authorities raided and closed an Internet Gaming Licensee (formerly known as Philippine Offshore Gaming Operator) in Biñan City, Laguna on Tuesday night. The Business Permit and Licensing Office of Biñan City, along with the Philippine Amusement and Gaming Corp. and the Presidential...
Graft complaints have been filed against Mayor Jaime C. Capil of Porac, Pampanga and nine other town officials over the operations of Lucky South 99, an illegally operating Philippine Offshore Gaming Operator (POGO) that was raided by authorities due to reported criminal activities, the...
CEBU CITY – Police have examined the electronic gadgets – 34 computers, four laptops, and 226 cellular phones – seized from a suspected Philippine Offshore Gaming Operator (POGO) hub in Barangay Saavedra, Moalboal town, southern Cebu. POBLACION (town center) Moalboal, Cebu....
