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...
Senator Sherwin Gatchalian said on Tuesday, July 1 the Philippine Amusement and Gaming Corp. (Pagcor) should block illegal online gambling websites to protect local internet users. Gatchalian made the proposal after the agency warned the public against patronizing illegal offshore gaming websites...
Catholic Bishops’ Conference of the Philippines (CBCP) president Cardinal Pablo Virgilio David has raised serious concerns about the government’s approach to online gambling, highlighting the potential risks of addiction among families and young people. “Goodbye, studies. Goodbye, decent...
Sen. Sherwin Gatchalian on Sunday, June 29, welcomed the ruling of the Manila court affirming that dismissed Bamban, Tarlac Mayor Alice Guo is a Chinese national. This after the Manila Regional Trial Court Branch 24 granted the Office of the Solicitor General’s instant petition for quo warranto...
Two Chinese nationals were arrested for shooting a 40-year-old Filipino businessman while boarding his parked vehicle in Makati City on Thursday night, June 27. According to the police, the incident occurred at the parking lot of a mall on Amorsolo Street in Barangay Pio Del Pilar. Initial...
The Department of Information and Communications Technology (DICT) said it is not surprising that many of today’s online scammers are Filipinos who previously worked for Philippine Offshore Gaming Operators (POGOs). To respond to the growing threat, the DICT is training more than 230,000 police...
