The National Security Council (NSC) does not see the operation of Philippine Offshore Gaming Operators (POGOs) as a national security threat amid concerns that they are being used as a platform for espionage by a foreign country. But National Security Adviser Eduardo M. Año said they are closely...
House Speaker Martin Romualdez (Facebook) Speaker Martin Romualdez has expressed openness to the existence of highly-controversial Philippine Offshore Gaming Operators (POGOs) in the country. For as long as they follow local laws to the...
Military uniforms from Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA) are discovered by the Presidential Anti-Organized Crime Commission (PAOCC) in a raid at a POGO hub in Porac, Pampanga. (Photo courtesy of PAOCC) Chinese-operated Philippine Offshore Gaming Operators (POGO) businesses and the alleged...
The Philippine Amusement and Gaming Corp. (Pagcor) said that about 255 former offshore gaming operations, previously known as “POGOs,” may have been operating illegally in the country. Alejandro Tengco, Pagcor chairman and chief executive officer, said these 255 POGOs had their overseas gaming...
Surigao del Norte 2nd district Rep. Robert Ace Barbers (left), President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. (MANILABULLETIN) Surigao del Norte 2nd district Rep. Robert Ace Barbers is prodding President Marcos ahead of Independence Day to...
Senator Manuel “Lito” Lapid on Tuesday, June 11 urged the Senate to include in its investigation a Philippine Offshore Gaming Operator (POGO) hub recently raided by authorities in Porac, Pampanga. Lapid urged the Senate Committee on Women, Children, Family Relations and Gender...
Bicol Saro Party-list Rep. Brian Raymund Yamsuan (Facebook) Bicol Saro Party-list Rep. Brian Raymund Yamsuan says foreigners found to be working illegally in the Philippines should be meted with harsher penalties. For this purpose,...
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...
