If someone offers you a customer service representative post in other Southeast Asian countries, there is a 50 percent chance that you will be transported to another territory and be forced to scam people and get tortured. The Presidential Anti-Organized Crime Commission (PAOCC) and other law...
The Office of the Solicitor General (OSG) has urged lawmakers to pass the bills that will allow the quick cancellation of birth certificates fraudulently acquired by aliens and the seizure of properties illegally acquired by foreigners. Solicitor General Menardo I. Guevarra said during PTV’s...
CALAMBA CITY, Laguna – Three foreigners were arrested on Feb. 14 for operating a suspected Philippine Offshore Gaming Operators (POGO) hub here. Police identified the suspects as Weng, Lou, and Yuan. The suspects were apprehended by the Philippine National Police-Criminal Investigation and...
Of the 11,000 workers from the outlawed Philippine Offshore Gaming Operators (POGO) industry earlier reported to still be in the country, the Presidential Anti-Organized Crime Commission (PAOCC) said that 3,000 have been deported while 8,000 are to be sent back to their home countries. Foreign POGO...
A Senate panel has sought the filing of criminal charges against the public officials who enabled dismissed Bamban, Tarlac Mayor Alice Guo or Guo Hua Ping, to escape the country and provided her and her accomplices protection. The recommendation is included in Committee Report No. 514...
The ban on controversial Philippine Offshore Gaming Operations (POGOs) in the country is nearing institutionalization after the House of Representatives approved House Bill (HB) No.10987 on second reading. Also known as the proposed Anti-Offshore Gaming Operators Act, the measure was approved...
With 19 affirmative votes, the Senate approved the measure seeking to grant Philippine citizenship to Chinese national Li Duan Wang. Senate Deputy Minority Leader Risa Hontiveros opposes the bill granting Philippine citizenship to Li Duan Wang. During Monday’s plenary session, January 27,...
Senator Risa Hontiveros has called on the Senate to deny Filipino citizenship to a Chinese national who has ties with Philippine Offshore Gaming Operator (POGO) actors. During Hontiveros’ interpellation on the Bill granting Filipino citizenship to Li Duan Wang aka Mark Ong, the senator...
Persons harboring foreign workers of Philippine Offshore Gaming Operators (POGOs) will be prosecuted, the Bureau of Immigration (BI) warned on Wednesday, Jan. 8. "Harboring illegal aliens is a serious offense, and we will pursue violations with utmost resolve, said Immigration Commissioner Joel...
Justice Secretary Jesus Crispin C. Remulla on Sunday, Jan. 5, warned foreign workers of Philippine Offshore Gaming Operators (POGOs) still in the country that they will be arrested and deported. "The President is unequivocally clear that POGOs have no place here in the Philippines and we vow to...
Some senators on Friday, January 3, welcomed the government's plan to cancel all birth certificates illegally acquired by foreigners in the country. Senators Sherwin Gatchalian and Joel Villanueva lauded the move of the Office of the Solicitor General (OSG) which made the promise following...
A total of 11,254 foreigners who worked for the Philippine Offshore Gaming Operators (POGOs) and have not left the country as of the Dec. 31 deadline will be arrested and deported, the Bureau of Immigration (BI) said on Friday, Jan. 3. “I have ordered our intelligence division to initiate the...
