(Unsplash) Davao del Norte 2nd district Rep. Alan “Aldu” Dujali filed on Monday, Dec. 9, a resolution batting for an immediate investigation into certain provincial officials' alleged involvement with illegal Philippine offshore gaming...
DAVAO CITY – Fifty-nine workers of an illegal Philippine Offshore Gaming Operator (POGO) hub were arrested during a raid in a warehouse in Purok 6 New Malitbog, Barangay Manay, Panabo City, Davao del Norte before dawn on Friday, Dec. 6. AN illegal POGO hub was raided in Panabo City on Dec. 6....
The Bureau of Immigration (BI) should identify at the soonest possible time who helped former presidential spokesperson Harry Roque escaped the country undetected, two senators on Wednesday, December 4 said. Sen. Risa Hontiveros, head of the Senate Committee on Women, Children, Family...
Over 20,000 foreign workers of Philippine Offshore Gaming Operators (POGO) are still in the country, the Bureau of Immigration (BI) said on Monday, Dec. 2. BI Commissioner Joel Anthony Viado reminded that foreign POGO workers who are still in the country should leave by the end of this year. Viado...
The Presidential Anti-Organized Crime Commission (PAOCC) has revealed that they are now supporting 15 young children, who are mostly infants and toddlers, after their foreign fathers got deported for working at illegal Philippine Offshore Gaming Operator (POGO) hubs in the country. PAOCC executive...
Michael Yang, former president Rodrigo Duterte’s former economic adviser, is clearly a central figure in Chinese intelligence operations in the Philippines, Senator Risa Hontiveros said on Tuesday, November 26. Hontiveros made the remark during the Senate Committee on Women, Children,...
The Senate will be leaving former Bamban, Tarlac Mayor Alice Guo’s fate in the hands of the Philippine courts as the panel hearing her alleged involvement in the illegal activities of Philippine Offshore Gaming Operations (POGO) concluded its investigation into the case. Senate deputy...
A senior police official with a rank of Brigadier General has been recommended for dismissal from the service in connection with the alleged wrongdoings in the conduct of raid on Philippine Offshore Gaming Operator (POGO) in Parañaque City last year, the Internal Affairs Service of the...
Authorities discovered more than P112 million in cash following the opening of several vaults of the Central One Bataan, the business process outsourcing company (BPO) which was raided on Oct. 31. Police Brig. Gen. Jean Fajardo, spokesperson of the Philippine National Police (PNP), said the opening...
Deputy Minority Leader Senator Risa Hontiveros on Thursday, November 21 disclosed that some government officials are practically coaching Philippine Offshore Gaming Operators (POGOs) on how they can circumvent the industry ban by registering as Business Process Outsourcing (BPO) firms. ...
A total of 62 workers displaced by the Philippine Offshore Gaming Operators (POGOs) ban were hired on the spot during the first day of a two-day special job fair hosted by the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) at the SM Mall of Asia in Pasay City. In a televised interview, Bureau of Local...
The Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) should adopt a proactive approach in dealing with the cancellation of alien employment permits (AEPs) issued to foreign workers in the Philippine Offshore Gaming Operators (POGO), Senator Sherwin Gatchalian said. Gatchalian made the call...
