Foreign Pogo workers given 2 months to leave PH

07/25/2024

MANILA, Philippines — Foreign Pogo workers have been given 60 days by the Bureau of Immigration (BI) to leave the country, following President Ferdinand Marcos Jr.’s order. Immigration Commissioner Norman Tansingco in a statement on Tuesday said…

Cebu officials support ban on POGOs

Futch Anthony Inso, Morexette Marie Erram 07/23/2024

CEBU CITY, Philippines – Local officials in Cebu have expressed their support on the directive of President Ferdinand ‘Bongbong’ Marcos Jr. to ban Philippine Offshore Gambling Operations (Pogo) in the country. Among those who welcomed the President’s…

Raymond vows support on POGO ban

Morexette Marie B. Erram 07/23/2024

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Acting Cebu City Mayor Raymond Alvin Garcia has thrown his support on President Ferdinand Marcos Jr.’s orders to ban Philippine Offshore Gaming Operations (Pogos). Reacting to Marcos’ third State of the Nation Address…

Pagcor chief to Senate: Harry Roque legal counsel for raided Pogo hub

Charie Abarca - @inquirerdotnet 07/11/2024

MANILA, Philippines — Alejandro Tengco, Philippine Amusement and Gaming Corporation (Pagcor) chief, said that former Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque served as the legal counsel of the raided Philippine offshore gaming operator (Pogo) Lucky South 99. Roque called…

NBI findings prove Alice Guo ‘a fake Filipino’ – senators

Tina G. Santos - Reporter 06/28/2024

Mayor Alice Guo of Bamban, Tarlac province, and a Chinese girl who entered the country 21 years ago were allegedly the same person, two senators leading the Senate probe of online gaming scams said on Thursday, citing…

PRO-7: No Pogo hubs monitored in Central Visayas

Emmariel Ares 06/22/2024

CEBU CITY, Philippines – An official of the Police Regional Office in Central Visayas (PRO-7) said that they have not monitored any Philippine Offshore Gaming Operator (Pogo) hubs in the region in recent times. Police Lieutenant Colonel…

Do Chinese spies enter PH through Pogo operations? Sen. Hontiveros wants to know

11/11/2023

Sen. Risa Hontiveros on Friday raised the possibility of Chinese spies securing Philippine citizenship by obtaining genuine passports, tax identification cards, immigration documents, and even birth certificates through fraudulent means. Presiding over a hearing by the Senate…

23,000 Filipinos to get jobs should Pogos be banned — Gatchalian

Zacarian Sarao - Reporter / @zacariansINQ 11/27/2022

MANILA, Philippines — Senator Sherwin Gatchalian on Sunday said the 23,000 Filipinos who will be displaced should the government ban Philippine Offshore Gaming Operators (Pogos) will be given employment. READ: 23,000 Filipinos to lose jobs once POGOs leave, group warns…

The new Chinese migration to the Philippines

Randy David - @inquirerdotnet 10/25/2020

The rapid expansion of Philippine offshore gaming operators, better known as Pogos, under the Duterte administration, has brought into the country an unprecedented number of young Chinese workers from mainland China. No other nationality has maintained as…

Almost all POGOs have unpaid taxes, says BIR chief

Ben O. de Vera - Philippine Daily Inquirer 05/10/2020

MANILA, Philippines — The Bureau of Internal Revenues (BIR) has advised Philippine offshore gaming operators (POGOs) to take seriously the government’s new rules on tax payments after the agency noted that only a negligible number of POGOs…

POGOs face new Senate probe, disowned by BPO industry

Leila B. Salaverria, Melvin Gascon, Roy Stephen C. Canivel - @inquirerdotnet 05/03/2020

MANILA, Philippines — Senate Minority Leader Franklin Drilon on Saturday said he would move to resume the blue ribbon committee inquiry into the Philippine offshore gaming operators (POGO) as more questions were raised on the reopening of…

Palace says Pogos under BPO industry

Krissy Aguilar - INQUIRER.net 05/01/2020

MANILA, Philippines — Philippine offshore gaming operations (Pogo) are considered business process outsourcing (BPOs) companies, Malacañang said Friday, as its partial reopening gets thegreen light from the government’s COVID-19 inter-agency task force. Philippine Amusement and Gaming Corporation…

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