PAGCOR’s help sought in getting foreign POGO workers to go home

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PAGCOR’s help sought in getting foreign POGO workers to go home
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The Presidential Anti-Organized Crime Commission on Sunday called on the Philippine Amusement and Gaming Corporation to help in getting the foreign workers of discontinued Philippine Offshore Gaming Operators to return to their countries. According to PAOCC spokesperson Winston John Casio, there are still 38 POGO s that are legally operating in the country amid the POGO ban. Foreign workers from POGO s were given until October 15 to downgrade their 9G visas to tourist visas.

There are so many regulatory loopholes as far is gambling is concerned kaya nagmamakaawa ho kami para masunod natin ‘yung direktiba ng Pangulo na mapaalis na ito nang tuluyan,” he added. President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr., in his third State of the Nation Address in July, banned all POGOs after several such businesses were implicated in crimes, including human trafficking, serious illegal detention, and money scams.

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