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Palace checking if POGOs owe gov't P1.36-B

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Posted at Sep 07 04:21 PM

Malacañang said it would check whether or not Philippine Offshore Gaming Operations (POGOs) owed government about P1.36 billion. Read more »

Number of POGOs down by half: Pagcor

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Posted at Aug 27 04:43 PM

The number of Philippine Offshore Gaming Operators in has dropped by half, the head of the Philippine Amusements and Gaming Corporation (PAGCOR) said. Read more »

3 tiklo sa umano’y kidnap-for-ransom sa Pasay

Anjo Bagaoisan, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Aug 26 07:11 AM

Kuwento ng mga biktima, nag-a-apply umano sila ng trabaho sa isang nagpakilalang employer sa Las Piñas. Read more »

Duterte unaware 'pastillas' officers he 'fired' are still with Immigration bureau: spokesman

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Posted at Jul 29 04:42 PM

President Rodrigo Duterte did not know that the Immigration personnel he said he fired for alleged corruption were in truth still in government service, his spokesman said on Thursday.    Read more »

House adopts Senate version of POGO tax bill

RG Cruz, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jul 29 12:04 AM

A bill taxing Philippine Offshore Gaming Operators (POGO) now just needs to be signed by President Rodrigo Duterte to become law. Read more »

DOJ: BI officers tagged in 'pastillas' scam back on duty amid Duterte claim they were fired

Mike Navallo, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jul 28 07:51 PM

MANILA— Bureau of Immigration personnel tagged in the controversial "Pastillas" scam are now back on duty and were not fired, Justice Secretary Menardo Guevarra confirmed Wednesday, contrary to President Rodrigo Duterte's statement.   Read more »

BPO driving office space demand but POGOs likely to make comeback: Leechiu

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Posted at Jul 13 03:35 PM

The business process outsourcing industry continues to drive office space demand, along with a "renewed" offshore gaming sector, Leechiu Property Consultants said Tuesday.   Read more »

Nakolektang tax sa POGO bumaba, ayon sa BIR

Robert Mano, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Mar 04 09:15 PM

Ayon sa BIR, noong Enero P327 million ang nakolekta nilang buwis sa POGO, mas mababa ito ng 68.63 percent kumpara sa nakolekta dito na higit P1 billion noong Enero 2020. Read more »

Taiwanese dinukot at ilang beses na ibinenta umano sa mga POGO company

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Posted at Mar 02 11:51 PM

Isang Taiwanese national na umano'y biktima ng kidnapping ang nasagip sa Parañaque City Martes ng umaga.   Read more »

House approves on final reading bill taxing persons engaged in POGOs

RG Cruz, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Feb 08 09:12 PM

The House of Representatives on Monday approved on final reading a bill that will tax persons engaged in Philippine offshore gaming operations (POGOs). Read more »

Lower House mulls bill to tax persons engaged in POGOs

RG Cruz, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jan 26 10:11 PM

MANILA - The House of Representatives has started considering on second reading the substitute bill to House Bill 5777 taxing persons engaged in Philippine offshore gaming operations. Read more »

7 Chinese, Filipino arrested for murder, kidnap for ransom in Laguna

Angel Movido, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jan 14 11:20 AM

MANILA — Police have arrested 7 Chinese nationals and their Filipino driver over their alleged involvement in murder and kidnap for ransom incidents in a Philippine Offshore Gaming Operator (POGO) company in Biñan, Laguna. Read more »

Real estate still 'best asset' to hold amid pandemic: property specialist

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Updated as of Jan 08 02:19 PM

Property prices in the Philippines have gone up, or at least held their ground since the coronavirus hit, a property specialist told ANC's Market Edge on Thursday. Read more »

NBI iimbestigahan ang umano'y pagbakuna sa libo-libong POGO workers

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Posted at Jan 05 06:04 PM

Iimbestigahan ng NBI ang umano'y nangyaring pagbakuna laban sa COVID-19 ng nasa 100,000 Chinese workers. Read more »

SC halts increased taxes on POGOs under Bayanihan 2

Mike Navallo, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jan 05 07:32 PM

The Supreme Court on Tuesday has temporarily halted the collection of increased franchise taxes from Philippine Offshore Gaming Operators (POGOs) under the Bayanihan to Recover As One Act (Bayanihan 2), an SC source said, which would have raised billions in additional revenues for the government to address the coronavirus pandemic. Read more »

Gov't urged: Probe COVID-19 vaccination of POGO workers

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Updated as of Jan 05 10:19 AM

A lawmaker is urging Philippine health authorities to investigate the unauthorized COVID-19 vaccination of some 100,000 Chinese workers of Philippine Offshore Gaming Operator (POGO) in the country. Read more »

Hontiveros seeks termination of visa upon arrival for Chinese nationals

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Posted at Nov 29 11:30 AM

Sen. Risa Hontiveros on Sunday urged the government to suspend the visa upon arrival policy for Chinese nationals, which reportedly led to a rise in cases of foreign kidnapping and prostitution in the country. Read more »

PAGCOR says online gaming revenues drop 50 percent as pandemic shrinks POGO income

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Posted at Sep 24 05:15 PM

Online gaming revenues dropped 50 percent after the COVID-19 pandemic and resulting restrictions limited offshore gaming operations, the country's gaming regulator said Thursday.  Read more »

POGOs 'canceling' lease contracts in PH due to China's clampdown: Finance chief

Katrina Domingo, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Sep 23 01:37 PM

Several Chinese workers from the Philippine Offshore Gaming Operators (POGO) industry have "started abandoning" their leased properties in the capital due to a clampdown in China, Finance Secretary Carlos Dominguez said on Wednesday. Read more »

NBI files raps vs 19 Immigration personnel over 'pastillas' bribery scheme

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Posted at Sep 02 07:01 PM

The National Bureau of Investigation on Wednesday said it has filed criminal charges against 19 personnel of the Bureau of Immigration over the so-called "pastillas" bribery scheme. Read more »