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Drilon to include stricter POGO tax collection provision in Bayanihan 2

Katrina Domingo, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jun 02 05:33 PM

Senate Minority Leader Franklin Drilon on Tuesday pushed for the inclusion of a provision that will mandate online gambling firms to fully pay their taxes to boost the Philippines' fund for coronavirus response programs. Read more »

Philippines to lose P50 billion if POGOs classified as BPOs: senator

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of May 05 09:47 AM

Classifying Philippine offshore gaming operations (POGOs) as business process outsourcing (BPO) firms will allow them to skip the payment of license fees, resulting in the loss of some P50 billion over due franchise fees, Sen. Franklin Drilon said Tuesday. Read more »

3 moms languish in detention cell over ‘tong-its’ as PH eyes partial reopening of POGOs

Mike Navallo, ABS-CBN News
Posted at May 03 04:06 PM

As Manila prepares to resume partial operations for Philippine offshore gaming operators (POGOs) catering to online Chinese clients, 3 Filipina mothers continue to be detained in Caloocan City for playing an illegal card game called “tong-its.” Read more »

Palace: No favoritism in allowing POGOs to resume operations

ABS-CBN News
Posted at May 02 02:18 PM

MANILA – Malacañang said Saturday it was not playing favorites for allowing Philippine Offshore Gaming Operators (POGOs) to partially resume while the country grapples with the COVID-19 crisis. Read more »

POGO group says to comply with reopening guidelines

ABS-CBN News
Posted at May 01 03:44 PM

A group of Philippine Offshore Gaming Operators (POGOs) said Friday they would follow requirements for their partial return during the country's virus lockdown. Read more »

Palace on POGO resumption: 'No gambling takes place in the Philippines'

Arianne Merez, ABS-CBN News
Posted at May 01 03:07 PM

Offshore gaming firms are considered part of the business process outsourcing industry, Malacañang said Friday, noting that its local operations do not include gambling per se.   Read more »

Limitadong pagbabalik-operasyon ng POGO pinayagan; senador may pangamba

ABS-CBN News
Posted at May 01 01:30 PM

Papayagang magbukas ang Philippine Offshore Gaming Operations, ayon sa Philippine Amusement and Gaming Corporation (PAGCOR) pero lilimitahan ang mga operasyon nito alinsunod sa mga patakaran kontra sa pagkalat ng coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19).  Read more »

POGOs allowed to resume partially after getting BPO status: regulator

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of May 01 06:55 PM

The country's coronavirus task force allowed Philippine Offshore Gaming Operations, mostly based in Metro Manila, to re-open with up to 30 percent of its workforce after fulfilling but only after fulfilling the requirements mandated by the government, Domingo told DZMM. Read more »

Hontiveros seeks Senate nod to ban POGOs in Philippines

Katrin Domingo, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Apr 28 01:41 PM

Sen. Risa Hontiveros on Tuesday filed a resolution seeking to "disallow the resumption" of Philippine Offshore Gaming Operations (POGO) in the country, citing the industry's failure to pay P50 billion in taxes and various social ills it caused in the country. Read more »

PAGCOR suspends POGO operations in Luzon amid COVID-19 lockdown

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Mar 18 08:49 PM

The Philippines' gaming regulatory body on Wednesday said it has ordered the suspension of all Philippine Offshore Gaming Operators (POGO) and all its service providers for the duration of the enhanced community quarantine against the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19).   Read more »

POGOs not allowed to operate during Luzon lockdown: Nograles

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Mar 18 02:54 AM

MANILA - Philippine offshore gaming operators (POGOs) are not allowed to operate during the month-long enhanced community quarantine in Luzon amid the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, Cabinet Secretary Karlo Nograles said Wednesday. Read more »

Reducing POGO exposure part of 'portfolio management': DM Wenceslao

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Mar 13 09:16 PM

Diversifying portfolio to reduce exposure to offshore gaming is a business decision and is “nothing discriminatory,” the CEO of real estate firm DM Wenceslao said Friday. Read more »

Reducing POGO exposure part of 'portfolio management': DM Wenceslao

Jessica Fenol and Cathy Yang, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Mar 13 06:34 PM

Diversifying portfolio to reduce exposure to offshore gaming is a business decision and is “nothing discriminatory,” the CEO of real estate firm DM Wenceslao said Friday.   Read more »

PH finance dep't backs Congress move on taxing POGOs

Pia Gutierrez, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Mar 11 09:13 PM

The Philippine finance ministry supports the legislative move to increase taxes on offshore gaming operators in the country and their service providers, amid government efforts against tax-evading firms in the industry, an official said Wednesday. Read more »

‘POGOs are clean,’ Duterte tells Filipinos

Arianne Merez, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Mar 11 06:19 AM

MANILA- President Rodrigo Duterte said Tuesday that Philippine offshore gaming operations (POGOs) are clean after a Senate investigation showed that there was an influx of dirty money into the country through the online gambling industry. Read more »

Money laundering is 'real pain' for POGOs, must be addressed, says Gordon

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Mar 09 09:51 AM

The Philippines is unprepared to lose offshore gaming firms or POGOs, Sen. Richard Gordon admitted Monday even as he criticized how the industry is used to funnel dirty money in the country.   Read more »

Duterte di ipasasara, sususpendehin ang mga POGO sa bansa: spox

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Mar 08 06:10 PM

Hindi ipatitigil ni Pangulong Rodrigo Duterte ang operasyon ng mga Philippine offshore gaming operator (POGO) sa bansa sa kabila ng pagkakasangkot ng industriya sa mga isyu ng katiwalian at krimen. Read more »

Senate probes POGOs

Jonathan Cellona, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Mar 05 08:01 PM

Officials from the Philippine Amusement and Gaming Corporation (PAGCOR) and Anti-Money Laundering Council (AMLC) attend on Thursday the senate inquiry on money laundering and other crimes allegedly linked to Philippine Offshore Gaming Operators in the country. Read more »

Sari-saring isyu nabulgar sa POGO hearing sa Senado

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Mar 06 08:26 PM

Sa kabila ng mga lumabas sa pagdinig ng Senado, hindi pa rin kumbinsido ang Palasyo na dapat nang suspindehin ang POGO. Read more »

PAGCOR can't handle POGO regulation: Villanueva

Katrina Domingo, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Mar 05 06:39 PM

The Philippines' gaming regulatory body "cannot handle" the influx of Philippine Offshore Gaming Operators (POGO) in the country, a senator said Thursday, after a Senate inquiry found various irregularities in the country's internet gambling industry. Read more »