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Why photojournalists shoot (what they shoot)

Photojournalists’ Center of the Philippines
Updated as of Oct 16 05:13 PM

Everybody is a photojournalist until the sh*t hits the fan. Read more »

POGO shut down for tax violation

Angel Movido, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Sep 25 02:10 PM

The government has shut down a Philippine offshore gaming operator (POGO) for tax violations, the country's Finance minister said on Wednesday. Read more »

Pagcor namigay ng 1,000 kulambo sa Maynila bilang panlaban sa lamok

Katrina Domingo, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Sep 05 04:31 PM

Namigay ng 1,000 na kulambo ang Philippine Amusement and Gaming Corporation (PAGCOR) sa Maynila, Huwebes sa gitna ng paglaganap ng dengue sa iba’t ibang bahagi ng bansa. Read more »

Citing jobs, Duterte says Philippines needs offshore gaming

Arianne Merez, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Sep 04 09:57 PM

Duterte says maintaining an offshore gaming industry in the country will help Filipino families put food on their tables. Read more »

China is right in seeking ban on offshore gaming: senator

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Aug 28 05:53 PM

Senator Francis Pangilinan on Tuesday said licenses of offshore gaming firms should be revoked, backing China's call to ban the industry that allegedly fuels crimes such as money laundering and illegal recruitment.  Read more »

Bilang ng mga Philippine offshore gaming operator, nadagdagan

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Aug 24 01:08 AM

Dalawang bagong Philippine offshore gaming operator o POGO ang nabigyan ng lisensiya ng PAGCOR. Read more »

Pagcor: PH now has 60 licensed offshore gaming firms

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Aug 23 04:24 PM

MANILA - The number of licensed Philippine offshore gaming Operators (POGOs) rose to 60 from 58 after pending applications were approved, a Pagcor official said Friday. Read more »

China hinimok ang Pilipinas na ipagbawal ang online gambling

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Aug 23 12:40 AM

Pero para sa Malacañang, sa ngayon, legal ang online gambling at si Pangulong Duterte lang ang makapag-uutos kung iba-ban ito. Read more »

'Ban all online gambling,' China urges Philippines

Jessica Fenol, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Aug 21 10:37 AM

Both Cambodia and the Philippines have halted the issuance of licenses for offshore gaming, which is considered as "the most dangerous tumor in modern society," China's foreign ministry spokesperson Geng Shuang said in his regular press conferences. Read more »

How do you solve a problem like POGOs

Editorial cartoon by Dennis Gasgonia, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Aug 21 09:01 AM

In this new "golden age" in Philippines-China relations, money is playing too big a role in our bilateral relations. Read more »

Pagtanggap ng aplikasyon para sa POGO licenses tigil muna

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Aug 19 09:50 PM

Ilan sa mga isyu sa POGO ang pinangangambahang banta sa seguridad dahil sa lapit ng gaming hubs sa military camps. Read more »

Lawmakers want probe on online gambling operations

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Aug 15 10:52 PM

The Philippine Amusement and Gaming Corp. downplayed security threat concerns over the creation of offshore gaming hubs.  Read more »

Automate STL earnings to solve remittance, corruption issues: PAGCOR chief

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Aug 15 09:50 PM

MANILA - Programs and systems need to be in place to set the small town lottery operations of the Philippine Charity Sweepstakes Office (PCSO) in order, according to the government's gambling regulator. Read more »

Pagdami ng POGO sa bansa pinaiimbestigahan sa Kamara

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Aug 15 08:51 PM

Ito ay para malaman ang epekto nito sa ekonomiya at sa pambansang seguridad.  Read more »

Stricter rules needed on entry of Chinese workers in PH, says Pagcor chief

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Aug 15 12:50 PM

MANILA - The head of the Philippine Amusement Gaming Corporation (PAGCOR) on Thursday called for stricter measures in allowing foreign nationals to enter and work in the Philippines. Read more »

Gaming regulator says 'no national threat' over POGOs

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Aug 15 11:27 AM

The wave of Chinese workers in offshore gambling firms don't threaten the Philippines' national security, the Southeast Asian nation's gaming regulator said Thursday. Read more »

POGO: Chinese invasion o dagdag kita para sa mga Pilipino?

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Aug 13 02:56 PM

Bilyong piso raw ang puwedeng kitain ng Pilipinas mula sa Philippine Offshore Gaming Operations o POGO. Pero marami ang umaalma dahil hindi naman daw sa mga Pilipino napupunta ang trabahong dala ng POGO. Paano ba naging POGO hub ang Pilipinas? Read more »

Planong paglipat ng mga Chinese worker sa POGO hubs, inalmahan ng China

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Aug 09 12:44 AM

Tingin ng isang eksperto, may kinalaman ito sa nagbagong tono ni Pangulong Rodrigo Duterte sa isyu ng West Philippine Sea. Read more »

POGO hubs won't limit workers' freedom: PAGCOR chair

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Aug 08 06:45 PM

Offshore gaming hubs were not meant to limit the freedom of foreign workers but to offer convenience and protection, Philippine Amusement and Gaming Corp chairman Andrea Domingo said Thursday, after the Chinese envoy to the Philippines expressed concern over the "self contained" hubs.  Read more »

Small Town Lottery should go to GAB or Pagcor, says Cam

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Aug 08 12:43 PM

MANILA - Operations of the Small Town Lottery (STL) would best be taken off the shoulders of the Philippine Charity Sweepstakes Office (PCSO), an official of the state lottery agency said on Thursday.   Read more »