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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 »

Duterte signs measure boosting Anti-Money Laundering Law

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jan 29 10:28 PM

MANILA (UPDATED) — President Rodrigo Duterte on Friday signed a measure amending the Anti-Money Laundering Act (AMLA), in a bid to boost regulations on money laundering in the Philippines.  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 »

Majority of illegal aliens arrested in 2020 were Chinese: Immigration bureau

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jan 24 02:03 PM

More than half of 510 illegal aliens that the Bureau of Immigration (BI) arrested last year were Chinese, the agency said Sunday. Read more »

7 Chinese at kasabwat na Pinoy, huli sa pagdukot at pagpatay sa POGO worker

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jan 14 08:02 PM

Modus ng grupo na mag-apply sa mga POGO companies para makahanap ng bibiktimahin.  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 »

7 Chinese, 1 Pinoy timbog sa 'pagpatay, paghalay, pagdukot' sa POGO workers

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Posted at Jan 13 08:17 PM

Hustisya ang panawagan ng na-rescue na babaeng Chinese na umano'y biktima rin ng panggagahasa.  Read more »

Palace: Let NBI probe alleged unauthorized inoculation of Chinese nationals in PH

Pia Gutierrez, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jan 11 11:14 PM

MANILA - Malacañang is leaving it to the National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) to probe reports that around 100,000 Chinese in the Philippines have already been vaccinated against COVID-19, despite majority of Filipinos yet to be inoculated against the illness. Read more »

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

ABS-CBN News
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

ABS-CBN News
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

ABS-CBN News
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 »

More POGOs to shut operations in Subic Bay: official

Jamaine Punzalan, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Oct 30 10:33 PM

More Chinese-operated gambling hubs are "winding down" their operations in Subic Bay in Olongapo City, north of the capital, an official said Friday.    Read more »

Metro Manila faces highest office space vacancy since global financial crisis: Colliers

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Updated as of Oct 29 11:50 AM

Colliers International said Thursday Metro Manila could post the highest office vacancy since the global financial crisis as offshore gaming operators vacate spaces and BPOs rationalize requirements due to COVID-19.   Read more »

Hontiveros seeks trafficking scheme witnesses

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Oct 21 12:26 PM

Sen. Risa Hontiveros has called on the public to help her probe a supposed scheme to traffic Filipinos abroad for prostitution, as she claimed to have found "solid leads." Read more »

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

ABS-CBN News
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 »

Hontiveros welcomes filing of raps vs Immigration officials in 'pastillas' scheme

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Sep 02 09:37 AM

Sen. Risa Hontiveros on Wednesday welcomed the filing of charges against 19 immigration officials over the so-called "pastillas" bribery scheme that allowed the unimpeded entry of Chinese tourists into the country. Read more »

19 opisyal ng Immigration bureau kinasuhan dahil sa 'pastillas' scam

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Sep 01 10:22 PM

Kinasuhan ngayong Martes ng National Bureau of Investigation ang 19 na opisyal ng Bureau of Immigration dahil sa 'pastillas' scam. Read more »