#ForeignWorkers employed in Philippine Offshore Gaming Operator (#POGO) and internet gambling licensee (#IGL) companies will be given 60 days to exit the #Philippines following the ban on these businesses.

Bureau of Immigration (BI) Commissioner #NormanTansingco said at least 20,000 foreign POGO and IGL employees were expected to leave the country in the next two months. #POGOBan

POGO, IGL foreign workers must leave PH following ban - BI
https://www.gmanetwork.com/news/topstories/nation/914546/pogo-igl-foreign-workers-must-leave-ph-following-ban-bi/story/

“This five-month period provides ample time not only to identify the bosses, but more importantly, this will be enough to create a database of all #ForeignNationals working in these companies,” #PAOCC Undersecretary #GilbertCruz said in a statement released Monday midnight. #PogoBan

PAOCC: Five-month deadline for #POGOs enough to identify bosses
https://www.gmanetwork.com/news/topstories/nation/914351/paocc-five-month-deadline-for-pogos-enough-to-identify-bosses/story/

The order heeds the call of various groups to put a stop to #POGO operations which have been plagued with scandals related to #MoneyLaundering, #ImmigrationBribery, #IllegalRecruitment, and #HumanTrafficking. #PogoBan

#Marcos announces ban on POGOs during #SONA
https://www.rappler.com/philippines/president-marcos-jr-orders-ban-offshore-gaming-operators-pogo-sona-july-2024/

Several senators on Thursday urged #PresidentMarcos to ban all #Pogos for posing a threat to #NationalSecurity and for being the source of #crimes such as those cited by Tengco.

Opposition Sen. #RisaHontiveros urged the President to heed the pronouncements of Defense Secretary #GilbertoTeodoro Jr. who favored a total ban on Pogos on national security grounds. #PogoBan

#PogoCrackdown widens; ‘250 to 300’ not licensed
https://newsinfo.inquirer.net/1951406/pogo-crackdown-widens-250-to-300-not-licensed

Ban them already, for god's sake! #PogoBan
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#MANILA, #Philippines — The man who was seen in a viral video being tortured in a Philippine Offshore Gaming Operator (Pogo) facility has reportedly died, according to the Presidential Anti-Organized Crime Commission (PAOCC)on Thursday

Tortured man on viral video in Pogo facility dies — PAOCC
https://newsinfo.inquirer.net/1948959/fwd-man-in-pogo-torture-video-dies#ixzz8cM4ojTZ7

The #Senate committee on women, children, family relations and gender equality led by #Hontiveros held the executive session where the #hacking of #GovernmentWebsites and #espionage were discussed. This was after senators found out that #SurveillanceActivities and even the hacking of #GovernmentWebsites were traceable to the raided #POGO firms in #Bamban. #Philippines

Senate panel asks #NSC to help convince #Marcos on #POGOBan
https://www.rappler.com/philippines/marcos-jr-urged-ban-pogos-national-security-threat-issues/