State lawyers will initiate a thorough inventory of assets of shuttered Philippine overseas gaming operators (POGOs) after ...

In a public briefing, BI Spokesperson Dana Sandoval urged foreign POGO employees to downgrade their visas, emphasizing that the December 31 deadline for the ban would not be extended. “Around 6,000 ...

Santa Ana, where POGO operations began two decades ago before expanding nationwide, is perhaps the hardest hit by the exodus of these foreign companies.

MANILA, Philippines — With barely a month to go before the deadline on Dec. 31, some 20,000 foreign Philippine offshore gaming operation (POGO) workers are expected to leave the country ...

Senator Sherwin Gatchalian on Monday sponsored Senate Bill 2868 or the proposed "Anti-POGO Act of 2024" containing committee report 342 crafted by the Senate ways and means committee. According to ...

The Presidential Anti-Organized Crime Commission, which had conducted raids on major POGO hubs, and other law enforcement agencies have reported that the POGOs have splintered into smaller ...

MANILA, Philippines — Back to back measures seeking the permanent ban of Philippine offshore gaming operators (Pogos) have reached the Senate plenary on Monday. Sen. Sherwin Gatchalian ...

Agent Ely Leano, spokesperson of the NBI in Southeastern Mindanao Regional Office (Semro), said that the mostly foreign workers they rescued in the newly discovered Pogo in Panabo City underwent ...

Tengco said the closure was to send a message that the all-out POGO ban of President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. spares no one. “Marami kasing katanungan sa araw-araw kung ‘yung pinaka-malaking hub ...

MANDAUE CITY — As compliance to the directive of President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. to close all Philippine offshore gaming operators (POGOs) in the country before the year ends, seven establishments in ...

The individual words in the acronym Pogo—“Philippine,” “offshore,” “gaming,” and “operators”—by themselves are neutral and do not mean anything offensive or illegal. Taken together, however, Pogo ...

A CHINESE woman with alleged connections to illegal Philippine Offshore Gaming Operations (Pogo) activities was arrested by Bureau of Immigration (BI) agents on Thursday, December 18, 2024. Fortunato ...