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Pagcor: Gambling to help economic future of PH post-coronavirus
Pagcor CEO Andrea Domingo says gambling operations can revive restaurants, hotels, malls, transportation, and real estate
Rappler Talk: Procter & Gamble's plans for the 'better normal'
Rappler business reporter Ralf Rivas talks to Procter & Gamble Philippines HR country leader Vince Dizon about how the company is dealing with the pandemic, as lockdown restrictions start to ease
Justice Leonen: Laws ban poor man's gambling, but POGOs allowed?
'We have to continue calling attention to these kinds of discrepancies,' Supreme Court Associate Justice Marvic Leonen
53 arrested as police bust illegal POGO operation in Parañaque
Cops arrest 44 Chinese and 9 Filipinos in a house in Parañaque that was being used to run an illegal POGO operation
[EDITORIAL] Tinik sa lalamunan ang mga POGO
Halimbawa ito ng gangster mentality ng mga opisyal natin na nag-aasam ng mabilis na kita kapalit ng ating katinuan at kaluluwa
Quezon City arrests 111 in crackdown against illegal gambling
The Quezon City Police District conducts raids against video karera, cara y cruz, card games, and other forms of illegal gambling
In Duterte-land, U2’s Bono touches on the taboo
’You don’t compromise on human rights,’ he wants to tell the President
[ANALYSIS | Point of Law] The OSG and POGOs
Does the Office of Solicitor General have the power to give advisory opinions to other government agencies like Pagcor?
Lawmakers refute ‘misguided’ Calida: Gov’t can tax POGOs
'The opinion of the OSG is erroneous, misplaced and misguided. It does not serve the interest of the country. Who will benefit from it?' asks Senator Franklin Drilon
House panel OKs bill slapping 5% franchise tax, 25% income tax on POGOs
House committee on ways and means chairperson Joey Salceda says imposing additional taxes on Philippine offshore gaming operators would raise P45 billion in government revenue
DOF backs more taxes for online gambling firms
Finance Secretary Carlos Dominguez supports the plan of Albay Representative Joey Salceda to slap more taxes on Philippine Offshore Gaming Operators and their service providers
Angeles City shuts down Chinese-operated POGO firm
City Hall closes a POGO company which had no business permit and was not paying business taxes
Top casino execs to meet in Manila in December
As the Philippines positions itself to be the top gambling destination in Asia, the country prepares to host one of the most highly anticipated gaming expos
BIR lifts closure order on online gambling firm
The first online gambling firm shut down by the Philippine government is up and running again after promising to settle P1.3 billion in unpaid taxes
Philippines 'can earn P300B yearly' if gaming industry privatized
Finance Secretary Carlos Dominguez III says P300 billion in annual revenues can be achieved 'with no effort' should the government privatize Pagcor and PCSO gaming operations
Ace Barbers warns POGOs make PH vulnerable to drugs, money laundering
The chair of the House committee on dangerous drugs says the online gambling industry has the potential to 'revolutionize' the money laundering process
High risk, high return: House to probe online gambling boom
House ways and means committee chairman Joey Salceda says they are 'quietly studying' online gambling risks, adding that the industry already comprises nearly 1% of gross domestic product
Online gambling contributes P551 billion to Philippine economy yearly
Philippine offshore gaming operators (POGOs) now bring more cash to the local economy than business process outsourcing companies, says Leechiu Property Consultants
Dominguez orders BIR to shut down tax-dodging POGOs
'Those who don't pay or respond to your assessments, clamp them down,' says Finance Secretary Carlos Dominguez III
Police file charges vs 181 illegal Chinese POGO workers in Cebu
The employees face charges of violating illegal gambling and cybercrime laws
Duterte won't ban POGOs: 'We need it'
Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte is not heeding China's call to ban online gambling operations
EXPLAINER: How online casinos hit the jackpot in the Philippines
Rappler breaks down how online gambling flourished in Manila and why it could be the latest test of the relationship between the Philippines and China
[ANALYSIS] Duterte and the POGO dilemma
Beijing has asked that POGOs be closed, but their departure would in the near term adversely affect the bottom line of several of the Philippines' largest real estate firms. It's for President Duterte to save the sector.
China wants Philippines to ban online gambling
China also wants to 'jointly tackle criminal activities including online gambling and cyber fraud,' saying it would help development relations between Manila and Beijing
[OPINION] The real losers and winners of Chinese online gambling
Driven by greed and ignorance, countless ordinary Chinese people, like moths flying toward fire, fall into online gambling and cannot extricate themselves
Villanueva says POGOs only 'kill' the local economy
Senator Joel Villanueva says Filipino interests are only at a disadvantage with the growing Philippine online gambling operations industry in the country
Nearly 400 Chinese detained in record Vietnam gambling bust
Chinese and Taiwanese groups use Vietnam as a venue for online betting rings in recent years
Philippines, China 'not talking' about online gambling
'We are not talking to the Chinese government about it. This is a matter of their citizens...who work here and are subject to our tax laws. That's all,' says Finance Secretary Carlos Dominguez III
Online gambling: Good for whose business?
China absolutely hates gambling, but the Philippines is fueling its citizens' addiction
A Chinese online gambling worker's plight in Manila
Withheld passports, dubious recruiters, broken promises. This all sounds like a Filipino OFW's story, but it's someone else's.
Vietnam police bust $1-billion illegal online gambling ring
Police say 22 people have been arrested in massive raids across Vietnam to combat online gambling
Finance department zeroes in on foreign online gambling workers
Finance Secretary Carlos Dominguez III says it is important to find out where foreign online gambling workers are located, given the 'national security implications' and their large presence here
Senators want crackdown vs illegal Chinese workers
Senators Joel Villanueva and Grace Poe say government agencies are not doing enough to prevent foreigners from illegally working in the Philippines
Duterte wants to 'suppress' online gambling
President Rodrigo Duterte says gambling is a magnet for crimes like extortion and kidnapping
Silent addiction: How Filipinos fall prey to the online gambling market
Foreign online casino sites not regulated by Pagcor are easily accessible in the Philippines, leaving Filipinos at risk of gambling addiction
How China’s online gambling addiction is reshaping Manila
There's more dim sum in the metro, but the Chinese have driven up rent for locals and brought in a gambling contagion
Under-fire Apple removes 25,000 apps in China
Apple removed 25,000 apps suspected of facilitating gambling and illegal lotteries, state broadcaster CCTV reports, emphasizing there was still work to be done.
NBA, MGM sign historic sports gambling partnership
The pact makes the NBA the first American sports league with an official betting partner
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Multinationals are top plastic polluters in the Philippines – report
'It's time we hold these companies accountable. They cannot continue raking in money and then passing on the responsibility and costs of cleaning their mess to cities and Filipino taxpayers,' says environmentalist Froilan Grate
Controversial ex-CA justice fined for gambling
Retired Court of Appeals Associate Justice Normandie Pizarro, who was accused of 'selling' cases, justifies his gambling as an 'indiscretion committed by a dying man'
PNP official arrested after revealing identity in casino quarrel
Superintendent Adrian Antonio is the administrative officer of the PNP's Directorate for Operations, which creates anti-crime campaigns. Public officials like Antonio are barred from going to casinos.
PH can earn big with Chinese call centers, says Sombero
Wally Sombero, a self-proclaimed online gaming expert in the middle of a bribery scandal, says he wants President Rodrigo Duterte to understand the potential of Asia's growing online gaming industry
Britain to crack down on 'hidden epidemic' of gambling
Britain says it would tighten laws on high stakes gaming machines to protect 'the most vulnerable' users by lowering maximum bets, curbing advertising and raising awareness about potential harm
Top 10 companies 'Filipinos want to work for' in 2017
Jobstreet asks 3 658 Filipinos which company they want to work for Here are the top 10
CEZA derived 80% of income from 'illegal' operations – Lambino
In a press briefing on Wednesday August 2 Cagayan Economic Zone Authority CEO and administrator Raul Lambino says these were revenues from online and offshore gaming licensees operating outside the jurisdiction of CEZA
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Philippines arrests 44 foreigners for kidnapping Singaporean
The group was believed to be behind the series of kidnapping incidents against foreign nationals who are high roller casino players in recent months
