Local officials in areas hosting Philippine Offshore Gaming Operators (POGO) may be charged with negligence for failing to ...

LOCAL governments and police have been given the green light to inspect commercial buildings covered by business permits, as well as residences in their jurisdi ...

Interior and Local Government Secretary Juan Victor Remulla, for his part, confirmed the closure of the 47 remaining POGO establishments in the country, as ordered by President Marcos. These ...

MANILA, Philippines — The Bureau of Immigration (BI) said that it will deport more than 11,000 Philippine Offshore Gaming Operators (POGO) workers who are still in the country. President ...

NO LET-UP. Some foreign POGO workers undergo immigration processing before leaving the country in this undated photo. The BI said Friday (Jan. 3, 2025) that it would mount an intensified manhunt ...

MANILA, Philippines — A total of 22,609 Philippine offshore gaming operator (Pogo) workers have left the country following the December 31 deadline, the Bureau of Immigration (BI) said on Monday.

Solicitor General Menardo Guevarra on Wednesday told reporters that the OSG’s post-Pogo responsibilities would involve initiating proceedings to cancel fraudulent birth certificates issued to ...

It was during his third State of the Nation Address last July 22 that Marcos announced the Philippines would ban POGO operations by the end of 2024. By November, the President issued an executive ...

The door at Victor’s kept opening well into the morning on New Year's Day as patrons wanted one more drink, one more conversation, one more memory — often shared with a stranger — before the ...

"The OSG’s massive post-POGO tasks will consist of cancelling all certificates of birth fraudulently acquired by aliens/foreign nationals and forfeiting their illegally acquired real properties and ...

The decision, announced as part of a broader campaign to address associated crimes and economic issues, includes directives for law enforcement agencies to dismantle all illegal POGO operations.