Tag: Pogos

Pres. Duterte signs law taxing POGOs, majority of targeted revenue to fund health care

  (Eagle News) – President Rodrigo Duterte signed into law on Wednesday, Sept 22, an act taxing Philippine Gaming Offshore Operations (POGOs). Malacanang announced this today, Thursday, Sept. 23, saying this was part of the Philippine government’s regulation of all kinds of gambling. Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque said Republic Act 11590, which taxes POGOs, allocates 60 percent of total revenue collected from gaming tax imposed on offshore gambling to be be allocated for the implementation […]

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Palace: President Duterte still trusts Morente

(Eagle News) — Immigration commissioner Jaime Morente still enjoys the trust and confidence of President Rodrigo Duterte, the Palace said on Tuesday, Feb. 18. Presidential Spokesperson Salvador Panelo made the remark amid the allegations of corruption hurled against unscrupulous immigration personnel who escort Chinese Philippine Offshore Gaming Operators workers in the airport in exchange for a fee. “Until he says otherwise, the assumption is [that] he has confidence in him,” Panelo said. Senator Risa Hontiveros […]

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Duterte warns POGOs: Register within three days with BIR and pay taxes, or else

(Eagle News)–Philippine Offshore Gaming Operators have three days to register with the Bureau of Internal Revenue and pay taxes. President Rodrigo Duterte himself announced this in an exclusive interview with CNN Philippines, after the BIR said only 10 out of 60 POGOs in the country pay taxes. “I’m giving you three days to- bayaran niyo ang mga utang ninyo kayong mga POGO, barilin ko kayo ng de-bomba,” Duterte said. Since the start of the government’s […]

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Pangilinan to gov’t: Listen to China, revoke POGO licenses

(Eagle News)–Senator Francis Pangilinan urged the government to listen to China and cancel the licenses of Philippine Offshore Gaming Operators. In backing the call of the Chinese embassy in the Philippines, Pangilinan noted that  gambling was illegal in China in the first place. Some forms of gambling, including online gambling, are legal in the Philippines. “Ibig sabihin, mga Chinese criminal ang nagpapatakbo ng mga POGO dito sa Pilipinas,” he said. He also noted that the […]

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Palace to Chinese nationals reportedly subjected to abuse in Pogos: File formal complaints

(Eagle News)–The Philippines urged Chinese nationals reportedly subjected to abuse in Philippine offshore gaming operations (Pogos) to file formal complaints. Presidential Spokesperson Salvador Panelo issued the remark after the Chinese embassy called on the government to “punish” these firms, which, “in many cases,” do not “apply necessary legal work permits for their Chinese employees” according to the embassy. “Many of the Chinese citizens working illegally in Philippine casinos or POGOs and other forms of gambling […]

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