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 ...

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 ...

Interior Secretary Juanito Victor ''Jonvic'' Remulla Jr. on Wednesday said POGO guerilla operations would flourish but he vowed that the government will run after them. ''Guerilla operations will ...

The number of offshore gambling firms that are still operating in the country has gone down to 17, with the gaming regulator declaring that all licenses in the controversial industry will be ...

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 ...

In August, the House of Representatives formed the quad comm to identify the links between POGO, Chinese syndicates, the illegal drug trade and EJKs in the country during the administration of ...

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 ...

The bill seeking to institutionalize the ban on Philippine Offshore Gaming Operators (POGOs) has reached the Senate plenary. Senator Sherwin Gatchalian on Monday sponsored Senate Bill 2868 or the ...

MANILA, Philippines — The National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) plans to file charges against 60 people arrested at a suspected illegal Philippine offshore gaming operator (POGO) hub in ...

PANABO City Mayor Jose Relampagos disclosed that individuals behind the illegal Philippine Offshore Gaming Operators (Pogo) operations initially sought permission to build a warehouse for plastic ...

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 ...

DAVAO CITY — Sixty employees, including 56 Chinese, were arrested during a raid in a suspected Philippine offshore gaming operator (POGO) hub at Barangay Manay, Panabo City, Davao del Norte on Friday.