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Tag: Philippine Offshore Gaming Operations

‘POGOs pose security threat’

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POGO hubs near military facilities bared

A congressman on Monday voiced concern over the presence of Chinese-run Philippine offshore gaming operations or POGOS in the areas near the country’s military...

POGOs should be confined to their own hubs

"This will make it easier for PAGCOR to identify who the illegal operators are."   The plan to confine Philippine Offshore Gaming Operations within economic hubs...

Government goes after illegal recruiters of POGO workers

Malacañang said the government will run after illegal recruiters of workers for Philippine Offshore Gaming Operations or POGOs. “Anything illegal, we will run after them,”...

Distractions from the state of the nation

"We are overwhelmed by the immensity and weight of everything."     The Bea-Gerald-Julia thing has distracted us long enough from the pressing issues confronting our society...

China airs ‘grave concern’ over Pagcor’s POGO hub

China on Thursday expressed “grave concern” over a proposal to transfer Chinese working in offshore gaming operators to self-contained communities or hubs, saying this...

Castelo wants BIR, BI to probe POGOs in QC

Quezon City Councilor Winston Castelo wants the Bureau of Internal Revenue and other concerned government to probe the employment of Chinese individuals working for...

Pogos: New growth driver

Philippine offshore gaming operations, or Pogos, are reshaping the economy, just as the business process outsourcing sector sprang some 20 years ago to become...

Aliens told: No permit, no work

The government is taking stringent measures to regulate the influx of illegal workers in the country, Justice Secretary Menardo Guevarra said Tuesday. He said an...

Tax-the-aliens scheme seen yielding P24 billion each year

The government is eying collecting at least P24 billion in taxes annually from the foreign workers employed in the offshore gaming operations in the...

POGO: Boon or bane

"Allegations abound that corrupt Pagcor personnel and officials have been making a killing in ‘fixing’ the fees that POGO operators must pay." If we are...

Foreigner influx

The many Chinese nationals living in condominiums and working in Philippine offshore gaming operations, or Pogos, are creating a stir in Congress and among...

Govt loses P3b in monthly tax from online gaming

Finance Secretary Carlos Dominguez III said Wednesday he expects to collect P3 billion worth of income tax each month from foreign nationals working in...
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