Concerned gov’t agencies to go after all underground POGOs, licenses to be revoked by Dec. 15

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00:00The government is tightening the possibility of carrying out guerrilla operations in Pogo.

00:06Only a few days are left before all its licenses are invalidated.

00:11Details on the national news of Kenneth Paciente of PTV Manila.

00:16Since December 15, all licenses of Pogo in the country have been canceled.

00:22That's what the Philippine Amusement and Gaming Corporation, or PAGCOR,

00:26followed the directive of President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. in his 3rd State of the Nation Address.

00:32In his press briefing, PAGCOR Chairman Alejandro Tenco said

00:36that he will not wait for the end of the year to end the Pogo operations in the Philippines.

00:42Instead, he will speed up the opening of Pogo operations in the Philippines.

00:46In fact, since the President announced the end of Pogo operations in the country,

00:51the number of Pogo operations in the Philippines has decreased to six from the previous 300.

00:56Since July, as we speak, there are only seven Pogo operations in the country.

01:07They are already preparing and requesting for the cancellation of their respective licenses.

01:17But the government's lackluster agencies do not ignore the possibility

01:21that the guerrilla operations of Pogo or their Pagunilang Operation will be lifted.

01:26But there are still some who will remain.

01:28And we are looking at around 100 plus.

01:33So those are the rogue Pogos that we call.

01:35Those are the former Pogo workers who joined together

01:40and made a small Pogo hub or Pogo operation in one house.

01:44It can be in an apartment, it can be in a resort, it can be in a hotel.

01:51That is something that the government and the law enforcement agencies are trying to do.

01:56Those who are able to do it, they will do it in their own way.

02:00In our estimation, it is easy for them to find, it is easy for them to stop.

02:06As to the President's instructions, we will make it very difficult for them

02:11until they say that it is no longer worth operating in the Philippines.

02:15According to the DILG, since the former 350,000 visas were issued to Pogo workers,

02:2123,000 have already been deported.

02:24More than 6,000 are still in the country,

02:26of which more than 5,000 have already downgraded their visas to tourists.

02:31The Pogo hubs in Island Cove in Kawitkawite have also been visited to close them.

02:37Again, the government insisted that there will be no effect on the country's economy

02:41by stopping the Pogo operations.

02:43The DOLE's Job Employment Caravan will also be set up

02:46for the affected Pogo workers.

02:49From PTV Manila, Kenneth Paciente, Balitang Pambansa.

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