00:00The Bureau of Immigration, or BI, warned companies or individuals hiding illegal workers from Philippine offshore gaming operators, or POGOs, will face legal action.
00:11BI Commissioner Joel Anthony Villado stated, harboring illegal aliens is a serious crime and violators will be charged.
00:19This follows the BI's plan to deport over 11,000 former POGO workers to the land bank of the Philippines, calling the government's intervention a life-changing blessing.
00:29Thank you very much to Secretary Conrado Estrella III and to President Bongbong Marcos.
00:37Because of your intervention, we will no longer pay such a huge amount of money, P111,844. Thank you very much.
00:52The loan condemnation is part of Republic Act 11953. Farmers burdened by debt have abandoned, leased, or sold their lands but are now returning after learning about the loan condemnation.
01:03Meanwhile, 669 electronically generated Certificates of Land Ownership Award were distributed to 502 agrarian reform beneficiaries covering 758 hectares.
01:15This milestone offers farmers a fresh start and a renewed sense of hope, symbolizing a new life for the new year as they take full ownership of the land they cultivate.
01:25From the Philippine Information Agency, Eastern Visayas, Aletreyas, Balitang Pambansa.