President Duterte ni-reject ang suggestion ukol sa pag Suspendi ng POGO

Duterte rejects calls to shut down POGOs operations for now, since the report is very positive

Some Senators suggest suspending or declare the Philippines Offshore Gaming Operators (POGOs) as illegal but President Duterte rejected it.

According to Presidential Spokesperson Salvador Panelo in an interview, President Duterte decided to continue the operations of POGOs in the Philippines because of the positive report and feedback he received from POGO. Also, he explained that the country needs to get funds in fighting the COVID-19 especially that DOH already confirmed the first local transmission of the disease.

“Ang sabi niya (Duterte) sa akin kahapon, maganda yung report ni PAGCOR head. Maganda raw ang report sa kanya. Kailangan talaga natin ng pondo galing diyan. Marami tayong projects na kailangan natin ng pondo. For instance, for the salaries of the nurses, for teachers, marami,” Presidential Spokesperson Salvador Panelo said.

“In fact, meron na namang tayong problema sa coronavirus. Pwede ring pagkunan yan,” Panelo added.

The PAGCOR reported a Php 8-B earned from POGOs as well as it gives 19,000 jobs to Filipinos.

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Presidential Spokesperson Salvador Panelo believes that making laws and regulations can solve the controversial issue faced by POGO where it is reported for some money laundering activities.

“Yung mga problema diyan sa operations, yan ay magagawan ng paraan,” Presidential Spokesperson Salvador Panelo said.

When Senator Richard Gordon started to probe the alleged illegal activities committed by Chinese nationals in the country, POGO calls out for banned. Even Senator Franklin Drilon said the revenues brought by POGO is not enough to justify the problems brought by the Chinese nationals.

“I am disappointed at the statement of PAGCOR saying [they] are in favor of POGO continuing in our shores because of the income we earn — such a short-ranged statement,” Senator Franklin Drilon

“The social problems they have brought in our country is not worth the regulation fees that you earn,” Drilon added.