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00:00 Igan, the committee in the Senate recommends the removal of all

00:05 Philippine offshore gaming operators or POGOs in the Philippines.

00:09 According to the Senate panel, almost three times the number of crimes related to POGO this year

00:15 compared to 2022.

00:17 Witness, Simab Gonzales.

00:19 POGO workers who are not paid properly

00:27 are being harmed by their neighbors.

00:30 Some are also forced to leave their homes and are being forced to work.

00:33 And this year, the authorities have already

00:37 talked to the establishments registered as POGOs

00:40 but cybercrime hubs have left.

00:42 In the midst of controversies, the Senate Committee on Ways and Means

00:46 recommends the removal of all POGOs in the Philippines.

00:49 The committee report was signed by 10 senators

00:52 who are far from passing a Senate resolution to urge the Executive to ban POGOs.

00:57 This year, if you compare the crimes from POGO last year versus this year,

01:04 it's almost triple.

01:05 Many of the scammers are using POGOs as their front.

01:12 This convinced our senators to talk about banning POGOs.

01:22 Senator Wynne Gatchalian said that more than 4,000 POGO-related crimes

01:27 were reported by the PNP from January 2017 to June this year.

01:32 The debate in the Senate is whether to immediately ban them

01:36 or to phase them out within three months.

01:39 Gatchalian is not afraid of the possible effects on the economy.

01:43 Less than 1% impact on GDP, less than 1% impact on our collections.

01:50 But the crimes that are happening in our country,

01:54 especially in the issue of human trafficking, scams,

02:00 it really damages the image and reputation of our country.

02:06 According to the committee report, the Labor Department should look for new jobs

02:11 for the Filipino employees of POGOs.

02:14 The Bureau of Immigration will also order the cancellation of the visa of foreign nationals

02:18 who work for POGOs and urge them to be deported.

02:22 Some senators are convinced that POGOs should be removed from the country.

02:26 If the peace and order is affected, the lives of every Filipino is at risk,

02:32 so I said, they can leave.

02:37 Senator Arisa Contiveros said that POGOs will not be spared if they are deported.

02:43 She said that it is all about crime and discrimination against women.

02:46 They investigated the Senate Committee on Women

02:49 on the consequences of prostitution, corruption, human trafficking, and scams.

02:54 Senator JV Ejercito said that there should be two to three phase-outs

02:58 for legal POGOs because it might affect other industries that are involved.

03:04 But illegal POGOs should be removed immediately.

03:07 Senator Ivy Marcos did not sign the committee report.

03:11 She said she wants to study this first even though she is convinced that POGOs are bad.

03:16 What I am afraid of is that they will just be deported

03:20 because we know that there are big people behind POGOs.

03:24 Not only big people, but also the government.

03:29 Because of this, it is important to give an event and power to whoever will catch POGOs.

03:41 Next week, the report will be discussed in the plenary

03:44 and Gatchalian hopes that she will get enough votes to help the removal of POGOs.

03:51 For GMA Integrated News, I'm Barb Gonzalez, your witness.

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