DOLE, naghahanda na para umagapay sa POGO workers na posibleng mawalan ng trabaho sakaling ipagbawal na ang operasyon nito sa bansa
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00:00The Labor Department is working hard to provide assistance to POGO workers who may lose their jobs if POGO is banned in the country.
00:12This is really surprising.
00:14The Labor and Employment Department is now preparing to help the affected Filipino workers when the Philippine Offshore Gaming Operators of POGO leaves the country.
00:29We want to profile them because some of them may only be able to do upgrading and reskilling.
00:39Those who have skills may still need to be retooled so that we can see what kind of intervention can be done by DOLE and other agencies of our government so that they will not completely lose their income.
00:54Here in NCR, according to the agency, more than 20,000 Filipinos work in POGO in the National Capital Region or NCR.
01:04That is why NCR has the largest number of Filipino workers in POGO.
01:09That is why we will prioritize profiling.
01:13There are some that are growing now, Region 3, Region 7, and Region 4A.
01:20But the bulk is here in the National Capital Region.
01:24But Laguasma insisted that they know the Filipinos who work in illegal POGO in the country,
01:31especially those who are under the influence of authorities like Bamban Tarlac and Porac Pampanga.
01:37Laguasma admitted that it is difficult for them to get information from the Filipinos who are under the influence of illegal POGO.
01:45That is why they are now cooperating with the Presidential Anti-Organized Crime Commission for this.
01:51We don't have a radar.
01:53Those who are being raided now, most of them don't have proper documents, no license, no AEP.
02:02That is our challenge.
02:04Some congressmen are now passing laws to completely ban all POGO in the country.
02:11Noel Talacay for Pambasang TV in Bagong, Philippines.