Limang malalaking ilegal na POGO, nasawata na ayon sa PAOCC;
Pagpapa-deport ng mga nahuhuling dayuhan na sangkot sa mga ilegal na POGO, naging matagumpay rin umano
Pagpapa-deport ng mga nahuhuling dayuhan na sangkot sa mga ilegal na POGO, naging matagumpay rin umano
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00:00The Presidential Anti-Organized Crime Commission
00:04placed their achievements under the administration
00:08of President Ferdinand R. Marquez Jr.
00:10The center of the news is from Louisa Erizpe.
00:13Louisa?
00:15Now, the Presidential Anti-Organized Crime Commission
00:19placed their achievements under the administration
00:22of President Ferdinand R. Marquez Jr.
00:24to catch the illegal operation of the Philippine Offshore Gaming Operators
00:28or POGOs in the country.
00:30In the pre-sonal special of Bagong Pilipinas Ngayon,
00:33Undersecretary Gilbert Cruz said that the government
00:38showed that the government is still stronger
00:40than the illegal activities in the country.
00:43Based on their investigation,
00:45the common illegal POGOs are emerging
00:47which are the end of the crimes in the Philippines
00:50such as kidnapping, human trafficking, and others.
00:53That's why the authorities are now pointing out
00:58the illegal operations of POGOs
01:00which are the end of the crimes in the Philippines.
01:06What I was saying earlier, at least we were able to see
01:10that the POGOs who work here,
01:13we thought they were giving money,
01:15giving jobs,
01:17giving something that can make our country prosperous.
01:22But that's not true.
01:23What's happening is,
01:25that promise is not happening.
01:27If they disappear,
01:29maybe we'll be silent.
01:32As for the POGOs,
01:34there are 5 big illegal POGO hubs in Watanila.
01:37But there are still 402 to be caught
01:40because according to the Philippine Amusement Gaming Corporation or PAGCOR,
01:43only 42 of them registered as POGOs.
01:47For those who will be caught,
01:49those who were raided in Pasay, Bambang, and Pampanga,
01:52are now being used as facilities for the needs of the government.
01:57Because of these illegal activities,
01:59the government has the right to ban these illegal operations.
02:07Most of them,
02:08like the 5 big POGO hubs we raided,
02:13all of them were forfeited.
02:16The buildings, the vehicles.
02:19Civil forfeiture?
02:20Yes.
02:21Civil and criminal forfeiture.
02:23So, that's not happening yet.
02:24But at least the government will be punished.
02:26Yes.
02:27What's funny is,
02:28the one we forfeited in Pasay,
02:30the DSWD is now using it for the rescued victims.
02:36They are being housed there.
02:38We also made a prison for those who were caught in POGOs.
02:43For those foreigners who joined the illegal operations,
02:47the government has the right to deport them.
02:51In fact, more than 1,000 foreign nationals have been deported
02:55because of the illegal POGOs.
02:57But for the Filipinos who are being deported,
03:01like the Filipinos whose children are being deported,
03:04they are still members of the government.
03:08We are talking to the DSWD
03:11to help them.
03:12Because the government won't be able to do it
03:15while the children are growing up.
03:17Why don't you have a full-fledged Cabinet Department?
03:20Yes.
03:21For now, for the children,
03:23we can still provide milk,
03:24pumpers,
03:25and hospitals.
03:27But of course,
03:28that needs to be studied after that.
03:33Naomi,
03:34one of the things the government is talking about
03:36is the lack of connection.
03:38Van Bantar Locke Mayor Al Guo
03:40to the illegal operations of POGOs.
03:42Because of this,
03:43the illegal activities of foreign nationals have become vulgar.
03:46For now,
03:47aside from Guo,
03:48many have filed complaints against PAOC
03:51and they will continue to file more complaints.
03:53Meanwhile,
03:54PAOC is watching the entry and exit
03:56of illegal drugs in the Philippines.
04:00In fact,
04:01they are discussing with the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency
04:04to have guards in port areas of the country,
04:07whether private or public,
04:09so that drugs or illegal activities in the country
04:11will no longer be allowed.
04:14Here is the latest.
04:15Back to you, Naomi.
04:16Thank you very much, Luisa Erispe.