Sen. Sherwin Gatchalian expressed confidence that President Marcos would support his recommendation to ban Chinese-run online gaming establishments that had been blamed for the rise in kidnappings and other crimes in the country. | MRamosINQ /PDI
He noted that the Department of Finance and the National Economic and Development Authority had both expressed their opposition to POGOs, which thrived during the administration of Rodrigo Duterte, Marcos’ predecessor.“First of all, the economic managers are saying that [POGOs] are not good for the country’s image. And we will not have peace of mind while they are still here,” he said.
As of Friday, only seven senators had signed the committee report with its recommendation for a total POGO ban. Operators capitalized on the country’s liberal gaming laws to target customers in China, where gambling is banned. The much higher projected income this year is P32 billion, but only P3 billion has been collected to date, according to Finance Secretary Benjamin Diokno. Chinese-Filipino group Movement for Restoration of Peace and Order , whose members or kin had fallen prey to kidnappers, expressed support for a ban on Pogos, amid a series of reported crimes in which their employees, mostly Chinese nationals, had been implicated.
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