Zubiri issued the call as he stood by his earlier remarks that caused a confusion on the issue, and eventually prompted the Chinese embassy to issue a statement on the matter. READ:
Senate President Juan Miguel “Migz” Zubiri on Wednesday, October 12 urged the Chinese embassy in the Philippines, particularly Chinese ambassador to the Philippines Huang Xilian, to issue a categorical statement whether or not the country is already blacklisted or is about to be blacklisted by China for tourism due to hosting Philippine Offshore Gaming Operations .
“That will weigh a lot on our decisions, because we might lose two to possibly five million tourists every year,” the Senate leader said. “We put on record that he mentioned the word blacklist and blacklisting. I just don’t know if he said it on a present tense or future tense. Is it possible that we could be blacklist or blacklisted? That was also a lapse in our part. I think we should have clarified if we were already blacklisted. But the message was clear of the blacklisting of countries that hosted POGO. That was the message of the ambassador,” the Senate leader stressed.
But the Association of Service Providers and POGOs , the group that earlier appealed to President Marcos, as well as legislators, to factor in the potential job losses that could result from banning the POGO industry in the country, disclosed that thousands of Filipino families benefit from legit POGOs.
“Malaki po ang tulong ng POGO industry sa pag-generate po ng employment sa ating mga kababayan ,” ASPAP spokesperson Michael Danganan said during the hearing.
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