00:00Some government agencies expressed their support for the banning of Pogo from the country.
00:09This is a serious national concern of the National Security Council.
00:16Tina Panganiban-Perez was there.
00:21For the NSC, this is a very serious national concern.
00:26We have seen the extent of criminal activities being conducted in some of the IGLs and Pogo facilities,
00:34particularly human trafficking, cyber fraud, prostitution, etc.
00:41which to us has become a very serious national concern.
00:47All the red flags are already there.
00:49According to the Senate Committee on Ways and Means,
00:51some government agencies expressed their support for the banning of Pogo.
00:57According to the Department of Finance,
00:59more than Php 180 billion was lost to the country in one year due to the negative image of Pogo.
01:06This is more than the benefit of Php 167 billion.
01:11We have, for instance, foregone investment due to crime.
01:16We also have foregone revenues from tourism
01:20basically because of that negative picture of having Pogo activities in the Philippines
01:33may in fact affect the tourism industry.
01:37In another open letter, some groups called on President Bongbong Marcos
01:42to order the PAGCOR to cancel all licenses of Pogos who claim to be from China.
01:49It is illegal for any type of gambling in China.
01:52This is contrary to the regulations of the PAGCOR
01:55that prohibits any gaming websites in the Philippines from accessing the country where gambling is prohibited.
02:02Somebody is making a lot of money, but we've got to stop it.
02:06We are fooling ourselves.
02:08And if you are the president, this is the moment,
02:11this is the specific circumstance that the president should step in.
02:16Because the people below, the PAGCOR is under the office of the president.
02:20He has to stop it.
02:22For the GMA Integrated News, Tina Panganiban Perez,
02:26That's all. 24 hours.
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