00:00Exclusive for foreigners, the resort in Puerto Galera, Oriental Mindoro,
00:10where various items in gambling are found with no valid papers.
00:15I know that there is illegal gambling there, but the mayor immediately denied it.
00:21Paul Hernandez of GMA Regional TV has a report.
00:25This resort in Puerto Galera, Oriental Mindoro is the home of the NBI Mimaropa operatives.
00:34Some gambling paraffernalias, slot machines,
00:39mahjong and bakarat tables,
00:42coins and chips,
00:43laptops and SIM cards are also found here.
00:46Sir, please hold your ID here.
00:4840 foreign nationals have been visited by the NBI,
00:51but no one has been arrested.
00:54It's surprising. It's like a tip-off operation because there are no people there, not only the owner.
01:00It's surprising that there are no people in the poolside, bar.
01:04Usually, that's where they hang out.
01:07According to the NBI, a foreigner is the owner of the resort that was opened in 2019.
01:12He's a Chinese descent, but when we checked his passport, he's an American national.
01:20I don't have any comment.
01:21You don't have any comment, sir?
01:23Yes.
01:24The owner of the resort, who was not locked up, was in Pianza earlier this afternoon.
01:29But the NBI monitored the situation after receiving information that there might be illegal gambling inside the resort.
01:36Mayor Rocky Ilagan, of Puerto Galera, is indignant that there's no gambling in their area.
01:41We don't allow that kind of illegal activity.
01:45I asked what was caught. They said it's table mahjong.
01:49I said, you know, the resort has ping pong, table tennis, mahjong, as part of the recreation of the guests.
01:59The resort has a business and mayor's permit, but the gambling materials have no valid papers.
02:05We tried to ascertain what the mayor said.
02:08As of now, we haven't been able to prove that there's really gambling there.
02:13Paul Hernandez of GMA Regional TV is reporting for GMA Integrated News.
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