00:00We only have a few days left for the complete cessation or cancellation of visas for Pogo or Philippine Offshore Gaming Operations in the country.
00:08That's why the government is tightening the possible cancellation of guerrilla operations of Pogo.
00:14The details in the national news of Kenneth Paciente of PTV.
00:20Since December 15, all licenses of Pogo in the country have been cancelled.
00:25That's what the Philippine Amusement and Gaming Corporation, or PAGCOR, promised
00:29following President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr.'s directive in his 3rd State of the Nation Address.
00:35In his press briefing, PAGCOR Chairman Alejandro Tengco said that he will not wait until the end of the year
00:42for the cessation of Pogo operations in the Philippines.
00:45Instead, he will speed up the cancellation of these operations.
00:49In fact, since President R. Marcos announced the cessation of Pogo operations in the country,
00:54the number of Pogo operations in the Philippines has decreased from 300.
00:59Since July, as we speak, there are only 7 Pogo operations left.
01:10Since they are already prepared and ready, they are already writing and requesting for the cancellation of their respective licenses.
01:20But the government agencies are not ignoring the possibility that the guerrilla operations of Pogo
01:27or their Pagunilang Operasyon will cease.
01:29But there are still some that will persist.
01:31And we are looking at around 100 plus.
01:36So those are the rogue Pogos that we call.
01:39Those are the former Pogo workers who joined together and made a small Pogo hub or Pogo operation in a house.
01:48It can be in an apartment, it can be in a resort, in a hotel.
01:54This is something that the government and law enforcement agencies are trying to do.
02:01They are trying to do things.
02:03In our estimation, they are easy to find, easy to stop.
02:09As to the President's instructions, we will make it very difficult for them
02:14until they say that it is no longer worth operating in the Philippines.
02:18According to the DILG, since more than 350,000 visas were issued to Pogo workers,
02:2423,000 were already deported.
02:27More than 6,000 are still in the country,
02:29of which more than 5,000 have already downgraded their visas to tourists.
02:34Pogo hubs in Island Cove and Kawit Cavite have already been visited by the authorities to close them.
02:40Again, the government insisted that there will be no effect on the country's economy
02:44if the Pogo operations cease.
02:46The DOLE's Job Employment Caravan will also be set up for the affected Pogo workers.
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