00:00President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. ordered the Presidential Anti-Organized Crime Commission, or PAO,
00:05and the Criminal Investigation and Detection Group, or CIDG,
00:09to ramp up their efforts against hard-headed POGOs that continue to operate despite the
00:14all-out ban issued by the Chief Executive against such ventures.
00:18The Chief Executive issued this marching order while government prepares to go against POGOs,
00:23who will expectedly go underground starting December 15,
00:27as all licenses for such establishments will have been revoked by then.
00:31In the meantime, the leader of the land insists the country should stand pat on its decision
00:35to never engage in escalatory actions when it comes to the West Philippine Sea issue.
00:40The President also assured, though, that resupply missions in the area will continue
00:45while the nation continues to work tirelessly to find peaceful resolutions to the regional concern.