00:00Employees in Pogo have lost their jobs due to the ban.
00:05It's hard for them to find a job that meets their previous income.
00:09This is the story of Oscar Oida.
00:16The 31-year-old princess is struggling to find a job.
00:22Pogo Company has already closed down where she used to work as an online casino dealer.
00:29Princess is just one of the 27,000 Pogo employees who lost their jobs.
00:36Because of this effective Sunday, December 15,
00:40the licenses of the remaining Philippine Offshore Gaming Operators, or POGO, have already been returned.
00:46The princess has a bad feeling about the fact that her colleagues are working for the illegal POGO.
00:53How can we pay our taxes?
00:56We also have a job here in the society.
00:58Compared to other jobs in the Philippines, it's very expensive there.
01:02Food is free, everything is free.
01:04The transportation to work is free.
01:08Then when it comes to salary, it's really higher.
01:12President Marcos will remember all the POGO employees in the country
01:17after discovering that there are POGO hubs that are involved in illegal activities
01:23such as scamming, money laundering, prostitution, human trafficking, kidnapping, and even torture and murder.
01:32Following the closure of POGO, the Department of Labor and Employment, or DOLE,
01:38has set up a series of job fairs to help those who lost their jobs.
01:44But only a few are applying.
01:47They want to find a job similar to what they're doing,
01:51that will provide equal or higher benefits.
01:56Most of the job vacancies offered to job fairs are entry-level positions.
02:06That's why DOLE is looking for other opportunities for those who lost their jobs.
02:12Their help is not limited to those who work in legitimate POGO.
02:17We will make sure that we will help those who will come to DOLE.
02:22Those who will not come, we will reach out.
02:25For GEMA Integrated News, Oscar Oida, for 24 Hours.
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