00:00Following the POGO ban, some Senators want to stop the online gambling where the customer is in the Philippines.
00:11The Senate also criticized the slow deportation of foreign POGO workers.
00:18Ma'am Gonzales pointed this out.
00:20Even though all POGO workers are banned,
00:25there are still a lot of POGO workers who haven't been deported to their countries.
00:30That's what came out of the Senate's hearing earlier that was dismissed by some Senators.
00:34What we were allowed to release, Mr. Senator, is a total of 3,024.
00:40Only 10%? Why is that?
00:42Those are those that are apprehended or arrested in various operations by BI and or PAOC.
00:49We have 27,000 foreign nationals who used to work for POGO and they don't know where they are.
00:56We have close coordination with the Bureau of Immigration and especially with PAOC and NBI.
01:02In a raid this January in Paranaque, only half of the 438 arrested were deported.
01:08Those who were arrested don't have a passport.
01:11So we have requested from the embassy for their travel documents.
01:16When the BI clarified, more were released last year.
01:20The PAGCOR also denied that the small and illegal POGO operations are being conducted,
01:24which are being reported to them by some concerned citizens.
01:27Some of these have gone on guerrilla operations already.
01:30There are people who are already at home.
01:32We're finalizing these target packets.
01:34We will endorse it to PAOC.
01:36Others went to the islands.
01:38The travel agencies that issue pecking documents to foreign nationals are also being targeted.
01:44We need to look at the angle that there is an inside job.
01:48This is a possible reason for the continuation of foreign nationals entering the Philippines using fake documents.
01:55Like the raid of Paokamakailan, where many government-issued IDs, birth certificate and marriage certificate
02:02were obtained that were original from the Philippine Statistics Authority.
02:05But the people who wrote it were pecking.
02:07They issued Philippine passports to foreign nationals and then they changed their names.
02:12They still have contacts with government agencies.
02:16That's what we requested with other agencies, especially those who issued government-issued IDs,
02:25to conduct investigation on their own.
02:29We're looking at 21 more like this.
02:31Senators also denied their weak regulation of PIGO or Philippine Inland Gaming Operator.
02:38They said we should be more alert here than in POGO.
02:41The king of evil is PIGO because the players are Filipinos.
02:45The time will come when the crime will increase because many Filipinos are addicted to PIGO, online gaming.
02:55It has to be regulated.
02:57With regard to the Responsible Gaming Program, which covers both our land base and online currently,
03:04we have programs like the banning program.
03:08They can ban themselves or their family can also nominate themselves.
03:15They are also in contact with online payment platforms.
03:19Online providers themselves are also setting limits.
03:25For now, there are 60 licenses in online gaming and PAGCOR is not issuing new licenses.
03:31There are fines for delinquent operators.
03:34But Tulfo's complaint is suspension or cancellation of licenses.
03:39The Filipinos are also involved in PIGO.
03:42The Filipinos who are addicted to illegal activities of PIGO, especially involving lab scams,
03:48which are being manipulated by foreigners,
03:50if they are caught, they will be given assistance from the TSWDI.
03:55The assistance they were given was given to the real helpers of the country.
04:00Let us compel the DSWD for the next hearings.
04:03For GMA Integrated News, Mav Gonzales speaking for 24 Hours.
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