PBBM to ban online gambling in SONA? 'I would love to hear that,' Zubiri says

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For Senator Juan Miguel Migz Zubiri, President Marcos would demonstrate great leadership if he puts an end to online gambling. (Video courtesy of Senate of the Philippines)  READ: https://mb.com.ph/2025/07/07/pbbm-to-ban-online-gambling-in-sona-i-would-love-to-hear-that-zubiri-says  Join this channel to get access to perks:  https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC5664f6TkaeHgwBly50DWZQ/join   Subscribe to the Manila Bulletin Online channel! - https://www.youtube.com/TheManilaBulletin   Visit our website at http://mb.com.ph  Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/manilabulletin  Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/manila_bulletin  Instagram: https://instagram.com/manilabulletin  Tiktok: https://www.tiktok.com/@manilabulletin   #ManilaBulletinOnline  #ManilaBulletin  #LatestNews

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00:00Related to Mr. President, would you want to banggit niya ito in the forthcoming Sona?

00:09Sana.

00:10Actually, magsusona tayo this July.

00:13Sana po.

00:15Sana po banggitin po ng ating Pangulo itong issue ng online gaming, online gambling.

00:22Maganda pong sabihin niya na kung hindi po niya munang ilalabas ang outright ban,

00:28katulad na ginawa niya po sa POGO, pwede po niyang banggitin na I would like to instruct the different agencies of government

00:36to make a study on the social ills and the social effects of online gambling.

00:44And at the same time, we will await the report of Congress and the Senate on the investigations in aid of legislation

00:54against online gambling or regulating online gambling.

00:58That would be a start.

00:59Magandang pakinggan natin niya kay Pangulo itong Sona.

01:04Dahil, grabe na, no? Grabe na.

01:07Itong pangyayari nga dito sa binanggit ng mayor namin sa Kibao, Ibukin nun,

01:12isa lamang po ito sa napakarami.

01:14I got L. Jews from Bataan yesterday.

01:16They sent me messages through Facebook.

01:18L. Jews sa Visayas.

01:21Yung na Summer, Easter Summer, they sent me also, may vlogger doon, nagpadala din sa akin ng private message.

01:29Ganon din po ang story nila, ang kwento nila.

01:35Ang dami po nilang kilala, nagbigti, dami namin kilala, nagnakaw, nasa presinto na yun dahil ninakaw yung pera ng kapitbahay

01:46dahil nga para mabayaran niya yung GCash ng kanyang magulang dahil ginamit nga dito sa online gambling na ito.

01:54So it's getting out of hand.

01:56It's getting out of hand.

01:57So I appeal to the President.

01:59Mr. President, let's do something about this.

02:02We can't just take this sitting down.

02:03That income is not enough justification for the social ills that it will cost our country.

02:09And before you leave in 2028, at hindi po natin aksyonan ito,

02:15our country might be in a worse opposition than what you entered it in in 2022.

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