00:00The president has decided to gather a multi-sectoral group of stakeholders to include the clergy and parents of kids hooked on online gaming to brainstorm ways and means to keep children off of online gaming sites instead of the knee-jerk reaction or response of totally shutting down online gaming, as our Harley Valbuena reports.
00:20Lisa, a commuter, travels for hours every day to get to work at her office in Quezon City.
00:30The everyday struggle of Lisa may be remedied soon as President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. himself said that trips of commuters should not take one hour.
00:44In Episode 3, Part 3 of BBM Podcasts, the president cited several solutions to heavy traffic, such as the Metro Manila subway project and the rehabilitation and deployment of galleon trains in MRT-free after 10 years of being idle.
01:01These are solutions so that life will be a little easier, so that life will be more convenient.
01:07And to further bring relief to the lives of Filipinos, the president is continuously pushing for digitalization, particularly the use of eGov Super App, where online transactions in different government agencies are integrated.
01:28According to President Marcos, the manual fill-up of forms and coming back and forth to government offices should not be the current standard, as these usually bring opportunity for fixers.
01:40The president wants millions of Filipinos who use Facebook to be taught how to use the eGov App.
01:47We did a little study. There are 89 million Filipino Facebook users. So sabi ko, dapat yung app natin, yung eGov App natin, kung kaya mo mag-Facebook, kaya mo mag-eGov App.
02:01Meanwhile, on the issue of online gambling, the president said a policy will still be formed, and a conference will be convened for all stakeholders, including priests, bishops, and parents of children who are hooked on online gambling.
02:16But he wants to focus more on avoiding the negative effects of online betting in people's lives.
02:22What we're trying to solve is that, na hindi, yun na nga, hindi malubog sa utang, ang mga, yung mga, hindi naman, wala namang kaya, pero napapasubo dahil sa sugal, mga bata na natututo magsugal.
02:37Let's focus on that. Paano natin patitigili niya? These are the things that we're going to examine, and we will come up with a plan to make sure that we address the problem.
02:49For those who compare online gambling with Philippine offshore gaming operators or Pogo, the president clarified that he banned Pogos due to its involvement in human trafficking, scams, and other crimes.
03:03Harley Valbena from the National TV Network for a new and better Philippines.
