PBBM, tuluyan nang ipinatigil lahat ng POGO operations: “Effective today, all POGOs are banned”

- President Bongbong Marcos, in what many perceive as a bold and popular move, has declared a total ban on all POGO operations

- The president also ordered the Philippine Amusement and Gaming Corporation or PAGCOR to wind down and cease the operations of POGOs by the end of the year

- It can be recalled that PAGCOR started granting POGO licenses way back in 2016 after the government agency issued its Rules and Regulatons on August 26 of that year

- PBBM then pointed out the main reason why he is issuing today the order on a total ban of PGO operations

President Bongbong Marcos, in response to the clamor of Filipinos, has declared a total ban on all POGO operations.

“At ngayon po, naririnig po namin ang malakas na sigaw ng taumbayan laban sa mga POGO,” the President Marcos said, pointing out that it’s the clamor of the people that made him issue the order against POGOs.

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“Disguising as legitimate entities, their operations have ventured into illicit areas furthest from gaming, such as financial scamming, money laundering, prostitution, human trafficking, kidnapping, brutal torture, even murder,” the president added.

He also frowned on the alleged “grave abuse and disrespect” of entities in charge of POGO operations of Philippine laws.

PBBM said that because of all these reasons that he is issuing a total ban on all POGO operations.

“The grave abuse and disrespect to our system of laws must stop. Kailangan nang itigil ang pang gulo nito sa ating lipunan at paglalapastangan sa ating bansa,” PBBM said.

“Effective today, all POGOs are banned,” President Marcos declared.

Hearing these words, most of the congressmen, senators, government officials and guests gave a standing ovation while chanting “BBM BBM BBM,” which are the initials of the president’s name.

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The president further said that he’s instructing PAGCOR to wind down and cease POGO operations by the end of the year.

“I hereby instruct PAGCOR to wind down and cease the operations of POGO by the end of the year,” President Marcos, Jr., said.

It can be recalled that the Philippine Amusement and Gaming Corporation (PAGCOR) started granting Philippine Offshore Gaming Operations (POGO) licenses way back in 2016 after publishing its Rules and Regulations on such operations on August 26 of that same year.

Ferdinand "Bongbong" Romualdez Marcos Jr., also more popularly known as BBM or PBBM, is the 17th President of the Republic of the Philippines. He also served as Governor of Ilocos Norte in 1983, holding that office until the ouster of his father, President Ferdinand Marcos Sr. In 1998, he was elected again as Governor of Ilocos Norte and served for three terms and later ran and won a seat in the Philippine Senate during the 2010 elections. He served as Philippine Senator until 2016. He ran for Vice-President during the 2016 elections but was unsuccessful and in 2022, he ran for president and won with a landslide victory.

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Meanwhile, Vice President Sara Duterte has declared several days ago that she will not attend the third SONA of President Bongbong Marcos on July 22. She shared her decision in an ambush interview during the inauguration of the Child and Adolescent Neurodevelopmental Center Inauguration in Davao City on Thursday. The Vice President also named herself the "designated survivor." This will be the first time that Duterte will skip PBBM's SONA since their tandem won the 2022 election.

In a separate interview much earlier, Pres. Bongbong Marcos was asked about Bimby and Josh Aquino paying a visit to First Lady Liza Araneta-Marcos. It can be recalled that on July 9, the sons of Kris Aquino dropped by the First Lady's office and gave her "pasalubong." The President then told the media that the reason why the two Aquinos visited his wife was to personally thank her for her "help in their travel arrangements." The head of the country also underscored that his wife is related to the Aquinos.

Source: KAMI.com.gh