The Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) of the Philippines held the fifth job fair for unemployed Internet Gaming License (IGL) workers on February 28 in Parañaque City, offering 3,300 job positions to help them reintegrate into the workforce.The job fair was named "DAPAT Project: Special DOLE
Labor Secretary Bienvenido Laguesma announced that the Department of Labor (DOLE) will hold another job fair for workers holding Internet Gambling Licenses (IGL) affected by the Philippine Offshore Gaming Operators (POGO) ban.Laguesma noted that nearly 200 IGL workers attended the previous job fair,
The Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) of the Philippines stated that it will continue to assist the unemployed workers of former internet gambling license holders (IGL) through job fairs and livelihood projects.Labor Secretary Lagusma emphasized that they are closely working with the Public
The Department of Labor (DOLE) stated that at a recent job fair held in Pasay City, only 100 out of thousands of unemployed workers from Internet Gaming License (IGL) holders were hired on the spot.The Career Con 2025 job fair lasted two days and offered over 8,000 job vacancies through at least 150
In July, when Xiao Ma just launched the POGO ban, there was a fierce discussion for a while about whether the applicable targets included IGL.At that time, the chairman of PAGCOR also privately approached Xiao Ma to discuss, striving for the authorities to exempt 12 Philippine offshore gaming operat
Over 30 Chinese citizens that had been engaged in offshore online gaming operations in the Philippines were “repatriated” to mainland China on Thursday in an operation involving law enforcement authorities from both countries. That is according to a Chinese-language update that day from China’s emba
According to the Bureau of Immigration (BI), about 100,000 Philippine Offshore Gaming Operator (POGO) workers have not yet been deported.This was reported by Senator Grace Poe, who defended the proposed budget for the Bureau of Immigration during the Senate plenary session deliberating the General A
This afternoon, Xiao Ma issued an executive order to ban POGO operations! It demands an immediate prohibition of Philippine offshore gaming, including online gambling and other offshore gaming businesses!With this executive order, all relevant government departments will refer to it for arrests and
When the Philippines initially announced a comprehensive ban on POGOs in July, some people held onto various hopes, thinking it was just a scare tactic. Throughout August, the attitude of various departments remained relatively neutral. There were claims that ILG was not included in the ban, and som
Today is October 15th, the official deadline for the voluntary downgrade of POGO work visas. With the arrival of the 15th, the situation faced by practitioners will change according to their visa status.Here is a simple list of various situations, everyone can check against their own situation to un
Combating illegal online gambling remains a challenge for the Philippine Amusement and Gaming Corporation (PAGCOR).As a result, it has intensified intelligence gathering and collaboration with the National Bureau of Investigation and the Philippine National Police to shut down illegal online gamblin
The Philippines has completely banned offshore gaming operators (POGO), yet a scam center holding a POGO license continues to operate next to the World Trade Center in Pasay City.On Thursday, October 3, police dismantled a romance scam center located on the first floor of a two-story building during
Although Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos has announced a ban that will apparently end the operations of POGO and online gambling license holders, it is still uncertain whether the ban will extend to other related sectors of the gambling industry, which employ about 10,000 Filipinos.The executi
Date: September 4, 2024Topic: Gaming and Entertainment Committee MeetingDepartments Attending: PAGCOR, Department of Labor, Senators (Immigration Bureau absent)1. Illegal gambling confirmed at Aseana JX Tower floors 5-11, license revoked as of May 27, 2024.2. Over the past two months, PAGCOR has rev
The Bureau of Immigration (BI) of the Philippines stated on Wednesday (August 28) that since President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. announced the ban on gambling platforms, the immigration office has downgraded the visa status of about 2,000 employees of Philippine Offshore Gaming Operators (POGO).At a Sena
Netizen submission:The Philippines Bureau of Immigration has canceled all visas issued by POGO or IGL companies.Visa holders, employees should leave the country within 59 days from the issuance of the downgrade order.All off-site gambling must be shut down. Employment permits for local and foreign o
