POGO probe on, visas of 48k Sino workers cancelled

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The Senate begins its investigation into the operations of Philippine Offshore Gaming Operators (POGOs) today, Oct. 3, to determine its economic costs and benefits, Senator Sherwin Gatchalian said Sunday. READ:

At the same time, the Department of Justice said the Bureau of Immigration will cancel the visas of more than 48,000 Chinese nationals employed by POGOs whose licenses have been revoked, which will allow them to voluntarily leave the country instead of being deported.

Meanwhile, Justice Secretary Crispin Remulla said canceling the visas of Chinese nationals instead of deporting them was “a more cost-efficient and humanitarian approach.”“Instead of deporting them, the cancellation of alien visas would simply allow the Chinese nationals to voluntarily exit the country within a non-extendible period of 59 days,” the DOJ said in a statement.

Some 372 Chinese nationals are already in custody after being arrested by the NBI or PNP. They are set to be deported. Former Department of Finance secretary Carlos Dominguez III projected in October 2021 that total revenue collections from POGOs for the year 2022 to 2023 could reach P76.2 billion. However, recent data showed that revenues from POGO operations in the first quarter reached only P1.55 billion.

Source: Gaming Daily Report (gamingdailyreport.net)

 

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