the impact of a ban could be mitigated by attracting BPO companies<\/strong>, which could take up office space left by gaming operators.<\/p>\n\n\n\nHe also noted that, according to the Philippine Amusement and Gaming Corporation (PAGCOR), there is no roadmap for the POGO industry due to the uncertainty surrounding its future.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
According to Gatchalian, the Philippines should cultivate sustainable businesses <\/strong>that create trickle-down employment rather than those that cause uncertainty as a result of changing external policies. He noted that the country is losing the war on POGO-related crime, as only one of the 99 cases investigated by police has ended in a conviction.<\/p>\n\n\n\nGatchalian said that if POGOs are banned, there should be a gradual transition period to give Filipino workers linked to the industry time to look for new jobs<\/strong> and potentially be absorbed by the BPO sector.<\/p>\n\n\n\nYesterday (October 11), the president of the Philippine Senate, Juan Miguel Zubiri<\/strong>, claimed that China had placed the Philippines on its tourist destination blacklist due to concerns about the offshore gambling industry. However, in a statement, the Chinese Embassy denied the claims.<\/p>\n\n\n\nGarafil said only that the Philippines shared the Chinese Embassy’s view that tourism is a crucial component of practical cooperation between the two nations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The Philippine News Agency has reported Office of the Press Secretary officer-in-charge Cheloy Garafil<\/strong> as saying that president Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr is monitoring the claims of crimes linked to online gambling but that the Philippine National Police (PNP) was responsible for the matter.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Senator Sherwin Gatchalian says that business process outsourcing could help absorb jobs lost by a potential ban on online gaming companies.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":176,"featured_media":17179,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"is_press_release":false,"is_interview":false,"is_opinion":false,"focusai_summary":"Senator Sherwin Gatchalian suggests the Philippines could mitigate the economic impact of a potential POGO ban by expanding its BPO sector, citing POGOs' PHP34.68bn annual contribution and the industry's lack of a clear roadmap. Concerns over POGO-related crime and a low conviction rate are highlighted, alongside a denied claim by China regarding a tourist blacklist linked to offshore gambling.","focusai_entities":"Sherwin Gatchalian, Philippine Amusement and Gaming Corporation, PAGCOR, Juan Miguel Zubiri, Chinese Embassy, Office of the Press Secretary, Cheloy Garafil, Ferdinand \u201cBongbong\u201d Marcos Jr, Philippine National Police, PNP","focusai_location":"Philippines, China","focusai_target_profile":"ceo_executive (0.9), regulator (1.0), compliance_legal (0.9), operator_casino (1.0), investor_analyst (0.95), supplier_vendor (0.85), journalist_researcher (0.9)","focusai_suggestions":[{"label":"POGO Ban Economic Impact","query":"What specific economic models and transition support mechanisms are being considered by the Philippine government to mitigate the PHP34.68bn GGR loss and job displacement from a POGO ban, beyond general BPO expansion?"},{"label":"Regulatory Framework Future","query":"Given PAGCOR's stated lack of a POGO industry roadmap, what specific governance frameworks or legislative reforms are being proposed to address regulatory arbitrage and enhance compliance oversight for any remaining or future iGaming operations?"}],"footnotes":""},"categories":[154,16333],"tags":[23911,4138,15789],"class_list":["post-34358","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-legislation-news","category-south-east-asia-news","tag-gambling-regulation","tag-online-gambling","tag-pogos"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34358","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/176"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=34358"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34358\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":34383,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34358\/revisions\/34383"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/17179"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=34358"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=34358"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=34358"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}