{"id":6147,"date":"2020-05-04T02:01:47","date_gmt":"2020-05-04T02:01:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/?p=6147"},"modified":"2026-04-24T05:35:35","modified_gmt":"2026-04-24T08:35:35","slug":"pogos-philippines-partially-reopen","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/pogos-philippines-partially-reopen","title":{"rendered":"POGOs allowed to partially reopen"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Offshore gaming operators can resume activity but with just 30 per cent of their workforce. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Philippines.- Philippine Offshore Gaming Operators (POGOs) have been given the green light to partially reopen despite the on-going Coronavirus pandemic.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">POGOs have been given the government&#8217;s consent to open to around 30 per cent of their workforce to resume operations in areas that are placed under general enhanced community quarantine.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The announcement is a reversal in policy <strong><em><a href=\"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/philippines-pogos-lockdown\">announced last week that restricted POGOs from operating<\/a><\/em><\/strong> while quarantine measures are in place.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In an interview with dzMM, Presidential Spokesperson, Harry Roque, said: &#8220;The 30 per cent of POGOs\u2019 workforce must undergo testing before reporting for work. Let PAGCOR decide. They have the details.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;The way I understand it, the gambling in POGOs is not done here but abroad. POGO centers, like BPOs, only established their hardware and software here.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;POGOs are allowed under ECQ and GCQ. And POGOs are part of BPOs. Thirty per cent [of their] workforce [are] all subjected to Covid-19 tests, BIR clearance, <strong><em>PAGCOR<\/em><\/strong> clearance. And proceeds of government collection [will] go to Covid-19 expenditures.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Philippines President, Rodrigo Duterte, recently extended enhanced community quarantine measures in certain parts of the country to May 15.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Offshore gaming operators can resume activity but with just 30 per cent of their workforce.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"is_press_release":false,"is_interview":false,"is_opinion":false,"focusai_summary":"Philippine Offshore Gaming Operators (POGOs) have received approval to partially resume operations with 30% of their workforce in areas under general enhanced community quarantine. This policy reversal, announced by Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque, mandates COVID-19 testing and clearances from PAGCOR and BIR for all returning employees, with government collections from POGOs earmarked for pandemic expenditures.","focusai_entities":"Philippine Offshore Gaming Operators, PAGCOR, Harry Roque, Rodrigo Duterte, BIR","focusai_location":"Philippines","focusai_target_profile":"ceo_executive (0.95), regulator (0.9), compliance_legal (0.9), operator_casino (0.95), tech_data (0.75), investor_analyst (0.9), supplier_vendor (0.85), journalist_researcher (0.88)","focusai_suggestions":[{"label":"PAGCOR Enforcement Details?","query":"What specific enforcement mechanisms will PAGCOR implement to ensure POGOs adhere to the 30% workforce limit, mandatory COVID-19 testing, and required clearances for operational resumption?"},{"label":"Fiscal Impact of POGO Funds?","query":"What is the projected fiscal impact of POGO collections being redirected to COVID-19 expenditures, and how does this compare to pre-pandemic revenue contributions to the national budget?"}],"footnotes":""},"categories":[160,161,153,158,16333],"tags":[405,128,1205,15789],"class_list":["post-6147","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-asia-pacific","category-daily-news","category-igaming-news","category-slider-home","category-south-east-asia-news","tag-pagcor","tag-philippines","tag-pogo","tag-pogos"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6147","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\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6147"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6147\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":777010527,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6147\/revisions\/777010527"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6147"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6147"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6147"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}