{"id":777009576,"date":"2023-09-25T08:15:51","date_gmt":"2023-09-25T11:15:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/?p=777009576"},"modified":"2026-04-22T17:46:46","modified_gmt":"2026-04-22T20:46:46","slug":"philippine-senator-gains-support-for-pogo-ban","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/philippine-senator-gains-support-for-pogo-ban","title":{"rendered":"Philippine senator gains support for POGO ban"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Philippine senator Sherwin Gatchalian believes a ban on POGOs could happen soon.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<p>The Philippines.- Senator\u00a0<strong>Sherwin Gatchalian<\/strong>\u00a0is gaining support for his calls to ban offshore gambling operators<strong> (POGOs)<\/strong>. According to a press release issued by the senate, Gatchalian&#8217;s initiative has the backing of Senate minority floor leader<strong>\u00a0Franklin Drilon<\/strong>, who has long been a critic of POGOs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Drilon has raised concerns that the Philippines is becoming a target for organised crime syndicates seeking to launder money through POGO operations.\u00a0In March 2020,\u00a0Drilon had urged the government to reassess its policy on POGOs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Socioeconomic planning secretary Arsenio Balisacan has also indicated his intention to recommend a ban on POGOs to President Marcos, arguing that social costs outweigh the government&#8217;s revenue gains from the industry.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A recommendation to ban POGOS\u00a0<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/philippine-senate-committee-recommends-shutdown-of-pogos\" target=\"_blank\">originating from the Senate Committee on Ways and Means<\/a>, led by Gatchalian, is to move to the plenary for consideration in the coming week. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Philippine senator Sherwin Gatchalian believes a ban on POGOs could happen soon.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":176,"featured_media":15051,"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 Senator Sherwin Gatchalian is garnering significant support for a proposed ban on Philippine Offshore Gaming Operators (POGOs), citing concerns over organized crime, money laundering, and social costs outweighing government revenue. Key figures, including Senator Franklin Drilon and Socioeconomic Planning Secretary Arsenio Balisacan, endorse the ban, with a Senate committee recommendation poised for plenary consideration.","focusai_entities":"Sherwin Gatchalian, Franklin Drilon, Arsenio Balisacan, President Marcos, Senate Committee on Ways and Means","focusai_location":"Philippines","focusai_target_profile":"ceo_executive (0.95), regulator (0.98), compliance_legal (0.95), operator_casino (0.98), payments_fraud_aml (0.9), investor_analyst (0.93), supplier_vendor (0.9), journalist_researcher (0.95)","focusai_suggestions":[{"label":"Economic impact of POGO ban?","query":"What are the projected economic impacts, including potential revenue loss for the Philippine government and job displacement, should a POGO ban be enacted?"},{"label":"Regulatory alternatives considered?","query":"Beyond a full ban, what alternative regulatory frameworks or enhanced enforcement mechanisms were considered by the Senate Committee on Ways and Means to address the identified risks of POGOs?"}],"footnotes":""},"categories":[156,158,16333],"tags":[15789],"class_list":["post-777009576","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-regulation-news","category-slider-home","category-south-east-asia-news","tag-pogos"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777009576","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=777009576"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777009576\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":777041264,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777009576\/revisions\/777041264"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/15051"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=777009576"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=777009576"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=777009576"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}