{"id":777015132,"date":"2024-04-30T09:35:44","date_gmt":"2024-04-30T12:35:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/?p=777015132"},"modified":"2026-04-22T10:41:08","modified_gmt":"2026-04-22T13:41:08","slug":"philippine-senator-calls-on-president-marcos-to-ban-pogos","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/philippine-senator-calls-on-president-marcos-to-ban-pogos","title":{"rendered":"Philippine senator calls on President Marcos to ban POGOs"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Senator Risa Hontiveros says benefits\u00a0are outweighed by\u00a0negative impacts like human trafficking.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<p>The Philippines.- Senator<strong> Risa Hontiveros<\/strong>\u00a0has again\u00a0urged president Marcos to ban offshore gambling operators. Speaking to ANC television, she said the social cost outweighs the benefits. &#8220;The proceeds are small, and their tax obligations are\u00a0huge,&#8221;\u00a0she said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Hontiveros and senator <strong>Sherwin Gatchalian <\/strong>are two of the fiercest opponents of online gambling operators. Last September, the Committee on Ways and Means in the Philippine Senate signed a report recommending\u00a0a <a href=\"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/philippine-senate-committee-recommends-shutdown-of-pogos\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">shutdown within three months<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In February, the House of Representatives Committee on Games and Amusements approved\u00a0two measures,\u00a0House Bill 5082 and Resolution 1197, which seek to\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/philippine-house-panel-approves-pogos-ban\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">ban offshore gambling operators<\/a>. However, Gatchalian has claimed that some people are protecting POGOs, which is preventing progress. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Senator Risa Hontiveros says benefits\u00a0are outweighed by\u00a0negative impacts like human trafficking.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":176,"featured_media":21794,"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 Risa Hontiveros has reiterated calls for President Marcos to ban offshore gambling operators (POGOs) in the Philippines, citing social costs like human trafficking outweighing minimal tax proceeds. This follows previous legislative actions, including a Senate committee recommendation for a shutdown and House measures seeking a ban, though progress is reportedly hindered by protective interests.","focusai_entities":"Risa Hontiveros, Marcos, Sherwin Gatchalian, ANC television, Committee on Ways and Means, Philippine Senate, House of Representatives Committee on Games and Amusements","focusai_location":"Philippines","focusai_target_profile":"ceo_executive (0.9), regulator (1.0), compliance_legal (1.0), operator_casino (0.9), marketing_crm (0.7), payments_fraud_aml (0.9), investor_analyst (0.9), supplier_vendor (0.8), journalist_researcher (0.9)","focusai_suggestions":[{"label":"POGO Ban Economic Impact","query":"What is the estimated economic impact, including potential tax revenue loss and job displacement, if the Philippines fully implements a POGO ban, and how does this compare to the cited social costs?"},{"label":"Regulatory Enforcement Timeline","query":"Given the legislative progress and political opposition, what is the realistic timeline for a definitive decision and enforcement of a POGO ban, and what are the potential legal challenges operators might pursue?"}],"footnotes":""},"categories":[154,158,16333],"tags":[15789],"class_list":["post-777015132","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-legislation-news","category-slider-home","category-south-east-asia-news","tag-pogos"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777015132","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=777015132"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777015132\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":777015151,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777015132\/revisions\/777015151"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/21794"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=777015132"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=777015132"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=777015132"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}