{"id":777016070,"date":"2024-06-03T08:31:11","date_gmt":"2024-06-03T11:31:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/?p=777016070"},"modified":"2026-04-22T09:35:40","modified_gmt":"2026-04-22T12:35:40","slug":"philippine-governor-seeks-to-disprove-alleged-gaming-ties","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/philippine-governor-seeks-to-disprove-alleged-gaming-ties","title":{"rendered":"Philippine governor seeks to disprove alleged gaming ties"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Jonvic Remulla is offering a reward for anyone who can prove his alleged ties.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

The Philippines.- Jonvic Remulla<\/strong>, the governor of Cavite, has publicly addressed allegations linking his family to <\/strong>offshore gaming. Amid viral social media posts suggesting ties to gaming at a former resort property, Remulla denied claims of providing protection or permits.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Remulla offered a reward of PHP10m (US$170,000)<\/strong> to anyone who could substantiate the allegations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Through a social media post, he said: \u201cNeither my office nor any member of my family has signed any permit for the operation of POGO Island or provided protection to it, in collaboration with the Department of Justice.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The controversy arose after reports surfaced of a Filipino-Chinese businessman converting the Remulla family’s former resort property, Island Cove, into a purported offshore gaming hub. Remulla says his family sold the property in 2018 and have no current affiliations with offshore gaming.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Remulla also distanced his brother, Gilbert Remulla<\/strong>, who was appointed as a director of the Philippine Amusement and Gaming Corporation (PAGCOR) in 2022, from any involvement. \u201cPOGO permits were issued by PAGCOR in 2020, and he had no involvement in their issuance,” he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Offshore gaming is under public scrutiny for alleged links to organised crime and human trafficking. A week ago, senator Win Gatchalian<\/strong> introduced\u00a0Senate Bill 2689<\/a>, seeking to prohibit the operations of offshore gaming companies in the country.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

See also: <\/strong>Philippines senator pushes for expulsion of Bamban mayor from NPC<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Jonvic Remulla is offering a reward for anyone who can prove his alleged ties.<\/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":"Governor Jonvic Remulla of Cavite, Philippines, has publicly denied allegations linking his family to offshore gaming (POGO) operations, specifically regarding a former family property, Island Cove. He offered a PHP10m reward for proof and clarified that his family sold the property in 2018 and has no current POGO affiliations, also distancing his brother, a PAGCOR director, from permit issuance. This controversy unfolds amidst increasing public scrutiny of POGOs for alleged links to organized crime and human trafficking, with a recent Senate bill proposing their prohibition.","focusai_entities":"Jonvic Remulla, Gilbert Remulla, Philippine Amusement and Gaming Corporation (PAGCOR), Department of Justice, Win Gatchalian","focusai_location":"Philippines, Cavite","focusai_target_profile":"ceo_executive (0.9), regulator (1.0), compliance_legal (0.9), operator_casino (0.9), affiliate_publisher (0.7), 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 Prohibition Economic Impact?","query":"What is the projected economic impact of Senate Bill 2689's potential enactment on the Philippine economy, particularly concerning employment and government revenue from PAGCOR?"},{"label":"FDI in Other Gaming Verticals?","query":"How might the ongoing scrutiny and potential prohibition of POGOs influence foreign direct investment in other Philippine gaming verticals or related sectors?"}],"footnotes":""},"categories":[439,16333],"tags":[15789],"class_list":["post-777016070","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-legal-news","category-south-east-asia-news","tag-pogos"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777016070","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=777016070"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777016070\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":777016087,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777016070\/revisions\/777016087"}],"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=777016070"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=777016070"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=777016070"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}