The panel is to resume the hearings on July 29.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
The Philippines.- Senator Risa Hontiveros issued a statement on Friday (July 26) saying that the Senate Committee on Women, Children, Family Relations and Gender Equality, which she chairs, will continue its investigation into offshore gaming operators despite the upcoming ban<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Hontiveros said: “Even if it was announced that POGO is banned, Senate’s oversight function should ensure that the phaseout will be truly implemented, that the perpetrators will be identified, justice will be served for victim-survivors, and workers will be given just transition.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n Previous hearings focused on the alleged involvement of Alice Guo, the suspended mayor of Bamban<\/a>, Tarlac, in the establishment of an illegal offshore gaming operator. Guo and other co-respondents were cited in contempt by the panel for not attending the hearings<\/a> and were granted an extension until August 6 to submit counter-affidavits. The panel is to resume the hearings on July 29.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The panel is to resume the hearings on July 29.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":176,"featured_media":777009718,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"is_press_release":false,"is_interview":false,"is_opinion":false,"focusai_summary":"The Philippine Senate Committee on Women, Children, Family Relations and Gender Equality, chaired by Senator Risa Hontiveros, will continue its investigation into offshore gaming operators despite the announced POGO ban. The probe aims to ensure effective phase-out, identify perpetrators, secure justice for victims, and facilitate worker transition, with previous hearings focusing on alleged illegal operations involving suspended Mayor Alice Guo.","focusai_entities":"Risa Hontiveros, Senate Committee on Women, Children, Family Relations and Gender Equality, Alice Guo","focusai_location":"Philippines, Bamban, Tarlac","focusai_target_profile":"ceo_executive (0.9), regulator (1.0), compliance_legal (1.0), operator_casino (0.9), payments_fraud_aml (0.7), investor_analyst (0.9), supplier_vendor (0.8), journalist_researcher (0.9)","focusai_suggestions":[{"label":"Phase-out Oversight","query":"What specific governance frameworks and enforcement mechanisms will the Senate committee scrutinize to ensure the POGO phase-out is comprehensively executed, mitigating potential grey market proliferation?"},{"label":"Economic Transition","query":"Beyond the ban, what fiscal and labor market strategies are being developed to manage the economic displacement and ensure a just transition for the workforce previously engaged in the POGO sector?"}],"footnotes":""},"categories":[439,16333],"tags":[20326],"class_list":["post-777017630","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-legal-news","category-south-east-asia-news","tag-illegal-gambling"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777017630","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=777017630"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777017630\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":777017751,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777017630\/revisions\/777017751"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/777009718"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=777017630"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=777017630"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=777017630"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}