{"id":777017775,"date":"2024-08-01T09:36:51","date_gmt":"2024-08-01T12:36:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/?p=777017775"},"modified":"2026-04-22T07:35:57","modified_gmt":"2026-04-22T10:35:57","slug":"philippine-representative-calls-for-public-to-report-offshore-gaming-workers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/philippine-representative-calls-for-public-to-report-offshore-gaming-workers","title":{"rendered":"Philippine representative calls for public to report offshore gaming workers"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Robert Ace Barbers has encouraged the public to use social media or report to local authorities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Philippines.- Surigao del Norte 2nd District representative\u00a0<strong>Robert Ace Barbers<\/strong>\u00a0has urged citizens to assist authorities in locating foreign workers employed at offshore gambling operators. The chair of the House Committee on Dangerous Drugs encouraged the public to use social media or report directly to local government units, immigration, and law enforcement about underground offices and workers in their areas.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He said: &#8220;Let us all support President Marcos\u2019 policy to <a href=\"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/philippine-president-orders-ban-on-offshore-gaming-operators\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">ban<\/a> offshore gaming operators. We know that many of them would now or later go underground and operate on small scales. But let us not allow these illegal online gambling firms, their owners and workers, to induce and corrupt our local and national authorities to turn a blind eye with the use of their laundered money.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Barbers urged legal and illegal offshore gaming workers to voluntarily surrender to authorities, particularly the Bureau of Immigration, for smooth repatriation to their home countries.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Yesterday, senator Robin C. Padilla called on the government to clarify <a href=\"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/philippine-government-urged-to-reveal-plans-to-relocate-offshore-gaming-workers\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">how it will assist Filipino workers<\/a> employed at offshore gambling operators. He said: &#8220;Considering the thousands of Filipino workers who will be adversely affected by the impending closure of offshore gaming operations in the country, the public has the right to be informed of the planned actions and the programs to be implemented by the government to address this issue.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Robert Ace Barbers has encouraged the public to use social media or report to local authorities.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":176,"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 Representative Robert Ace Barbers has urged citizens to assist authorities in locating foreign workers of offshore gambling operators (POGOs) to support President Marcos' ban, citing concerns about illegal operations and potential corruption. Concurrently, Senator Robin C. Padilla has requested clarification on government plans to assist thousands of Filipino workers impacted by the impending POGO closures.","focusai_entities":"Robert Ace Barbers, House Committee on Dangerous Drugs, President Marcos, Bureau of Immigration, Robin C. Padilla","focusai_location":"Philippines, Surigao del Norte","focusai_target_profile":"ceo_executive (0.9), regulator (1.0), compliance_legal (0.9), operator_casino (0.85), investor_analyst (0.8), supplier_vendor (0.7), journalist_researcher (0.9)","focusai_suggestions":[{"label":"POGO Ban Enforcement","query":"What specific inter-agency protocols are being established to ensure effective enforcement of the POGO ban and mitigate the proliferation of underground operations, particularly concerning foreign worker repatriation and asset forfeiture?"},{"label":"Economic Impact Mitigation","query":"What detailed economic transition programs and re-skilling initiatives are being developed by the Philippine government to support the thousands of Filipino workers displaced by the POGO ban, and what is the projected timeline for their implementation?"}],"footnotes":""},"categories":[156,16333],"tags":[20326],"class_list":["post-777017775","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-regulation-news","category-south-east-asia-news","tag-illegal-gambling"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777017775","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=777017775"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777017775\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":777017789,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777017775\/revisions\/777017789"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=777017775"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=777017775"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=777017775"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}