{"id":777017894,"date":"2024-08-06T09:45:56","date_gmt":"2024-08-06T12:45:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/?p=777017894"},"modified":"2026-04-22T07:28:13","modified_gmt":"2026-04-22T10:28:13","slug":"philippines-sees-drop-in-text-scams","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/philippines-sees-drop-in-text-scams","title":{"rendered":"Philippines sees drop in text scams"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Senator Grace Poe suggested the drop is a direct result of the upcoming ban on offshore gaming operators.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Philippines.- Senator Grace Poe said text scams have diminished after president Ferdinand Marcos Jr.\u2019s announcement to&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/philippine-president-orders-ban-on-offshore-gaming-operators\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">ban offshore gaming operators<\/a>, despite the ban not yet coming into effect. Poe said there would still be scam messages from people or companies other than offshore gaming operators but that the announcement of the ban had made a big impact.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Poe urged colleagues to vote for legislation to enforce the ban. Several House bills and resolutions are already pending. These include&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/philippine-house-panel-approves-pogos-ban\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">House Bill (HB) 5082<\/a>, filed by Manila representative Bienvenido Abante Jr., and HB 10525, filed by Makabayan bloc reps France Castro, Arlene Brosas and Raoul Danniel Manuel.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Other pending measures include House Resolution (HR) 503 filed by Rizal rep. Juan Fidel Nograles, HR 1197 filed by Cagayan de Oro City rep. Rufus Rodriguez, HR 1524 and a privilege speech by OFW Partylist rep. Marissa Magsino. Romualdez urged the relevant committees to prioritise and harmonise these measures and produce a substitute bill acceptable to all stakeholders.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>See also:&nbsp;<\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/offshore-gaming-ban-to-hit-politicians-philippine-representative-says\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Offshore gaming ban to hit politicians, Philippine representative says<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Senator Grace Poe suggested the drop is a direct result of the upcoming ban on offshore gaming operators.<\/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":"Senator Grace Poe attributes a reduction in text scams to President Marcos Jr.'s announced ban on offshore gaming operators in the Philippines, despite the ban not being formally enacted. Legislative efforts are underway to formalize this prohibition, with multiple House bills and resolutions pending harmonization into a substitute bill. This development underscores the ongoing regulatory shift impacting the iGaming sector in the jurisdiction.","focusai_entities":"Senator Grace Poe, President Ferdinand Marcos Jr., Bienvenido Abante Jr., France Castro, Arlene Brosas, Raoul Danniel Manuel, Juan Fidel Nograles, Rufus Rodriguez, Marissa Magsino, Romualdez, Makabayan bloc, OFW Partylist","focusai_location":"Philippines, Manila, Cagayan de Oro City, Rizal","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 (0.7), investor_analyst (0.9), supplier_vendor (0.7), journalist_researcher (0.9)","focusai_suggestions":[{"label":"Legislative Harmonization Impact","query":"What specific provisions are being harmonized across the pending House bills and resolutions, and how might the final substitute bill define the scope and enforcement mechanisms of the offshore gaming ban?"},{"label":"Economic Repercussions Analysis","query":"Beyond text scams, what are the projected economic repercussions of a full offshore gaming ban on the Philippine economy, particularly concerning employment, real estate, and government revenue from licensing fees?"}],"footnotes":""},"categories":[439,16333],"tags":[23911],"class_list":["post-777017894","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-legal-news","category-south-east-asia-news","tag-gambling-regulation"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777017894","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=777017894"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777017894\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":777017929,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777017894\/revisions\/777017929"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=777017894"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=777017894"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=777017894"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}