Executive Order (EO) 74<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\u201cThey should show that they are winding down their operations. We are also accounting the visas of foreign workers, mostly Chinese nationals,” he said in a television interview. “These two are interconnected. Once POGOs cease operations, they should leave the country because they do not have a valid working visa anymore.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n
In October, Remulla said the DILG was “mounting guerrilla operations” because some Filipinos had learned to set up their own offshore gaming firms. In November, he called on mayors to regularly check business establishments to ensure that they are not operating as illegal offshore gaming operators.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The Bureau of Immigation (BI)<\/strong> has reported that approximately\u00a020,000 foreign offshore gaming workers<\/strong>\u00a0are expected to leave the country by December 31. As of November 7, 21,757 foreign nationals linked to offshore gaming operators had voluntarily changed their work visas to temporary visitor visas and 10,821 had already left the country.<\/p>\n\n\n\nIn October, the BI issued cancellation orders for 12,106 people who had not voluntarily downgraded their visas. They must leave the country by the end of the year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Meanwhile, the DOLE has announced that a job fair for workers who have been displaced from internet gaming licensees (IGLs) will be held on December 6 in Calabarzon. Bureau of Local Employment (BLE) director Patrick Patriwirawan<\/strong> said the department is assisting former offshore gaming workers in processing their applications for unemployment insurance benefits, with 435 people having applied so far.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Authorities will begin inspections on December 15 to ensure compliance with the ban.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":176,"featured_media":6731,"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 Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) will commence site inspections on December 15 to ensure 47 remaining offshore gaming operators (POGOs) are winding down activities as mandated by Executive Order 74. This enforcement includes accounting for foreign workers' visas, with approximately 20,000 expected to depart by year-end, while the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) is facilitating job fairs and unemployment benefits for displaced local staff.","focusai_entities":"Jesus Crispin Remulla, Department of the Interior and Local Government, Bureau of Immigation, Department of Labor and Employment, Bureau of Local Employment, Patrick Patriwirawan","focusai_location":"Philippines, Calabarzon","focusai_target_profile":"ceo_executive (0.9), regulator (1.0), compliance_legal (0.9), operator_casino (0.8), investor_analyst (0.9), supplier_vendor (0.8), journalist_researcher (0.95)","focusai_suggestions":[{"label":"POGO Cessation Timeline?","query":"What is the DILG's projected timeline for full POGO cessation, and what are the specific penalties for non-compliant operators post-December 15 inspections?"},{"label":"Economic Impact Assessment?","query":"How will the departure of approximately 20,000 foreign workers impact the broader Philippine economy, particularly in sectors like real estate, retail, and ancillary services?"}],"footnotes":""},"categories":[154,16333],"tags":[4138],"class_list":["post-777021273","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-legislation-news","category-south-east-asia-news","tag-online-gambling"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777021273","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=777021273"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777021273\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":777021293,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777021273\/revisions\/777021293"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6731"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=777021273"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=777021273"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=777021273"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}