{"id":777021314,"date":"2024-12-06T09:34:27","date_gmt":"2024-12-06T12:34:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/?p=777021314"},"modified":"2026-04-22T03:31:00","modified_gmt":"2026-04-22T06:31:00","slug":"philippine-job-fair-offers-over-4000-opportunities-for-former-offshore-gaming-workers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/philippine-job-fair-offers-over-4000-opportunities-for-former-offshore-gaming-workers","title":{"rendered":"Philippine job fair offers over 4,000 opportunities for former offshore gaming workers"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>A&nbsp;job fair is taking place today at the Activity Center of Ayala Pavilion Mall in Bi\u00f1an City.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<p>The Philippines.-\u00a0The<strong> Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE)\u00a0<\/strong>has announced<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>that 4,383 job openings will be available at the job fair being held today (December 6) for workers who have been displaced from internet gaming licensees (IGLs). The event is being held at the Activity Center of Ayala Pavilion Mall located in Bi\u00f1an City.\u00a0 \u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The positions available include production operators, cashiers, sales clerks, warehouse crews, and transporters. The DOLE has already organised special job fairs in Para\u00f1aque, Pasay, and Makati, specifically aimed at assisting workers impacted by the closure of offshore gaming hubs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The DOLE is also working with the Department of Migrant Workers to explore overseas job prospects for those impacted.&nbsp;It has been estimated that 79,735&nbsp;Filipino and foreign workers will be affected by&nbsp;the closure of offshore gaming operators by the end of the year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>See also: <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/former-philippine-presidential-spokesperson-refutes-human-trafficking-charges\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Former Philippine presidential spokesperson denies human trafficking charges<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">DILG secretary says 47 offshore gaming operators still operating in the Philippines<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Jesus Crispin Remulla<\/strong>, secretary of the Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG), has said that 47 offshore gaming operators are still operating in the Philippines. He said the DILG will begin site inspections on December 15 to ensure operators are in the process of winding down activities following the ban issued under\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/president-marcos-issues-executive-order-banning-offshore-gambling-operators-in-the-philippines\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Executive Order (EO) 74<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThey should show that they are winding down their operations. We are also accounting the visas of foreign workers, mostly Chinese nationals,\u201d he said in a television interview. \u201cThese two are interconnected. Once POGOs cease operations, they should leave the country because they do not have a valid working visa anymore.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>The Bureau of Immigation (BI)<\/strong>&nbsp;has reported that approximately&nbsp;<strong>20,000 foreign offshore gaming workers<\/strong> are 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\n<p>In 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","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A&nbsp;job fair is taking place today at the Activity Center of Ayala Pavilion Mall in Bi\u00f1an City.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":176,"featured_media":777006346,"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 Labor and Employment (DOLE) is facilitating job fairs for over 4,300 workers displaced by internet gaming licensee (IGL) closures, with an estimated 79,735 Filipino and foreign workers affected by year-end. Concurrently, the Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) is conducting site inspections to ensure 47 remaining offshore gaming operators (POGOs) are winding down activities as mandated by Executive Order (EO) 74, with the Bureau of Immigration (BI) managing the departure of approximately 20,000 foreign workers.","focusai_entities":"Department of Labor and Employment, DOLE, Ayala Pavilion Mall, Department of Migrant Workers, Department of the Interior and Local Government, DILG, Jesus Crispin Remulla, Bureau of Immigration, BI","focusai_location":"Philippines, Bi\u00f1an City, Para\u00f1aque, Pasay, Makati","focusai_target_profile":"ceo_executive (0.9), regulator (1.0), compliance_legal (0.9), operator_casino (0.8), investor_analyst (0.9), journalist_researcher (0.9)","focusai_suggestions":[{"label":"Regulatory Enforcement Efficacy","query":"What specific enforcement mechanisms and timelines are being implemented by the DILG and BI to ensure the complete cessation of operations and departure of all non-compliant foreign workers by the stated deadlines?"},{"label":"Economic Repercussions","query":"Beyond job displacement, what is the projected aggregate economic impact on the Philippines' GDP, real estate, and ancillary services sectors resulting from the POGO closures?"}],"footnotes":""},"categories":[23876,16333],"tags":[4138],"class_list":["post-777021314","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-social-news","category-south-east-asia-news","tag-online-gambling"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777021314","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=777021314"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777021314\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":777021335,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777021314\/revisions\/777021335"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/777006346"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=777021314"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=777021314"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=777021314"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}