{"id":777022393,"date":"2025-01-28T10:11:16","date_gmt":"2025-01-28T13:11:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/?p=777022393"},"modified":"2026-04-22T02:22:08","modified_gmt":"2026-04-22T05:22:08","slug":"philippine-job-fair-offers-over-opportunities-for-former-offshore-gaming-workers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/philippine-job-fair-offers-over-opportunities-for-former-offshore-gaming-workers","title":{"rendered":"Philippine job fair offers over opportunities for former offshore gaming workers"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

A fourth job fair for workers\u00a0who have been displaced is being held in Pasay City.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

The Philippines.- The Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) has announced that over 5,000 job openings <\/strong>are available at a fourth job fair for workers who have been displaced from offshore gaming operators. The two-day event is being held at the SMX Convention Center in Pasay.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Labour secretary Bienvenido Laguesma<\/strong> said around 126 local employers and six overseas agencies are participating. The positions available include roles in finance, shipping and logistics, food and beverage, retail, and the Business Process Outsourcing (BPO) sectors.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

See also: <\/strong>Philippines deports 3 after raid on alleged scam operator in Para\u00f1aque City<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Philippines\u2019 BI warns companies to avoid hiring former foreign offshore gaming workers<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

The Bureau of Immigration (BI)<\/strong> has warned companies and people to avoid harbouring illegal foreign workers from offshore gaming operators. In a statement, BI officer-in-charge commissioner\u00a0Joel Anthony Viado\u00a0<\/strong>said, \u201cThe Bureau will not hesitate to file charges against anyone found violating Section 46 of the Philippine Immigration Act of 1940\u201d and reminded businesses that harbouring undocumented foreign nationals is a serious offence.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Viado\u2019s statement follows the BI\u2019s announcement of deportation proceedings for over 11,000 former offshore gaming workers who failed to leave the country before December 31, 2024, the deadline set by the Department of Justice (DOJ) for foreign workers employed by\u00a0offshore gaming operators\u00a0to voluntarily return to their home countries.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

See also: <\/strong>Philippines DOJ warns foreign offshore gaming workers who are still in the country<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

A fourth job fair for workers\u00a0who have been displaced is being held in Pasay City.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":176,"featured_media":777020164,"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 is facilitating a job fair in Pasay City, offering over 5,000 positions for workers displaced from offshore gaming operators. Concurrently, the Bureau of Immigration has issued stern warnings against harboring illegal foreign nationals from the sector and is initiating deportation proceedings for over 11,000 individuals who failed to meet the voluntary departure deadline.","focusai_entities":"Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE), Bienvenido Laguesma, SMX Convention Center, Bureau of Immigration (BI), Joel Anthony Viado, Department of Justice (DOJ)","focusai_location":"Pasay City, Philippines","focusai_target_profile":"ceo_executive (0.9), regulator (1.0), compliance_legal (0.9), operator_casino (0.7), investor_analyst (0.9), journalist_researcher (1.0)","focusai_suggestions":[{"label":"POGO Sector Economic Impact?","query":"What is the projected long-term economic impact of the Philippine offshore gaming operator (POGO) sector's contraction on the national labor market and GDP?"},{"label":"Regulatory Enforcement Implications?","query":"How will the intensified regulatory enforcement against illegal foreign workers and the POGO sector influence future foreign direct investment and B2B\/B2C licensing prospects in the Philippines' iGaming verticals?"}],"footnotes":""},"categories":[157,16333],"tags":[4138],"class_list":["post-777022393","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-business-news","category-south-east-asia-news","tag-online-gambling"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777022393","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=777022393"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777022393\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":777022404,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777022393\/revisions\/777022404"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/777020164"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=777022393"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=777022393"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=777022393"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}