{"id":777024933,"date":"2025-04-07T10:22:17","date_gmt":"2025-04-07T13:22:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/?p=777024933"},"modified":"2026-04-22T00:06:19","modified_gmt":"2026-04-22T03:06:19","slug":"porac-mayor-dismissed-over-alleged-gaming-links","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/porac-mayor-dismissed-over-alleged-gaming-links","title":{"rendered":"Porac mayor dismissed over alleged gaming links"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Jaime Capil was found guilty of gross neglect of duty for failing to stop the operation of an offshore gaming operator hub.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<p>The Philippines.-<strong> Jaime Capil <\/strong>has been dismissed as mayor of Porac, Pampanga, for not stopping the operations of<strong> Lucky South 99<\/strong>, an illegal offshore gaming operator. In a resolution dated April 3, the Office of the Ombudsman found Capil guilty of gross neglect of duty and dismissed him from service, cancelling his government service eligibility and retirement benefits and imposing perpetual disqualification from reemployment in the government.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In a statement issued shortly after the resolution, Capil said he plans to appeal the decision and continue his campaign for re-election on May 12. The Office of the Ombudsman dismissed the administrative charges against 10 others, including vice mayor <strong>Francis Laurence Tamayo<\/strong> and several councillors, due to lack of evidence.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Lucky South 99\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/187-people-rescued-from-gaming-operation-in-the-philippines\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">was raided<\/a> last June by agents from the Presidential Anti-Organized Crime Commission (PAOCC). During the operation, 207 workers, including from China, Vietnam, Malaysia, Myanmar, were arrested.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed aligncenter is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe title=\"Porac Mayor Jaime Capil, sinibak ng ombudsman kaugnay sa operasyon ng POGO na... | Unang Balita\" width=\"625\" height=\"352\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/b5UwOiWMSH8?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Source: GMA Integrated News<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>See also: <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/philippine-government-denies-persecution-of-chinese-tourists\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Philippine government denies persecution of Chinese tourists<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Jaime Capil was found guilty of gross neglect of duty for failing to stop the operation of an offshore gaming operator hub.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":176,"featured_media":21187,"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 mayor of Porac, Pampanga, Jaime Capil, has been dismissed from service by the Office of the Ombudsman for gross neglect of duty, specifically for failing to halt the operations of Lucky South 99, an illegal offshore gaming operator. This enforcement action follows a raid on Lucky South 99 by the Presidential Anti-Organized Crime Commission, which resulted in multiple arrests. Capil plans to appeal the decision.","focusai_entities":"Jaime Capil, Lucky South 99, Office of the Ombudsman, Francis Laurence Tamayo, Presidential Anti-Organized Crime Commission (PAOCC), GMA Integrated News","focusai_location":"Philippines, Porac, Pampanga, China, Vietnam, Malaysia, Myanmar","focusai_target_profile":"ceo_executive (0.85), regulator (0.98), compliance_legal (0.95), operator_casino (0.88), investor_analyst (0.87), journalist_researcher (0.96)","focusai_suggestions":[{"label":"POGO Regulatory Impact?","query":"What are the potential broader implications of this high-profile dismissal for the regulatory oversight and operational environment of legitimate Philippine Offshore Gaming Operators (POGOs)?"},{"label":"Governance Framework Efficacy?","query":"How might this case influence the review and strengthening of governance frameworks and accountability mechanisms for local government officials in jurisdictions hosting iGaming operations?"}],"footnotes":""},"categories":[439,16333],"tags":[20326],"class_list":["post-777024933","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-legal-news","category-south-east-asia-news","tag-illegal-gambling"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777024933","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=777024933"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777024933\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":777024969,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777024933\/revisions\/777024969"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/21187"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=777024933"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=777024933"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=777024933"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}