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00:00Because of various issues in the Pogos, Pagcor is now prohibiting Pogo Hubs or Pogos in big compounds.
00:07Before we go to the Pogos, we will talk to Pagcor Chairman Alejandro Tenco.
00:13Chairman, good morning to you. Welcome to the first news.
00:16Good morning. Good morning.
00:19Sir...
00:20Like Ma'am Susan and Ma'am Marie.
00:23Yes. Good morning to you.
00:25Sir...
00:26Good morning.
00:27Apparently, you're making a distinction between big Pogos and small Pogos. Is that so?
00:33Please explain the downsizing.
00:38Basically, what Pogo Hub means is a big land where there are many buildings or buildings.
00:52Okay.
00:53One example is Porak.
00:59Yes.
01:00As you can see, it's a big land with 46 buildings. That's what we call a hub.
01:08Okay.
01:09Although I will clarify, it has no license since 2023.
01:14Okay.
01:15But that's the big hub that we're talking about.
01:20So how many will be affected? How many will be affected by this new law?
01:25As of now, there's no hub that is stable. There's only one in Cavite.
01:32So it will be closed?
01:34It will be closed. When there was a problem with a hub in Clark Economic Zone in Pampanga, we closed it.
01:45If I'm not mistaken, that was in 2023.
01:52Okay.
01:54Sometime in May.
01:56So what we're saying is, as you can see here, Banban and Porak, Pagcor will not issue a license for a hub.
02:11Okay.
02:12Okay.
02:13So which can we issue? Which can we issue?
02:17IGL. You can call it IGL.
02:21Yes. IGL. IGL.
02:23Internet Gaming License.
02:25As of now, it's site or location specific. If you're qualified and can pass Pagcor's regulations,
02:37we have renewed IGLs that are in buildings or offices of the lenders.
02:51Office buildings. Yes.
02:52Yes. Yes sir.
02:53So what we're limiting here, Chairman, correct me if I'm wrong, is the operating space of Pagcor, but the operations per se is continuous.
03:04Oh yes. Yes. As long as you have a legal license, it's only 43 for now.
03:13I explained to the Senate that during the administration of Pagcor, 298 licenses were issued, including the license of service providers.
03:28As of now, it's only in the 40s.
03:34Okay.
03:35This new regulation that prohibits hubs, how many Filipinos can work in Pagcor that will be affected by this regulation?
03:43I believe none.
03:46Because there are no Pagcor hubs anymore.
03:50The Pagcor hubs that were given in the past have been cancelled.
03:56Now in Cavite, they will only be building specific.
04:02Okay.
04:03Chair, according to your statements to Atty. Harry Roque, he said that his client is the World Wind Corporation,
04:12the company that owns the Pagcor building in Porac.
04:15Is it really the interest of World Wind that he brought to you?
04:20I will explain. I also mentioned this to the Senate.
04:26Former Secretary Roque told us that the case of a woman named Cassandra Lee Ong.
04:43She works for the company Lucky South 99.
04:50Okay.
04:51World Wind was not mentioned in our conversation.
04:55What she mentioned was the problem of Cassandra Lee Ong.
05:01Can you elaborate more on that sir?
05:03She said that she did not lobby Pagcor.
05:07What did you talk about in that appointment?
05:09She came to my office.
05:14She was with Cassandra Ong at that time.
05:22She explained that Cassandra Ong had a problem with a man named Dennis Conanan.
05:36Okay.
05:37Cassandra Ong did not trust her monthly payment to Pagcor to Dennis Conanan.
05:54Okay.
05:56Unfortunately, she was not paid by Pagcor.
06:01When she received a letter from Pagcor that she was short of $500,000,
06:09the past due of the company owned by Cassandra Ong, which is Lucky South 99 or whatever,
06:23she had an arrears.
06:27Cassandra Ong also said this in front of Secretary Roque.
06:34Mr. Conanan will be charged with fines and penalties for what they are paying.
06:41Pagcor did not receive anything.
06:44That's what we talked about sir.
06:46No mention of anything about the piece of land where Pagcor is located.
06:51That's not true.
06:52Let me say this.
06:54She's not pressuring us.
06:57She's talking about those incidents.
07:02Okay. At least it's clear.
07:06There was no mention about whirlwind.
07:09Yes.
07:10It's not included in your conversation.
07:12Yes. It's clear.
07:14Chairman, thank you very much for the time you gave in the first news.
07:18Thank you sir. Good morning.
07:19Thank you very much for the opportunity to explain.
07:22Good morning to all of you and to all of your listening fans.
07:28We were able to talk to Pagcor Chairman Alejandro Tenco
07:31and we will do our best to get the statement of Attorney Harry Roque
07:34about what was mentioned about him.
07:58Thank you very much.