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00:12Following the order of President Bongbong Marcos to close the POGOs in the country,

00:17the Pag Corps will appeal to include 12 companies.

00:21Why? Let's find out in the testimony of Mackie Pulido.

00:24🎵

00:28Effective today, all POGOs are banned.

00:32Following the order of President Bongbong Marcos to close the POGOs in the country,

00:38the Bureau of Immigration will appeal to include Pag Corps and DOLE.

00:41For that, in the cancellation of the permits initiated by online gaming companies to foreign employees,

00:47the visas of the so-called foreigners will also be refunded.

00:50According to the Pag Corps, there are more than 35,000 foreign employees of POGOs

00:55and the number of Philippine employees affected by the closure will reach more than 40,000,

01:01including more than 31,000 who are directly employed in POGOs and connected to ancillary services

01:07connected to POGO hubs, such as janitorial services.

01:10If you include the SBPO, the maximum is 40,000 to 42,000.

01:16The officials who work in overseas gaming companies or IGFs,

01:23it's around 31,800.

01:26Let's say it's more than 31,000.

01:29And then, this SBPO, it's almost 10,000.

01:32So, if you include it, it's around 40,000.

01:37DOLE will try to help them.

01:39We have to already lay down the plans of action,

01:43what kind of intervention we can help with,

01:46and not wait until December.

01:48It's a bit heavy if we only plan for that time.

01:52But aside from that, April's colleagues are not included.

01:55She works at a fruit store,

01:58where she earns her living in some condominium buildings in Pasay City

02:01where Chinese POGO workers live.

02:04The business here mostly depends on POGO workers.

02:10Yes, because they are also our first customers.

02:16POGO and other companies will fix the exit plan

02:21because some have signed contracts.

02:23PAGCOR has also appealed not to include 12 of the 43 POGO companies that will be closed.

02:29These are just customer service agents of gaming companies.

02:34In an interview with Super Radyo-DZBB,

02:36PAGCOR said that they would earn P7 billion pesos from POGO in 2024.

02:42POGO is not yet paying for BIR, DOLE, and immigration.

02:47At the moment, we are studying where we can get P7 billion pesos.

02:54But according to NEDA,

02:56the benefit will be greater if POGO will be removed

02:59compared to the effect of POGO in other sectors, such as tourism.

03:03The POGO contributed less than 1.5% of our GDP as of 2022.

03:11On the other hand, we are likely losing from the presence of these POGOs

03:16because of, for example, tourism.

03:19China has made it clear that cross-border tourism

03:22are likely to be regulated by them for countries that host these POGOs

03:27that cater to their citizens.

03:31In the middle of the President's order,

03:33the Senate and the House of Representatives continued to listen.

03:35In the House of Representatives,

03:36some lawmakers are asking for the Executive Session

03:38to hand over to them documents of licenses of PAGCOR,

03:42documents that cannot be given to the public.

03:44The Executive Session is important

03:46because what will be worrying now is that

03:50maybe the 43 will suddenly increase,

03:53the POGO will be transferred to the IGL.

03:5643 are the main licenses of PAGCOR that has an IGL.

04:02That's from 298.

04:06So for now, 43 are the main licenses.

04:10This 402, we don't know where it will go.

04:16Maybe they are happy because there are no more POGOs.

04:19We need to be more vigilant.

04:23Some lawmakers are also pushing to hand over to the committee

04:27the former officials of PAGCOR and the names mentioned in the POGO.

04:31Just to mention a few, Mr. Chairman,

04:33Ms. Andrea Domingo was invited,

04:35Attorney Harry Roque was also invited,

04:38Mr. Dennis Cunanan,

04:40and Mr. Cassandra Leong was also invited.

04:43And they're not around.

04:45Maybe we can move that these people

04:50be issued a show-cause order.

04:53We are still trying to get hold of the names mentioned.

04:56For GMA Integrated News,

04:58Macky Pulido is your witness.

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