Philippines orders foreign workers in offshore gaming hubs to leave in 2 months

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The Bureau of Immigration orders foreigners working in Philippine offshore gaming operators or POGOs to leave the country in two months’ time, following President Ferdinand Marcos Jr.’s ban on POGOs.

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00:00The Bureau of Immigration orders foreigners working in Philippine offshore gaming operators, or POGOS, to leave the country in two months' time following President Ferdinand Marcos Jr.'s ban on POGOS.
00:10Marcos gave the Philippine Amusement and Gaming Corporation, or PAGCOR, until the end of the year to shut down these businesses.
00:16Around 20,000 people are expected to be affected by the order, most of them Chinese citizens.
00:21The BI says workers who will stay in the country beyond the two-month period will be deported.
00:26POGOS boomed under the Duterte administration as companies capitalized on liberal laws to target customers in China where gambling is banned.
00:34At its peak, some 300 POGOS operated in the Philippines, but only 42 mostly Chinese firms kept their licenses, employing some 63,000 Filipino and foreign workers.

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