{"id":148736,"date":"2018-01-25T01:55:51","date_gmt":"2018-01-25T06:55:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=148736"},"modified":"2018-01-25T01:55:51","modified_gmt":"2018-01-25T06:55:51","slug":"bato-leads-posting-of-warning-signs-banning-govt-employees-in-casinos","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2018\/01\/25\/bato-leads-posting-of-warning-signs-banning-govt-employees-in-casinos\/","title":{"rendered":"Bato leads posting of warning signs banning gov&#8217;t employees in casinos"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_148738\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-148738\" style=\"width: 960px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/27066903_1890749900966257_8932743676472174390_n.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-148738\" src=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/27066903_1890749900966257_8932743676472174390_n.jpg\" alt=\"The posting of such signages inside casinos aims to warn government officials and police officers that they will face charges once caught gambling. (Photo: Philippine National Police\/Facebook)\" width=\"960\" height=\"640\" srcset=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/27066903_1890749900966257_8932743676472174390_n.jpg 960w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/27066903_1890749900966257_8932743676472174390_n-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/27066903_1890749900966257_8932743676472174390_n-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 960px) 100vw, 960px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-148738\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The posting of such signages inside casinos aims to warn government officials and police officers that they will face charges once caught gambling. (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/pnp.pio\/photos\/pcb.1890786907629223\/1890749900966257\/?type=3&amp;theater\">Photo:<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/pnp.pio\/\">Philippine National Police\/Facebook<\/a>)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong>MANILA\u2014<\/strong>\u00a0To further discourage government employees from gambling in casinos, Philippine National Police (PNP) chief Ronald &#8220;Bato&#8221; Dela Rosa on Wednesday led the ceremonial posting of a warning signage held at the Solaire Resort &amp; Casino in Para\u00f1aque.<\/p>\n<p>The signage read: &#8220;Government employees are prohibited from gambling in this casino. Violators will be arrested and charged. By order: President Rodrigo R. Duterte.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The posting of such signages inside casinos aims to warn government officials and police officers that they will face charges once caught gambling.<\/p>\n<p>President Duterte has been vocal about his desire to eliminate corruption among government officials, and for them to avoid lavish lifestyles.<\/p>\n<p>At the recent launch of the Overseas Filipino Bank (OFBank), Duterte mentioned that all government officials are &#8220;workers.&#8221; Thus, he instructed Dela Rosa to put warning signages in casinos, and added that the signages should indicate &#8220;all government employees.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>There is the Presidential Decree no. 1869 that prohibits government officials, members of the Armed Forces of the Philippines, and persons under 21 years old from gambling in casinos.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MANILA\u2014\u00a0To further discourage government employees from gambling in casinos, Philippine National Police (PNP) chief Ronald &#8220;Bato&#8221; Dela Rosa on Wednesday &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":33,"featured_media":148738,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[95],"tags":[44672,44673,44674],"class_list":["post-148736","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-news-ph","tag-bato-leads-posting-of-warning-signs-banning-govt-employees-in-casinos","tag-philippine-national-police-pnp-chief-ronald-bato-dela-rosa","tag-solaire-resort-casino-in-paranaque","mauthors-ma-cristina-arayata","mauthors-philippine-news-agency"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/148736","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/33"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=148736"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/148736\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/148738"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=148736"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=148736"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=148736"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}