{"id":224880,"date":"2019-07-29T03:46:30","date_gmt":"2019-07-29T07:46:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=224880"},"modified":"2019-07-29T03:46:30","modified_gmt":"2019-07-29T07:46:30","slug":"pnp-on-alert-vs-jueteng-amid-pcso-games-closure","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2019\/07\/29\/pnp-on-alert-vs-jueteng-amid-pcso-games-closure\/","title":{"rendered":"PNP on alert vs. &#8216;jueteng&#8217; amid PCSO games closure"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"fb-root\"><\/div>\n<p><script async=\"1\" defer=\"1\" crossorigin=\"anonymous\" src=\"https:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/sdk.js#xfbml=1&amp;version=v3.3\"><\/script><\/p>\n<div class=\"fb-post\" data-href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/PIONCRPO2019\/posts\/949335618750441?__xts__%5B0%5D=68.ARB2B3e2CA0BGR0Yvh28cfAjY9OoaxkfoUPHcYAY22eBIlYUKWZK9P0nyajQZHDZI0wI_vMITlFRK_ziYSP36QB0zR6y4Wqcag_KAhKsVvsaALHvQ8ylUXfSFwUmuE_1uTv5i6Kp0oVOVhNkWdDE7RtWvZXiroM3WzrJCIdbZp1c81lR4AJK3U6iUzvvkmwNZ_JTELUtt-MjfHj49n7Hmd0RyZSf2xCU7bvEk6DONVnd5jfxwdW59arAVDv_TthZCe_fSQoVyMzGHtYp5catExebxf55agECU5ofP5hSxW3VF75U4I6eYCMowzCGyqGhm5AFFKrvM5wD68nDiBNBV5t2LGC9JUHUGAk1Wkog5hWnJ1jlA6eaiaB0Vt-ociRyXSXdNMGkeUXM0amjyxLzidR6QO8VGRMkNRdsasAe7q3EfbgtjAJ1b7HkFcUGna1_qS65eIQoXl3IzA2Jqw&amp;__tn__=-R\" data-width=\"750\">\n<blockquote cite=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/PIONCRPO2019\/posts\/949335618750441\" class=\"fb-xfbml-parse-ignore\">\n<p>27 July 2019 &#8211; Ikinasa na ngayong sabado ni PMGen Guillermo Lorenzo T Eleazar, hepe ng National Capital Region Police&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>Posted by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/PIONCRPO2019\/\">PIO NCRPO<\/a> on&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/PIONCRPO2019\/posts\/949335618750441\">Saturday, July 27, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<p><strong>MANILA<\/strong>\u00a0&#8212; The Philippine National Police (PNP) on Monday said it is on the lookout against a looming resurgence of the illegal numbers game \u201cjueteng\u201d following the closure of all gaming activities of the Philippine Charity Sweepstakes Office (PCSO).<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat is a possibility. We are not saying it will happen but it&#8217;s a possibility that illegal numbers game will be back, particularly jueteng. We are currently validating information we have been receiving regarding this,\u201d Albayalde told reporters during a press conference at Camp Crame.<\/p>\n<p>Albayalde said that they already received intelligence reports of resumption of jueteng operations in at least two provinces in Central Luzon on Saturday &#8212; a day after President Duterte ordered the suspension of all games licensed by the PCSO.<\/p>\n<p>He said the PNP is yet to arrest anyone involved in the illegal numbers game but maintained he ordered police commanders to continue operations against it.<\/p>\n<p>Albayalde also warned all police commanders to initiate moves to ensure that jueteng would not thrive while PCSO games are suspended.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We will make arrest if there will be operations of these illegal numbers games like jueteng,&#8221; said Albayalde.<\/p>\n<p>The PNP Chief said that his instructions to his men is to monitor the activities in their respective areas of jurisdiction when it comes to numbers game.<\/p>\n<p>Albayalde said the PNP has closed down a total of 30,284 lotto and Small-Town Lottery (STL) outlets and other betting areas for other numbers games licensed by the PCSO in compliance with the directive of President Rodrigo Duterte.<\/p>\n<p>Most of those closed were STL betting outlets with 20,241, followed by lotto outlets at 6,313 while small town lottery drawing centers with 190.<\/p>\n<p>Outlets for Keno and Peryahan ng Bayan (PNB) were also closed, with 778 and 2,762, respectively, shut down as of Saturday.<\/p>\n<p>Albayalde said so far, no experience of resistance among the owners of the lotto outlets happened during the shutdown.<\/p>\n<p>Albayalde said the PNP units have been given specific instructions to intensify a crackdown on all types of gaming activities operated by PCSO-franchises, more so by underground numbers game operators.<\/p>\n<p>If there are still people collecting bets, Albayalde said that it means an illegal numbers game is ongoing.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We still do not know if the suspension (of PCSO games) would be temporary or what. There may be some people or groups that may take advantage of that,&#8221; the PNP Chief said.<\/p>\n<p>Duterte has ordered all gaming activities of the PCSO, including Lotto, Small Town Lottery, and Peryahan ng Bayan, to cease due to &#8220;massive corruption&#8221; on Friday night.<\/p>\n<p>The President announced the order via a video post on the Presidential Communications Operations Office&#8217;s Facebook page.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>27 July 2019 &#8211; Ikinasa na ngayong sabado ni PMGen Guillermo Lorenzo T Eleazar, hepe ng National Capital Region Police&#8230; &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":44,"featured_media":224881,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16,95],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-224880","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-news","category-news-ph","mauthors-christopher-lloyd-caliwan","mauthors-philippine-news-agency"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/224880","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\/44"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=224880"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/224880\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":224882,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/224880\/revisions\/224882"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/224881"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=224880"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=224880"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=224880"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}