{"id":248645,"date":"2020-03-17T03:39:37","date_gmt":"2020-03-17T07:39:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=248645"},"modified":"2020-03-17T03:39:37","modified_gmt":"2020-03-17T07:39:37","slug":"pogos-closed-amid-covid-19-quarantine-nograles","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2020\/03\/17\/pogos-closed-amid-covid-19-quarantine-nograles\/","title":{"rendered":"POGOs closed amid Covid-19 quarantine: Nograles"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_241826\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-241826\" style=\"width: 1400px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/67105122_2844595802267738_7745005724765257728_o.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-241826\" src=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/67105122_2844595802267738_7745005724765257728_o.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1400\" height=\"808\" srcset=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/67105122_2844595802267738_7745005724765257728_o.jpg 1400w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/67105122_2844595802267738_7745005724765257728_o-300x173.jpg 300w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/67105122_2844595802267738_7745005724765257728_o-768x443.jpg 768w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/67105122_2844595802267738_7745005724765257728_o-1024x591.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1400px) 100vw, 1400px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-241826\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Cabinet Secretary Karlo Nograles said that aside from malls and hotels, Philippine Offshore Gaming Operators (POGOs) will also be closed until the coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) situation in the country improves. (File <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/PTVph\/photos\/a.248547658539245\/2844595795601072\/?type=3&amp;theater\">photo:<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/PTVph\/\">PTV\/Facebook<\/a>)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong>MANILA<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 Online gambling firms have been temporarily suspended under the government\u2019s enhanced community quarantine implemented in the whole of Luzon, a Palace official said late Monday night.<\/p>\n<p>Cabinet Secretary Karlo Nograles said that aside from malls and hotels, Philippine Offshore Gaming Operators (POGOs) will also be closed until the coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) situation in the country improves.<\/p>\n<p>\u201c<em>Hindi naman napag-usapan so pag di namin napag-usapan,<\/em>\u00a0then closed.\u00a0<em>Wala siya sa mga<\/em>\u00a0establishments\u00a0<em>na napag-usapan namin<\/em>\u00a0(We didn\u2019t discuss it so if we didn\u2019t discuss then it means it\u2019s closed. It\u2019s not in the establishments we talked about),\u201d he said in a press briefing in Malaca\u00f1ang.<\/p>\n<p>Earlier, senators called for the suspension of POGOs following reports of linked illegal activities such as prostitution, money-laundering, kidnapping, including concerns over the number of foreign nationals who could be illegally working in the Philippines.<\/p>\n<p>Presidential Spokesperson Salvador Panelo earlier said POGOs may be suspended depending on how \u201cextensive\u201d their alleged violations of the country\u2019s laws are.<\/p>\n<p>Currently, around 60 licensed POGOs continue to operate in the country, with government earning around PHP17 billion from the industry.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MANILA\u00a0\u2013 Online gambling firms have been temporarily suspended under the government\u2019s enhanced community quarantine implemented in the whole of Luzon, &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":33,"featured_media":241826,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16,95],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-248645","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-news","category-news-ph","mauthors-azer-parrocha","mauthors-philippine-news-agency"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/248645","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=248645"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/248645\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":248646,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/248645\/revisions\/248646"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/241826"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=248645"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=248645"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=248645"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}