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PAGCOR has no jurisdiction on Illegal POGO
By J.Lo
“PAGCOR has no jurisdiction over illegal POGOs…so when he meant that we will ‘wind down’ all POGOs, I suppose he was referring to existing licenses,” Philippine offshore gaming operators (POGOs), PAGCOR Chairman Alejandro Tengco said gaming regulator has no jurisdiction over illegal POGOs.
Tengco has yet to clarify scope of ban with President Ferdinand Marcos Jr, but assumes it refers to licensed POGOs, which have been rebranded as internet gaming licensees or IGLs.
Tengco noted that agency has due process in place for 43 IGLs under its jurisdiction, but has no choice but to comply with the president’s order, announced in his State of the Nation Address on Monday.
He estimated that ban could result in PAGCOR losing around P7 billion in earnings this year, with total losses across government agencies reaching P22-23 billion.
Licensed IGLs employ around 40,000 Filipinos, with 31,000 directly hired and nearly 10,000 working in POGO-affiliated business process outsourcing companies, Tengco said. This figure excludes workers indirectly employed by the industry such as drivers, security guards and service staff.
Department of Labor and Employment, meanwhile, will implement job placement assistance and other interventions to help transition workers displaced by POGO ban.
“We have programs that we can grant to workers that will be displaced from IGLs,” Labor Secretary Bienvenido Laguesma said in separate radio interview.
Sen. Risa Hontiveros, longtime critic of POGOs, also emphasized need for “just transition” to ensure Filipino POGO workers are taken care of following phaseout.
“Actually, IGLs are new PAGCOR instrument, it followed old POGO licenses…but with the President’s pronouncements, it should have been gone too,” Hontiveros said.
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