Windows26: Porac mayor, 10 more execs suspended over Pogo hub

October 10, 2024

Hello, reader! Today, we're covering the suspension of Porac's mayor and 10 officials over a Pogo hub, along with the appointment of a Fil-Am as New York City's first deputy mayor.

Porac mayor, 10 more execs suspended over Pogo hub

The Office of the Ombudsman has served a six-month preventive suspension on Mayor Jing Capil, nine other elected officials and a licensing officer of Porac in Pampanga province for gross neglect of duty in connection with the operations in their town of a Philippine offshore gaming operator (Pogo) involved in alleged criminal activities.

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New DILG chief Remulla says Cavite Pogo island shut by Dec. 15

Newly installed Interior Secretary Jonvic Remulla on Wednesday said the Philippine offshore gaming operators (Pogo) hub operating inside the 36-hectare Island Cove in Cavite province will be shut down by Dec. 15.

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Marcos: Get Filipinos out of Lebanon by all means

President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. on Wednesday ordered government agencies to "mobilize all resources" to move Filipinos in Lebanon out of harm's way, after a series of Israeli airstrikes caused massive destruction in the southern part of the Middle Eastern country.

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Jinggoy Estrada claims Maslog helped Guo leave PH

Mary Ann Maslog, who had avoided prosecution over the 1998 textbook scam by allegedly faking her own death, did not only try to convince sacked Bamban, Tarlac Mayor Alice Guo into yielding to the government, but could have also helped her slip out of the country, according to Senate President Pro Tempore Jinggoy Estrada.

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Fil-Am appointed as first deputy mayor of New York City

On Oct. 8, Mayor Eric Adams announced that Maria Torres-Springer, currently the deputy mayor for Housing, Economic Development, and Workforce, has been promoted to first deputy mayor of New York City.

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EDITORIAL: Evacuate OFWs out of war zone

Instead of waiting for the OFWs to come to the designated shelters, Philippine officials should move to secure the proper exit clearances and secure alternative land or sea transport for their immediate evacuation as air travel in Lebanon has been disrupted by the airstrikes.

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