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A TOTAL of 187 POGO (Philippine Offshore Gaming) workers on Thursday morning, December 5, 2024, were deported back to China.<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n The deported workers were from various POGO hubs raided by the authorities in Pasay, Cebu, Tarlac and Pampanga.<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n Of the total number 122 were from 3D Analyzer in Pasay, 57 from Tourist Garden Hotel in Lapu-Lapu City, Cebu; and 11 from Zun Yuan Technology in Bamban, Tarlac, SmartWeb Technology in Pasay and Clark, Pampanga.<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n Presidential Anti-Organized Crime Commission \u00a0(PAOCC) Executive Director Gilbert Cruz said the\u00a0workers were deported for violating Philippine immigration laws and lack of proper documents to warrant their continued stay in the Philippines.<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n It was learned that once they arrive in China, the deported POGO workers will be subjected to investigation for possible involvement in online scamming activities.<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n There were originally 190 POGO workers scheduled to be deported on Thursday but three were deferred deportation due to pending document.<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n The deportation comes in the wake of the nearing deadline for POGO to totally cease operations in the country, pursuant to a directive from President Ferdinand Marcos Jr..<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n PAOCC reminded POGO workers still in the country to voluntarily leave before the December 31 deadline.<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n Cruz said come January, the government will launch intensified operations against illegal POGOS.<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n Meanwhile, wives and partners of some deportees took their chance to bid\u00a0 farewell to their loved ones outside the PAOCC Detention Facility in Pasay.<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n Cruz also said PAOCC has been extending help to the POGO children left by their fathers in terms of food, diapers and other needs.<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" A TOTAL of 187 POGO (Philippine Offshore Gaming) workers on Thursday morning, December 5, 2024, were deported back to China. The deported workers were from<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":10521,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[5,17],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10520"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10520"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10520\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10522,"href":"https:\/\/journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10520\/revisions\/10522"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/10521"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10520"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10520"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10520"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}