Marcos to convene online gambling stakeholders to craft policy

Govt to convene multi-sectorial conference to create online gambling policy

BENGALURU, India– President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. said the government would convene a multi-sectoral conference to develop a comprehensive policy on online gambling. In the latest episode of his podcast aired on Thursday, the President said the issue of online gambling was not included in his fourth State of the Nation Address due to the ongoing policy formulation. "We still have to form the policy on what we are going to do about online gambling…

Marcos to convene online gambling stakeholders to craft policy

MANILA, Philippines — President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. said he will convene a conference with all stakeholders in online gambling to form a policy that the government can follow. He said this in part 3 of the third episode of the PBBM Podcast, titled “Sa Likod ng Sona,” aired on Thursday, when asked why he did not mention online gambling in his recent State of the Nation Address. READ: Hontiveros questions GSIS over P1-B investment in online gambl…

Marcos to convene conference to tackle potential policies on looming online gambling

Marcos eyes Catholic bishops in body to form online gambling policy

President Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. is creating a body that will formulate the government's policy on online gambling, and he is looking to include Catholic bishops in the process because of their recent pronouncements on the issue.

Hontiveros flags SEC unregistered GSIS investment in online gambling firm

Senator Risa Hontiveros said the Government Service Insurance System’s (GSIS) P1-billion investment in an online gambling platform was not registered with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) at the time of the transaction. “Napag-alaman naming hindi rehistrado sa SEC ‘yung mga shares sa petsang nagkaroon ng kasunduan at binili ‘yan,” Hontiveros told GMA Integrated News’ …

Philippine central bank to impose restrictions on online gambling transactions

The chairman of the Philippines’ Senate Games and Amusements Committee recently announced public hearings to discuss the future of online gambling in the country. It came amidst the growing concerns regarding the ethical and moral repercussions of casinos, and after an appeal by the church for a complete ban on online gambling.  Now, just days later, the Philippine central bank, Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP), has announced its plan to impose…