Gov’t padlocks Island Cove POGO hub in Cavite

PAGCOR ends offshore gaming operations in Cavite

PAGCOR confirmed the shutdown of all operations at Island Cove in Kawit, Cavite, as part of a national effort to end all POGO activities. In July 2024, President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. issued a compliance order to close all POGOs by year-end. The formal closure of the Island Cove facility was conducted by PAGCOR Chairman and CEO Alejandro Tengco, Interior Secretary Jonvic Remulla, PAOCC Executive Director Undersecretary Gilbert Cruz, and PNP Chief…

DILG shuts down former POGO hub in Cavite – Frontpage PH

IN line with President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr.’s directive to shut down all Philippine Offshore Gaming Operations (POGOs) nationwide, Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) Secretary Jonvic Remulla personally led the inspection of the former POGO hub at Island Cove Hotel and Resort in Kawit, Cavite on Tuesday.

Gov't shuts down PH's biggest POGO facility

By Christopher Lloyd Caliwan CLOSED. Interior Secretary Jonvic Remulla (center) and other government officials lead the formal closure of the Island Cove resort-turned Philippine offshore gaming operator facility in Kawit, Cavite on Tuesday (Dec. 17, 2024). The POGO facility, located on a 33-hectare property, is the biggest in the country. (PNA photo by Yancy Lim) MANILA – The country’s biggest Philippine offshore gaming operator (POGO) compound…

Government agencies formally close Philippines’ largest POGO hub

The biggest POGO hub in the Philippines has been shut down. According tio local media reports, the 33-hectare facility in Cavite – which housed around 30,000 employees – was formally closed on Tuesday at a ceremony attended by Interior Secretary Jonvic Remulla, Presidential Anti-Organized Crime Commission (PAOCC) Executive Director Undersecretary Gilbert Cruz, PAGCOR Chairman and CEO Alejandro Tengco and Philippine National Police (PNP) chief Ge…

Philippines closes largest POGO facility at Island Cove resort

With less than two weeks remaining until the complete wind-down of all Philippine Offshore Gaming Operator (POGO) operations in the country, the Philippines' largest POGO facility, located at the former Island Cove resort in Kawit town, Cavite province, was officially shut down on Tuesday. The post Philippines closes largest POGO facility at Island Cove resort first appeared on Asia Gaming News | AGB - Asia Gaming Brief.

Gov’t padlocks Island Cove POGO hub in Cavite

Authorities padlocked the biggest offshore gaming hub in Kawit, Cavite on Tuesday, Dec. 17, at Island Cove, a property formerly owned by the family of Interior Secretary Jonvic Remulla. The DILG chief himself led the inspection at the 30-hectare property after the hub’s permanent closure on Nov. 30. During his Cabinet appointment in October, Remulla …