Labor Secretary Bienvenido Laguesma —Noy Morcoso/INQUIRER.internet
MANILA, Philippines — Labor Secretary Bienvenido Laguesma assured staff of Philippine offshore gaming operators (Pogos) that they are going to be taken care of amid President Ferdinand Marcos Jr.’s order to ban stated gaming operators within the nation.
The banning of all Pogos was introduced by Marcos in his third State of the Nation Tackle (Sona) on July 22.
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“After all, on the Division of Labor and Employment (Dole), our mandate isn’t solely job creation; it additionally consists of job preservation,” Laguesma stated in an ambush interview after the Sona.
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“After all, we’ve some issues, however that may be a directive that have to be carried out,” he added, referring to the banning of all Pogos.
He famous that this improvement shouldn’t be thought-about one thing that may improve the unemployment fee within the nation.
“Let’s not assume that unemployment will improve once more as a result of that’s actually a part of the challenges confronted by Dole,” Laguesma stated.
Throughout Marcos’s Sona, he stated, “Efficient right this moment, all Pogos are banned.”
“I hereby instruct the Philippine Amusement and Gaming Company to wind down and stop the operations of Pogos by the tip of the yr,” he added.
He then ordered Dole in partnership with the administration’s financial managers, to make use of the time “between from time to time” to search out new jobs for Filipinos who could be displaced.
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