The government is paying the costs for children who were abandoned by their fathers, who worked for the raided illegal Philippine Offshore Gaming Operators (POGO).
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Philippine Anti-Organized Crime Commission (PAOCC) spokesperson Winston Casio made the announcement during Monday’s press conference at the Lucky South 99 POGO center in Porac, Pampanga, attended by House of Representatives leaders led by Speaker Ferdinand Martin Romualdez.
Casio said PAOCC also pays the electricity bills of the POGO hubs they raided and shut down.
“About 5 million pesos minimum the Commission is paying in electricity bills alone for all the facilities we have already seized,” Casio told House leaders.