Senator Sherwin Gatchalian said Sunday that the government will make sure that the 23,000 Filipinos who may be affected should the Philippine Offshore Gaming Operators be banned from the country will not lose their livelihood means.phase out the POGO industryHe said only around 20,000 of the 200,000 POGO workers are Filipinos, while the rest are already foreigners—most of whom are Chinese.
“Ang kagandahan, marami sa kanila ay IT experts kaya puwedeng lumipat sa BPO. Pero ganu'n pa man, sisiguraduhin natin na hindi sila mawawalan ng trabaho,” he added.“decent and well-paying jobs” if the government will shut down legitimate POGOs and their service providers.