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The five-month deadline for all Philippine Offshore Gaming Operators provides ample time for the Presidential Anti-Organized Crime Commission to identify the major players and foreign employees in the industry.“This five-month period provides ample time not only to identify the bosses, but more importantly, this will be enough to create a database of all foreign nationals working in these companies,” PAOCC Undersecretary Gilbert Cruz said in a statement released Monday midnight.
The biggest raids recently conducted were those in Bamban, Tarlac and Porac, Pampanga, where more than 800 individuals were rescued from the former and around 160 from the latter.The Department of Labor and Employment on Tuesday said jobs and livelihood programs will be offered to workers affected by the ban.
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