The Philippine financial regulatory authorities recently discovered significant loopholes in the supervision of online gambling funds. Although the central bank had requested last month that e-wallet service providers remove direct links to gambling platforms, the latest information disclosed at the
On September 16, during a hearing, Philippine Senate Minority Deputy Leader Rodante Marcoleta proposed a new suggestion, urging the government to consider involving legal online gambling operators in the fight against illegal gambling websites. The legislator pointed out that illegal online gambling
The Philippine Senate Committee on Games and Amusement recently held a hearing focusing on the issue of financial channels between electronic payment platforms and online gambling. Senator Risa Hontiveros pointed out at the meeting that although major electronic wallet platforms have removed gamblin
The Philippine Bureau of Immigration conducted an enforcement action against a place suspected of illegal operation in Manila in the early morning of September 16. Law enforcement officers seized devices using artificial intelligence technology for fraud on the scene and detained two foreign nationa
The Philippine Amusement and Gaming Corporation (PAGCOR) recently announced the deployment of artificial intelligence monitoring tools to detect and block illegal online gambling sites in real time. The system will be officially operational soon, marking a stricter technical control measure by the P
Philippine-listed company DigiPlus Interactive Corp announced that it will launch its first international online gaming platform, GamePlus, in Brazil on September 22. This marks the company's first major overseas expansion and further consolidates its leadership in the global gaming and online gamin
On September 17, Erwin Tulfo, the chairman of the Philippine Senate Committee on Gaming and Entertainment, issued a statement that he does not rule out issuing a subpoena to Meta, as representatives from the company failed to attend a joint Senate hearing. The hearing aimed to investigate the prolif
The Philippine gaming regulatory body PAGCOR recently disclosed important operational data. At the Senate Committee on Games and Amusement hearing on September 16, PAGCOR Assistant Vice President Jessa Mariz Fernandez confirmed that due to major electronic payment platforms severing connections with
The Westside City Resort project in Manila, Philippines, has currently completed about 70% of its construction work, with a total investment scale reaching $1.25 billion, and is expected to officially commence operations in the third quarter of 2026.Nilo Thaddeus Rodriguez, President and CEO of the
On August 30, the Chinese Ministry of Education issued a rare travel advisory for studying in the Philippines, citing a continuous high incidence of malicious cases against Chinese citizens; on the same day, the Consular Protection Center of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs also reminded Chinese citi
The Philippine gaming regulatory body PAGCOR is advancing a historic reform—planning to fully privatize its Casino Filipino chain of casinos. Currently, the application has been submitted to the Governance Commission for Government-Owned or Controlled Corporations (GCG), awaiting formal approval.At
International gaming giant Light & Wonder has announced its official entry into the Philippine online gaming industry, becoming the first global system aggregator and content provider certified by PAGCOR. This marks the Philippines as the 47th regulated market in the company's layout, and also its f
Alejandro H. Tengco, Chairman and CEO of the Philippine Amusement and Gaming Corporation (PAGCOR), once again made it clear: the Philippines should not completely ban online gambling, but should promote industry compliance, safety, and sustainable development through stricter regulation.Tengco deli
Philippine politics is rocked by another scandal. On September 8, the Senate's "Blue Ribbon Committee" revealed shocking details—Bryce Erickson Hernandez, the former Assistant Engineer for the First District of Bulacan in the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH), lost nearly 49 million pes
The Philippine Amusement and Gaming Corporation (PAGCOR) is planning to introduce artificial intelligence (AI) tools to enhance the regulation of the online gambling industry. The new technology is expected to help identify potential gambling addiction behaviors, detect tampered identity documents,
