BREAK: Suspension of Lotto operations lifted – Panelo

Credit to Author: Alexander Magno| Date: Tue, 30 Jul 2019 14:02:19 +0000

BREAK: Suspension of Lotto operations lifted – Panelo

President Rodrigo Duterte on Tuesday night ordered the lifting of the suspension of the Lotto operations of the Philippine Charity Sweepstakes Office (PCSO) — effective immediately.

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NBI probe to cover PCSO’s alleged failure to remit gov’t share from STL

Credit to Author: acerojano| Date: Tue, 30 Jul 2019 13:23:56 +0000

NBI probe to cover PCSO’s alleged failure to remit gov’t share from STL

MANILA, Philippines — Justice Secretary Menardo Guevarra on Tuesday revealed that the National Bureau Investigation (NBI) would also investigate the alleged failure of the Philippine Charity Sweepstakes Office (PCSO) to remit proper government shares from its small-town lottery (STL) operations. This came after President Rodrigo Duterte ordered all gaming activities of PCSO, including lotto and […]

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Senate blue ribbon to probe alleged corruption at PCSO

Credit to Author: jvicente| Date: Tue, 30 Jul 2019 09:26:11 +0000

Senate blue ribbon to probe alleged corruption at PCSO

The Senate blue ribbon committee is pushing to conduct an investigation into the alleged “massive corruption” at the PCSO.

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Palace: Ban on PCSO games not a diversion for anti-endo bill veto

Credit to Author: jvicente| Date: Tue, 30 Jul 2019 08:40:13 +0000

Palace: Ban on PCSO games not a diversion for anti-endo bill veto

Malacañang denied that the order to stop all PCSO games was just a diversion from the veto of the Security of Tenure bill.

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Panelo: Duterte’s verbal ban on PCSO games ‘legal’

Credit to Author: jespinosa| Date: Tue, 30 Jul 2019 06:41:50 +0000

President Duterte’s order stopping all PCSO gaming schemes, even without a formal document, is legal, his spokesman Salvador Panelo said.

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Simplify, privatize PCSO operations – Gatchalian

Credit to Author: Alexander Magno| Date: Mon, 29 Jul 2019 14:32:28 +0000

Simplify, privatize PCSO operations – Gatchalian

To combat corruption within the Philippine Charity Sweepstakes Office (PCSO), Sen. Sherwin Gatchalian proposed on Monday that the agency’s operations be “simplified” and “privatized.”

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Guevarra orders NBI to probe alleged PCSO corruption

Credit to Author: Alexander Magno| Date: Mon, 29 Jul 2019 11:43:19 +0000

Justice Secretary Menardo Guevarra on Monday ordered the National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) to conduct a probe on the alleged “massive corruption” inside the Philippine Charity Sweepstakes Office which prompted President Rodrigo Duterte to order the closure of all gaming operations of the agency.

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Go: Huge losses, corruption led to lotto, STL shutdown

Credit to Author: ggaviola| Date: Mon, 29 Jul 2019 05:55:30 +0000

MANILA, Philippines – Huge losses incurred during the past few months had prompted President Rodrigo Duterte to order the stoppage of all lotto and other gaming features of the Philippine Charity Sweepstakes Office (PCSO).

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Over 30,000 PCSO gaming outlets shut down

Credit to Author: jespinosa| Date: Mon, 29 Jul 2019 03:39:46 +0000

Over 30,000 PCSO gaming outlets shut down

The Philippine National Police (PNP) has shut down a total of 30,284 gaming outlets operated by the Philippine Charity Sweepstakes Office (PCSO) since Saturday.

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Spare lotto from closure, says Lacson

Credit to Author: besguerra| Date: Sun, 28 Jul 2019 23:27:55 +0000

Spare lotto from closure, says Lacson

MANILA, Philippines — President Rodrigo Duterte should have excluded lotto from his decision to pull the plug on games operated by the Philippine Charity Sweepstakes Office (PCSO) because there was no allegation that lotto operators were shortchanging the government, Sen. Panfilo Lacson said on Sunday as the government defended the shock order that saw the police shutter 21,000 lottery stations across the country.

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