Retired generals among STL owners not remitting shares? ‘Chismis lang yata yun,’ says Panelo

Credit to Author: acerojano| Date: Tue, 06 Aug 2019 12:29:59 +0000

Retired generals among STL owners not remitting shares? ‘Chismis lang yata yun,’ says Panelo

MANILA, Philippines — Presidential spokesperson Salvador Panelo on Tuesday said reports of retired generals as among small-town lottery owners (STL) not remitting shares were possibly mere hearsay. Panelo said this after Sen. Panfilo Lacson earlier disclosed that the retired police and military officers with STL franchises allegedly did not remit shares from their collections to […]

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Mayors, cops, PCSO execs ‘pocket’ STL remittances – AKO Bicol solon

Credit to Author: mfrialde| Date: Wed, 31 Jul 2019 03:02:03 +0000

MANILA, Philippines — A party-list lawmaker on Wednesday accused some local chief executives, police officers, and top officials of the 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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Amid PCSO lottery closure, Lapid asks public: Give Duterte a chance to act

Credit to Author: jespinosa| Date: Sun, 28 Jul 2019 09:06:41 +0000

Lapid seeks creation of Water Resources Authority amid recent water shortage

Senator Lito Lapid on Sunday asked the public not to criticize President Rodrigo Duterte and instead give him an opportunity to act amid issues surrounding the Phillippine Sweepstakes Charity Office (PCSO). 

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Binay calls out PNP’s ‘misplaced priorities’ in quelling STLs instead of crime

Credit to Author: jespinosa| Date: Sun, 28 Jul 2019 08:54:37 +0000

Senator Nancy Binay on Sunday said the Philippine National Police’s (PNP) move to focus on closing down small-town lottery (STL) outlets rather than chasing after criminals shows their “misplaced sense of priority,” as she called the move an “overkill and overreaction.”

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Duterte shutdown order stuns lottery operators

Credit to Author: racosta| Date: Sat, 27 Jul 2019 22:05:05 +0000

Duterte shutdown order stuns lottery operators

Marites, 47, woke up early on Saturday to collect the bets for Small Town Lottery (STL) in her neighborhood in Booy village in Tagbilaran, Bohol, where she has been working as a kubradora (bet collector) for about five years.

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7 bet collectors for illegal small town lottery nabbed in Quezon

Credit to Author: hniitsu| Date: Wed, 17 Jul 2019 03:52:09 +0000

At least seven suspected bet collectors of an illegal operation of small town lottery (STL) or “bookies,” were arrested in police operations in Tayabas City, Mauban and Sariaya towns in Quezon province on Tuesday, police said Wednesday.

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PCSO chief fired for ‘corruption’

Credit to Author: lalos| Date: Fri, 08 Mar 2019 23:17:48 +0000

PCSO chief fired for ‘corruption’

President Duterte has sacked Alexander Balutan as the general manager of the Philippine Charity Sweepstakes Office (PCSO) for alleged corruption amid a congressional probe of anomalies in the state-run charity.

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