Disguised as an official memo from Philippine President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr., the memo ordered local government units in Metro Manila to immediately terminate the operations of POGOs “within the first week of August”.
The memo read: “President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. has ordered all local government units in Metro Manila to terminate all POGO and IGL operations as soon as possible. All local government operations are required to end these activities within the first week of August 2024.”
This message has been confirmed as fake with POGOs not to be terminated until the end of the year.
Atty. Jessa Mariz Fernandez, Head of PAGCOR’s Offshore Gaming Licensing Department, revealed that the doctored memo was taken from a real memo that she issued on July 23.
She said: “We have not issued a memorandum ordering LGUs to immediately clo..