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

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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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Over 5,000 lotto outlets served closure notices – PNP

Credit to Author: ggaviola| Date: Sun, 28 Jul 2019 05:24:17 +0000

MANILA, Philippines – The Philippine National Police (PNP) on Sunday said over 5,000 Philippine Charity Sweepstake Office (PCSO) lotto have been served closure notices as ordered by President Rodrigo Duterte.

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Privatize PCSO operations instead of shutting it down, says Gatchalian

Credit to Author: hniitsu| Date: Sun, 28 Jul 2019 03:30:24 +0000

The national government could privatized the Philippine Charity Sweepstakes Office (PCSO) in order to stop corruption in the agency instead of putting an end to its gaming operations.

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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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Lotto operators, bettors in Isabela shocked by Duterte’s crackdown order

Credit to Author: ryanl| Date: Sat, 27 Jul 2019 06:22:13 +0000

PCSO lotto outlets in Ilagan City have ceased operating as they heeded President Duterte's order. Photo by VILLAMOR VISAYA JR.

CITY OF ILAGAN –– Lotto bettors and outlet operators here on Saturday were surprised by President Duterte’s order to stop all gaming activities under the Philippine Charity Sweepstakes Office.

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Duterte stops all PCSO gaming activities including lotto, STL

Credit to Author: acerojano| Date: Fri, 26 Jul 2019 15:53:29 +0000

President Rodrigo Duterte has ordered all gaming activities of the (PCSO, including lotto, stopped due to alleged “massive corruption” in the agency.

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PCSO cuts medical help for poor of Negros Occidental

Credit to Author: hniitsu| Date: Mon, 10 Jun 2019 03:03:23 +0000

The medical assistance for indigent patients provided by the Philippine Charity Sweepstakes Office (PCSO) in Negros Occidental has been reduced from P211,200,000 to P133,056,000.

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Sandra Cam sues Mon Tulfo for libel

Credit to Author: Alexander Magno| Date: Sun, 09 Jun 2019 10:04:33 +0000

Sandra Cam - Mon Tulfo

MANILA, Philippines — Philippine Charity Sweepstakes Office (PCSO) board member Sandra Cam has filed a libel complaint against columnist Ramon Tulfo Jr. over two articles containing “unjustified and unfounded accusation” against her. In May, Tulfo published two articles on The Manila Times titled “That woman Sandra Cam” and “The Law of Karma and Trillanes.” Cam […]

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Graft complaints filed against PCSO OIC, other execs

Credit to Author: Alexander Magno| Date: Wed, 29 May 2019 12:43:15 +0000

MANILA, Philippines — Philippine Charity Sweepstakes Office (PCSO) officer-in-charge Simeon Pinili and other executives are facing graft complaints for allegedly recognizing a new set of officials of Speedgame Inc. (SGI), the company assigned to operate the Small-Town Lottery (STL). According to SGI General Manager Jose Millora, who filed the complaint before the Office of the […]

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