PAGCOR urged to collect P2.2B unpaid dues from POGO firm that left PH amid pandemic

Senators Risa Hontiveros and Grace Poe have urged the Philippine Amusement and Gaming Corporation (PAGCOR) to collect the over P2.2 billion unpaid dues from a Philippine Offshore Gaming Operations (POGO) firm that fled the country amid the pandemic.

This was after PAGCOR chief Alejandro Tengco told lawmakers during a budget hearing at the House of Representatives last Monday that the P2.2 billion which was flagged by the Commission on Audit (COA) cannot be collected anymore.

In a statement, Hontiveros, a staunch critic of POGO, said it is “unacc