The Vice-Chair of the Philippines’ House Committee on games and amusements has joined PAGCOR chief Andrea Domingo in calling for the suspension on offshore gaming operations to be lifted in order to boost tax revenues.
Eric Go Yap stated Wednesday there was no reason to prevent POGO operators from resuming operations despite calls for enhanced community quarantine measures to be extended beyond the current 30 April deadline in certain parts of Luzon.
“In view of exhausting government coffers, the suspension of POGO operations should be lifted immediately to give our tax collection a much-needed boost,” Yap said, according to state-run Philippine News Agency.
“The foreign workers are here anyway. Like us, some of them are also going out to get what they need. They go to groceries, drug stores, restaurants. Why not allow them to operate? Work from home arrangements should be explored.”
His comments come after Domingo revealed earlier this week that she has written to the President to recommended the resumption of POGO operations.
