00:29.0
Pogo operations sa buong Pilipinas.
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Kaya sinasabi nga nila yung sa Bambantarlak,
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wala daw yun kumpara dito sa Pogo Island na to.
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At ano yung pinagkaiba nila?
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Yung sa Bambantarlak is about 7.6 hectares.
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Itong Pogo Island sa Maykawit, Cavite is 36 hectares.
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That's five times bigger than the one in Bambantarlak.
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Sobrang laki nga na ito as a matter of fact na
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kaya daw na ito maglagay ng mga 30,000 people
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dito sa loob ng complex na to.
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At maraming mga netizens nag-aalala ngayon
01:03.2
kung ito ba dapat yung tinitignan natin
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at kung pinoprotektahan ba ng mga remulya
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at ng ating gobyerno itong malaking Pogo operation na to.
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Okay, so let's look at some facts muna.
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Itong lupa na to kung nasaan yung Pogo Island
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ay dating pagmamayari ng mga remulya.
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At binental na itong lupa nito dito sa Pogo na to.
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They sold it in 2018 at according to their declaration,
01:26.0
sinabi nila na nagbayad daw sila ng
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ngayon, with a capital gains tax of 6%,
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ang ibig sabihin nun,
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binenta nila itong lupa na to for 6.66 billion pesos.
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Bilyonaryo na ang mga remulya dahil lang sa sale na to.
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So per square meter, lumalabas yan about mga
01:47.7
18,500 pesos per square meter.
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At isipin mo, yung pala yung ginastos nila para bilhin yung lupa.
01:54.1
And I think they spent another 8 billion pesos
01:56.7
para gawin lahat ng mga structure,
01:58.5
dun sa loob ng compound na to.
02:00.4
At ang tanong ngayon, kanino nila binenta itong lupa na to?
02:03.9
So nag-research ako at nakita ko dito na binenta nila itong lupa na to
02:07.8
to Pogo called Oriental Games Limited.
02:12.4
And Oriental Games Limited is owned by Oriental Group.
02:15.7
Sino ang may-ari na itong Oriental Group na to?
02:18.7
Ang nagpapatakbo na ito ngayon at ang general manager niya
02:21.4
ay si Kevin Wong.
02:23.4
And Kevin Wong is young.
02:25.8
Right now, he's probably early 30s.
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Mga 31, 32 siguro ito.
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Ang bata pa nito.
02:31.3
So nagtaka ako, sino ba itong Kevin Wong na to?
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At ang yaman naman niya.
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Dumalabas, Kevin Wong is the son of casino junket operator Kim Wong.
02:40.2
Ngayon, sa mga may hindi alam,
02:41.8
Kim Wong has been in the Philippines for a very long time.
02:44.8
According to some news articles,
02:46.2
dumalabas dito that he was an immigrant from Hong Kong
02:49.1
na dumating sa Philippines nung bata pa siya.
02:51.6
At dito na siya sa Pilipinas yung maman.
02:53.4
He opened restaurants.
02:55.9
And then in all those restaurants he opened,
02:57.6
marami siya mga nakilala, mga business people at mga politicians.
03:01.0
At dito niya, binilled yung kanyang empire.
03:03.6
At yung unang pasok niya into the casino business
03:05.9
is as a junket operator in Clark, Pampanga.
03:09.3
Tapos dito, he raised 1 billion pesos
03:11.9
to be able to open yung una niyang pogo
03:14.9
called Eastern Hawaii Leisure Company.
03:17.7
Ngayon, itong si Kim Wong apparently is very, very well connected
03:20.6
sa political scene.
03:22.4
Kaibigan siya ni former mayor Alfredo Lim.
03:24.7
And naging kaibigan din niya si former mayor,
03:28.6
From what it seems like, marami siyang kilalang mga politiko.
03:31.7
At yung pangalan niya ay nadadawid sa mga ilang kontrobersya.
03:35.4
Yung isang pinakamalaking kontrobersya na nadamay siya,
03:37.9
yung online bank heist na nangyari involving different international bank accounts
03:42.5
na nakaabot sa kanya yung pera at na nagkaroon ng Senate hearing.
03:46.1
Ginawa niya ay sinabi niya na wala siyang kinalalaman dun
03:48.4
at napunta lang yung pera sa kanya.
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Dahil as a casino junket operator, he gets a lot of money
03:52.9
because that's how they make money.
03:54.4
They lend money, they front the money.
03:56.8
So may dumating na pera.
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At ang ginawa niya ay sinurrender niya lahat ng pera sa gobyerno.
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Ngayon ang tanong dito ay, Filipino citizen ba itong si Kim Wong?
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Kasi when you look at the records, mukhang lumalabas na he's still a Chinese citizen.
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If he's a Chinese citizen, how is he able to buy the island cove property of the Remulias?
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Unless kaibigay ma-Filipino, hindi ko alam.
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At ito yung kailangan natin malaman.
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Ngayon ang mga hinala ng mga tao ay,
04:23.3
ang mga Remulia ay nagpo-protecta dito sa Pogo na to.
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At ang kinatatakutan natin,
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ang mga kababayan ngayon,
04:28.6
ay baka andi dito yung mga Chinese spies
04:31.0
o kaya mga military personnel
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na nandun sa loob na hindi natin malalaman.
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At apparently, hindi lang kahit sino-sino
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ang pwede makapasok dito sa compound na to.
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At kahit ang mga government officials,
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hindi lang daw basta-basta makakapasok dito sa compound na to.
04:44.4
Now apparently, nung binibuild yung compound na to,
04:46.3
sabi ni Kevin Wong na
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they even invited PAGCOR, the BIR,
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and the Bureau of Immigration
04:51.6
to set up an office inside the island cove property
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para daw makita daw na wala daw kalukuhan na ngayon.
04:57.6
At lahat daw ito is above board.
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Well, di ba yung ngayon nangyari sa Bambantarlak?
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PAGCOR had an office inside the Pogo operations
05:06.0
tapos bulag ba sila o bingi o tanga lang?
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Hindi ko alam eh.
05:09.5
Wala daw silang nakitang mga kalukuhan na nangyayari
05:12.1
doon sa loob ng Pogo.
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So, could it be the same here in Island Cove?
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Hindi natin masasabi kung may mga kalukuhan na nangyayari
05:19.6
At this point, wala pa namang complaints na lumalabas.
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Ngayon, tignan natin how this ties up
05:24.2
with the challenge na hinarap ni
05:28.2
Ngayon, ang sabi ni Governor is
05:30.1
kung may magpapatunay na itong isa sa tatlong bagay na ito,
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na involved daw sila sa operations
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nung Pogo Island na ito.
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Pangalawa, kung may magpapakita daw
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na pinoprotektahan nila
05:41.9
itong Pogo operations na ito.
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At pangatlo, kung meron daw sa kanyang
05:46.3
pamilya ang pumirma
05:48.0
ng mga lisensya para makapag-operate
05:50.8
itong Pogo Island na ito.
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So, tignan nga natin on all those three points.
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On the first point, kung involved ba sila sa operations,
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ako, I don't think so.
05:57.6
But, we don't know.
05:59.0
But, based on what I've seen and heard so far,
06:02.2
mukhang hindi naman sila involved.
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Mukhang binenta lang nila yung lupa.
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Kumita na sila ng 6 billion pesos.
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Kailangan ba talaga nila maging involved?
06:09.3
So, we don't know.
06:10.1
Unless may bagong lumabas sa ebidensya
06:11.9
to prove otherwise.
06:13.7
Sa ngayon, I don't think they're involved.
06:15.4
Yung pangalawang hamo naman ni
06:16.9
Governor John Vic Ramulia ay
06:18.4
kung may nagpoprotecta ba sa kanilang pamilya,
06:22.1
Yung current DOJ Secretary
06:24.2
ay si Crispin Ramulia.
06:26.0
At kung naalala nyo,
06:27.6
July 2023, last year,
06:30.3
in-order niya yung NBI
06:31.5
to stop all investigations on Pogos.
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At ang rason na binigay niya ay
06:35.9
may mga extortion activities na ginagawa
06:38.1
yung mga ibang NBI personnel.
06:40.0
Medyo weird lang yun para sa akin
06:42.0
na ginawa niya yun, ano.
06:43.2
Kasi mukhang may iba pang intention siya
06:45.3
at hindi lang yung sinasabi niya.
06:47.2
Pero, a few months later, in September,
06:49.0
nirevive niya ulit yung mga investigations
06:50.8
against Pogo operations.
06:54.4
tuloy-tuloy na ang investigasyon
06:55.7
laban sa mga Pogos.
06:57.0
Pero, ito yung interesting thing.
06:57.6
Ito yung interesting dito,
06:58.3
na kahit na nag-umpisa na ulit yung operations
07:00.2
to investigate mga illegal and criminal activities
07:04.3
parang wala pa akong nababalita
07:07.1
Ang nangyari sa Bambantarlac
07:08.9
ay nahuli yun ng PAOC,
07:10.6
the Presidential Anti-Organized Crime Commission,
07:14.9
So, yung pagdeklara ni
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Secretary Crispin Ramulia
07:17.8
na binalik na niya operations ng NBI
07:20.0
to investigate Pogos,
07:22.5
O talaga bang may nangyayari ba
07:24.3
doon sa investigasyon na yun?
07:25.7
O walang ginagawa yun
07:26.7
ng criminal activities?
07:27.6
sa mga Pogos na ito?
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Hindi natin alam eh.
07:30.3
Nakakapagduda lang
07:30.9
na ito na yung DOJ Secretary
07:33.4
at wala silang nakikitang bales
07:35.5
sa ginagawa ng mga Pogos.
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At hindi lang yun.
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Idagdag mo yung sinabi niya dati na
07:39.0
kaya ayaw din daw niyang i-besagan yung mga Pogos
07:41.1
kasi sila-sila lang naman daw yung nagkikidnapping
07:43.5
at gumagawa ng mga kalokohan
07:45.2
at wala naman daw nadadamay ng mga Pilipino.
07:47.4
At nag-a-areglo lang din naman daw sila.
07:49.8
Which is such a poor excuse
07:51.9
to stop the operations, di ba?
07:53.6
Criminal activities, criminal activity.
07:55.3
If it's happening in the Philippines,
07:56.8
kailangan gawa ng paraan ng DOJ na matigil ito.
08:00.3
Ngayon yung pangatlong hamo naman.
08:01.8
Na kung meron daw sa kanilang pamilya,
08:04.4
ang nagbigay ng lisensya sa mga Pogos na ito.
08:07.5
Oriental Group na lisensya ay nakuha noong 2020.
08:10.9
Ngayon, sa mga may hindi alam,
08:12.7
yung isang Remulia na si Gilbert Remulia
08:14.9
ay ngayon PagCorp Board of Directors.
08:18.4
Pero pumasok siya sa Board of Directors in 2022.
08:21.4
So hindi siya yung nakapagpirmaan
08:23.0
noong sa lisensya ng Oriental Group.
08:24.7
Pero ito lang yung problema sa PagCorp
08:28.0
Dahil doon sa investigasyon na ginagawa sa Senate,
08:30.7
na ginagawa niya na Sen. Gatcheliana,
08:34.2
nakita doon that the PagCorp Board
08:36.9
just created a provisional license
08:40.1
na hindi naman kasama sa kanilang mandate
08:42.3
o kaya sa mga guidelines nila
08:44.2
sa mga lisensya na dapat binibigay sa mga Pogos.
08:47.1
At ginawa nila ito out of thin air.
08:49.9
Para makapag-operate itong mga Pogos na ito.
08:52.9
Kasama si Gilbert Remulia sa board na yan.
08:55.4
So sa kasong yan,
08:56.8
mukhang complicit itong PagCorp Board
08:59.4
in allowing these Pogos to continue operating.
09:02.6
And that's where the problem lies.
09:04.3
You have high-risk activities already proven
09:07.4
that's being conducted by the Pogos
09:10.2
and yet binibigyan pa ng PagCorp
09:12.0
ng lisensya para makapag-operate.
09:14.4
So dalawa lang yan eh.
09:15.3
You're either complicit or ignorant.
09:18.9
At kaya kailangan investigahan itong PagCorp na ito eh.
09:22.2
itong hamon ni Governor John Vic Remulia
09:24.7
ay tingin ko kaya naman nila afford ang 10 million.
09:26.8
Nagbayad nga sila ng 400 million in taxes.
09:29.2
So bariya lang itong 10 million para sa kanila.
09:31.3
Pero tingin ko kasi,
09:33.3
kung involved ba ang mga Remulia sa Pogos o hindi.
09:37.4
Whether it's protecting them in the operations
09:39.3
o kaya in giving them permits or licenses
09:41.6
to be able to operate.
09:42.8
Pero siguro for me,
09:43.9
kung hindi sila nagsusupport ng mga Pogos,
09:46.7
then ang maganda siguro gawin ng mga Remulias
09:48.9
is to show that they're not for Pogos.
09:53.0
At paalisin na nila itong mga Pogos na ito.
09:56.8
NBI and from the DOJ
09:58.6
to not just continue the operations
10:01.0
but to actually come up with results.
10:03.6
Kasi totoong may mga criminal activities
10:05.3
ang nangyari with regards to the Pogos.
10:07.0
So kailangan may makita tayong results
10:08.5
sa mga investigations na ginagawa nila.
10:12.0
as a governor of Cavite,
10:13.6
paalisin mo na yung mga Pogos sa Cavite.
10:15.5
Kaya mo bang gawin yun
10:16.4
kung talagang against ka sa mga Pogos?
10:19.2
if hindi nga involved si Gilbert Remulia
10:20.9
in giving out a license,
10:23.4
mag-expire na yung license
10:24.8
ng Oriental Group.
10:26.8
have them a new license.
10:28.2
I just wanna say this.
10:30.2
mukhang wala pa naman
10:31.2
na illegal activities
10:32.7
or criminal activities
10:33.7
that's coming out
10:34.5
of the Pogo Island in Cavite.
10:37.5
from the way it looks,
10:38.6
at least from the PR machine
10:40.0
that they're doing,
10:41.4
they're trying to at least
10:45.3
without doing anything illegal
10:47.0
or anything criminal.
10:48.3
As much as ayoko ng mga Pogo,
10:50.4
hindi din ako yung tipong tao
10:51.8
na mag-generalize
10:52.9
na lahat sila masama.
10:54.5
I'm still against Pogos.
10:57.5
I'd prefer na wala na lang Pogos
10:59.0
dito sa buong Pilipinas.
11:00.4
Pero, in the case of the Pogo Island,
11:04.2
kung may nangyayari doon.
11:05.3
Let's save the judgment muna
11:06.8
and see what we can uncover.
11:09.9
At, idadagdag ko lang
11:10.9
na hindi ko mabibindang
11:12.2
ang ating mga kababayan
11:13.1
sa pagdududa nila
11:17.1
Kasi, parang familiar na tong
11:18.6
modus operandi na to eh.
11:21.7
Landowner sells the land
11:23.3
to a Pogo operator.
11:24.9
After selling the land
11:25.8
to a Pogo operator,
11:28.2
the family members
11:29.1
become part of the government.
11:31.2
One, as a DOJ Secretary,
11:34.2
and the other one,
11:35.2
as a PAGCOR board member,
11:39.2
Kasi yun lang yung nangyari
11:40.1
sa Bambantarlak eh.
11:42.2
in this case, Alice Guo,
11:43.9
sells her property
11:44.8
to Bawfu Compound
11:45.8
which housed Pogo operations.
11:48.8
a year or two later,
11:50.1
she becomes mayor.
11:51.5
Di ba nakakaduda yun?
11:53.0
Sabihin na nga natin
11:53.9
wala pa silang ginagawa
11:55.0
to protect the Pogos.
11:56.8
Pero the fact na yung
11:57.9
DOJ Secretary natin
11:59.4
na si Crispin Remulia
12:02.3
sa pag-imbestigan nila
12:05.5
naging PAGCOR director
12:06.8
si Gilbert Remulia?
12:08.8
Kahit nasabihin mo
12:09.4
wala silang ginagawang mali
12:10.7
o kaya hindi na pinoprotektahan
12:13.9
at the very least,
12:15.3
may conflict of interest yan.
12:17.8
konting delikadesa na lang.
12:19.7
At isa pang issue ko
12:20.9
with Pogos is this.
12:22.3
Karamihan na hinahire nila
12:25.7
and majority of them
12:28.7
kung sinabi mo sa akin
12:37.4
dito sa Pogo Island na to.
12:40.0
the criminal activities
12:41.9
And they're not even
12:42.8
paying the proper taxes.
12:45.6
At doon sa issue naman
12:46.5
na may posibilidad
12:47.3
na yung 20 plus thousand men,
12:50.4
na nandoon sa Pogo Island
12:56.0
Chinese military,
12:57.9
may counterintelligence dito
13:04.1
At kung tutuusin,
13:05.3
meron namang paraan
13:06.6
para gawin to eh.
13:07.6
The president has a
13:10.3
confidential and intelligence fund.
13:12.5
This would be the perfect time
13:14.1
to use that fund.
13:15.9
And with regards to Paggor,
13:17.2
ito lang mga sabi ko.
13:18.4
Pag meron kang regulatory body
13:22.0
ng isang industriya,
13:23.5
pero at the same time,
13:25.2
meron siyang objective
13:27.7
may conflict yan.
13:29.6
tinitimbang na nila
13:31.3
versus yung kita nila.
13:33.0
So, ang tinatanong nila
13:33.9
sa sarili nila ngayon
13:34.9
is ano mas importante?
13:40.9
ang isang regulatory board
13:42.0
ay hindi pwedeng magkaroon
13:43.6
conflicting objectives
13:45.1
dahil walang presyo
13:46.5
ang makapagpapalit
13:50.0
Kayo, ano sa tingin nyo?
13:52.6
Baka may alam kayo
13:54.0
regarding this Pogo Island.
13:55.2
Kung meron kayong mga komento
13:56.6
o mga bagong impormasyon
13:57.8
o iba't ibang mga opinion,
13:59.2
write it in the comment section.
14:00.3
I'd love to hear from all of you
14:01.5
para tayong lahat
14:02.4
ay mas maraming pang matutunan
14:03.7
dito sa issue na ito
14:04.6
at lalo pa tayong
14:05.5
magiging mas aware
14:07.7
yung mga mangmang
14:10.7
Salamat at magkita tayo
14:11.7
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