Google map of Cagayan de Oro City.
CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY – The Police Regional Office (PRO) 10 (Northern Mindanao) declared Thursday that no Philippine Offshore Gaming Operators (POGO) are conducting business in this city.
In an interview, Maj. Joanne Navarro, PRO-10 spokesperson, said that not a single POGO hub exists in the city and that “additional monitoring yielded negative results.”
“We are directed by the NHQ (national headquarters) to monitor whether we have POGOs in our AOR (Area of Responsibility), so far there are none but we are continuing to monitor,” she said.
PRO-10's initial measures in identifying possible POGO hubs in the region were prompted by calls for an investigation linked to the ongoing Senate inquiry into other POGO operations in the country.
Meanwhile, Cagayan de Oro City 1st District Rep. Lordan Suan said he welcomes any investigation into POGO operations in the city.
"This is up to the police and relevant government agencies to handle certain POGO cases here," he said in a media interview. (PNA)
