SENATOR Joel Villanueva has expressed his support on the call of President Rodrigo Duterte to shut down all online gambling operations in the country.
On his social media post, Villanueva said that he is “definitely supporting this initiative” adding that “gambling promotes greediness.”
It can be noted that in November, the Bureau of Immigration raided more than 1,300 illegal Chinese workers who were employed at a firm in Clark known to be operated by gambling tycoon Jack Lam.
According to the Bureau of Immigration, 612 of the 1,335 Chinese nationals arrested had no work permits, 95 were overstaying, while 91 had no passports or any travel documents at all.
It was further discovered in an inquiry initated by the Labor Committee chaired by Villanueva that there are also other economic zones which do not impose a limit on the number of foreign workers employed by firms within their area.
Villanueva specifically cited Cagayan and Clark economic zones which do not have such requirement.