Rep. Robert Ace S. Barbers 

INDEPENDENCE FROM POGO - BARBERS 

Surigao del Norte Representative Robert Ace Barbers hopes that this year’s Independence Day will bring us closer to total freedom from POGO.

Barbers appealed to President BBM to heed the call in the light of the continuing saga of crime and violence perpetrated by Chinese syndicates hosted by these POGO establishments. 

“POGOs are banned in China, yet we continue to give them safe haven and sanctuary in our country. Worse, criminal syndicates only use these POGOs as fronts for their gruesome and illegal activities”, Barbers said.

“It is time to put an end to this nightmare. As we commemorate our Independence Day,I am hopeful that the President will heed the call of the legislators and their constituents who continue to fall victims to these illegal establishments whose unexplained resources are obviously being used to bribe our government employees and officials, sowing chaos and destroying our society and our nation’s morality”, Barbers added.

“There is no redeeming value in POGOs. We should not waste a minute more in closing them, totally and completely. Like a gangrenous toe, we should cut it from our body before it kills us. Let us not allow our gains as a free republic to be destroyed by an alien culture of crime and gambling. If we love our country, we should break free from the bondage that is POGO”, Barbers said.

MULA SA KAMARA DE REPRESENTANTES, TERENCE MORDENO GRANA, NAG-UULAT PARA SA ARMED FORCE RADIO, BOSES NG KAWAK PILIPINO This is Terence Mordeno Grana, reporting for AFP Community News, One AFP for Stronger Philippines.