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The police raid occurred at a barbed wired blue walled complex of seven buildings linked to Xinchuang Network Technology. The compound situated along Alabang-Zapote Road in Barangay Almanza Uno in Las Piñas, Metro Manila [1] is colloquially known as "Hong Tai".
The president of the Philippine Association for Chinese Studies acknowledged the proliferation of Chinese-affiliated POGOs to have generated jobs and revenue for the Philippine economy but also fostered tensions between Filipinos and the Chinese, worsened proliferation of prostitution and law enforcement issues. [1]
Katherine Cassandra Li Ong (born May 23, 2000), also nicknamed Cassy Li, [2] is a Filipino [3] businesswoman who was an associate of Lucky South 99 Outsourcing, Inc., a defunct Philippine Offshore Gaming Operator (POGO) in Porac, Pampanga, that has been investigated by authorities for criminal activities committed within its compound.
Philippine offshore gaming operators (POGOs), renamed Internet gaming licensees (IGLs) in October 2023, [1] are firms operating in the Philippines that offer online gambling services to markets outside the country, with a significant portion catering to the Chinese market. POGOs began operating in the Philippines in 2003.
Island Cove was an online gambling complex primarily owned and controlled by Chinese nationals in Island Cove and Animal Island in Kawit, Cavite, Philippines.. It was originally a resort and leisure park called "Covelandia Island Resort", which then closed in 2018, then reopened under the name "Island Cove Resort and Leisure Park" or simply as "Island Cove" in 2021.
Details of Guo's early life and educational background are disputed. Guo stated that she was born at her home, whose location she does not recall, or, according to her birth certificate, in barangay Matatalaib in the then-municipality of Tarlac, [18] Philippines, on August 31, 1990, originally thought to be July 12, 1986; her family's Special Investors Resident Visa (SIRV) application ...
Recently, because President Rodrigo Duterte has initiated to mend the relations between the Philippines and China, Chinese visitors in the country are expected to increase, and this possibly attracts more investments. This puts the Philippines in competition with Macau and Singapore to become a gambling hub that targets Asia's rising middle class.
Cayetano took up Bachelor of Arts in Economics at the University of the Philippines, and graduated cum laude in 1985. She then took up Bachelor of Laws at University of the Philippines Diliman. She graduated in 1991 with academic distinction, #7 in her class. She also became a member of the Honor Society, Order of the Purple Feather. [7]