{"id":1156899,"date":"2019-08-24T05:20:49","date_gmt":"2019-08-23T21:20:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsinfo.inquirer.net\/?p=1156899"},"modified":"2019-08-23T22:42:23","modified_gmt":"2019-08-23T14:42:23","slug":"pnp-chief-pogo-hubs-not-threat-to-natl-security","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsinfo.inquirer.net\/1156899\/pnp-chief-pogo-hubs-not-threat-to-natl-security","title":{"rendered":"PNP chief: Pogo hubs not threat to nat\u2019l security"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Chinese-staffed Philippine offshore gaming operation (Pogo) hubs near police and military camps do not pose \u201cany threat to our security\u201d just yet, Police Gen. Oscar Albayalde, the Philippine National Police chief, said on Friday.<\/p>\n<p>Albayalde told reporters at Camp Bagong Diwa in Taguig City that foreigners normally set up their businesses near police stations or camps for security reasons.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSo far we do not see any movement from them or any threat to our security,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>Albayalde\u2019s comment came amid concerns earlier raised by Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana that Pogo hubs established near military camps, although currently in operation solely for business, could easily be turned into facilities that could be used for spying activities by the Chinese government.<\/p>\n<p>Lorenzana particularly cited Pogo hubs located at Araneta Center and Eastwood in Quezon City, both near Camp Aguinaldo and Camp Crame\u2014headquarters of the Armed Forces of the Philippines and the PNP, respectively.<\/p>\n<p>Other Pogo hubs were reportedly located in proximity with the headquarters of the Philippine Air Force in Pasay City, the Philippine Army in Taguig City, and the Philippine Navy in Manila.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf you are a business owner and you have a facility near a police station or camp, you already feel safe. That\u2019s one of their considerations,\u201d Albayalde said.<\/p>\n<p>But Albayalde earlier said it would be \u201cdetrimental\u201d to national security if there would be too many Pogo centers near police and military camps. <em><strong>\u2014CATHRINE GONZALES<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Chinese-staffed Philippine offshore gaming operation (Pogo) hubs near police and military camps do not pose \u201cany threat to our security\u201d just yet, Police Gen. Oscar Albayalde, the Philippine National Police chief, said on Friday. Albayalde told reporters at Camp Bagong Diwa in Taguig City that foreigners normally set up their businesses near police stations or [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1231,"featured_media":1137458,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[36,34,37,45],"tags":[2326,125098,216845],"byline":[],"source":[206078],"column":[],"editor":[],"videographer":[],"position":[],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v24.3 (Yoast SEO v24.3) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>PNP chief: Pogo hubs not threat to nat\u2019l security | Inquirer 黑料社<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Chinese-staffed Philippine offshore gaming operation (Pogo) hubs near police and military camps do not pose \u201cany threat to our security\u201d just yet, Police Gen. 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