{"id":291054,"date":"2025-07-25T16:41:33","date_gmt":"2025-07-25T16:41:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/291054\/"},"modified":"2025-07-25T16:41:33","modified_gmt":"2025-07-25T16:41:33","slug":"marcos-warns-vs-dangers-of-online-gambling","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/291054\/","title":{"rendered":"Marcos warns vs dangers of online gambling"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>MANILA, Philippines \u2014<\/strong> President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. warned the public about the ill effects of online gambling addiction and how it could negatively affect Filipino families.<\/p>\n<p>In his vlog released Sunday, Marcos acknowledged how modern technology has improved day-to-day living. Digitalization is a cornerstone of his administration\u2019s Bagong Pilipinas vision, which drives reforms across key sectors including education, healthcare, agriculture, and trade.<\/p>\n<p>However, while technology can significantly ease government processes, curb corruption, and expand access to quality services, the President said it can also be manipulated by unscrupulous people to prey on others.<\/p>\n<p>Apart from the proliferation of scams and disinformation, the digital landscape also made gambling more accessible.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOne of the things digitalization has made easier is gambling. Many families are being destroyed by it, especially when used irresponsibly,\u201d he said in Filipino.<\/p>\n<p>Get the latest news<br \/>\n                <br class=\"br-line\"\/><br \/>\n                delivered to your inbox<\/p>\n<p>Sign up for The Manila Times newsletters<\/p>\n<p>            By signing up with an email address, I acknowledge that I have read and agree to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.manilatimes.net\/terms-of-service\" title=\"Terms of Service\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Terms of Service<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.manilatimes.net\/privacy-policy\" title=\"Privacy Policy\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Privacy Policy<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTechnology is here to make our lives easier&#8230; to strengthen the Filipino family. Not to destroy us,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<p>His remarks came amid calls for a total ban on online gaming to protect the public, especially the youth.<\/p>\n<p>In a separate interview, Executive Secretary Lucas Bersamin said that Malaca\u00f1ang is still in the process of studying the matter.<\/p>\n<p>He said that while \u201cthe policy remains the same\u201d when it comes to Philippine Offshore Gaming Operators (POGOs) that Marcos ordered totally banned last year, a broader review is needed for other forms of online gaming that are not linked to scams or online fraud.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are still looking into it because we have to see all the ramifications that gaming of that method may be allowed to operate,\u201d Bersamin said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"MANILA, Philippines \u2014 President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. warned the public about the ill effects of online gambling addiction&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":291055,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4317],"tags":[31021,6732,105,84929,218,3577,3669,16,15,6691,16741],"class_list":{"0":"post-291054","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-mental-health","8":"tag-dangers","9":"tag-gambling","10":"tag-health","11":"tag-marcos","12":"tag-mental-health","13":"tag-of","14":"tag-online","15":"tag-uk","16":"tag-united-kingdom","17":"tag-vs","18":"tag-warns"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/114914871464285909","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/291054","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=291054"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/291054\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/291055"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=291054"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=291054"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=291054"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}