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Philippine Offshore Gaming Operators or POGOs are online gambling firms that operate in the Philippines but cater to customers outside the country. To operate legally, they must be licensed by the Philippine Amusement and Gaming Corporation (PAGCOR). They are obliged to restrict any individual in the Philippines, regardless of citizenship ...
Philippine Amusement and Gaming Corporation ( PAGCOR, Filipino: Korporasyon sa Libangan at Palaro ng Pilipinas) [ 2] is a government-owned and controlled corporation established in 1977 through the Presidential Decree No. 1869. [ 3][ 4] PAGCOR is the Philippines' largest contributor of revenue to the government after the Bureau of Internal ...
The Philippine Senate Committee on Games and Amusement is a standing committee of the Senate of the Philippines . This committee, along with the Committee on Sports, was formed after the Committee on Games, Amusement and Sports was split into two on August 1, 2016, pursuant to Senate Resolution No. 3 of the 17th Congress. [1]
The Philippines has a democratic government, a constitutional republic with a presidential system. [270] The president is head of state and head of government, [271] and is the commander-in-chief of the armed forces. [270] The president is elected through direct election by the citizens of the Philippines for a six-year term. [272]
Siklot is a game of throwing stones similar to knucklebones. Siklot means "to flick". It uses a large number of small stones that are tossed in the air and then caught on the back of the hand. The stones that remain on the hand are collected by the player and are known as biik ("piglets") or baboy ("pig").
List of initialisms, acronyms ("a word made from parts of the full name's words, pronounceable"), and other abbreviations used by the government and the military of the Philippines. Note that this list is intended to be specific to the Philippine government and military—other nations will have their own acronyms.
The governor-general of the Philippines (Filipinas; Filipino: Gobernador-Heneral ng Pilipinas/Kapitan Heneral ng Pilipinas) was the title of the government executive during the colonial period of the Philippines, governed by Mexico City and Madrid (1565–1898) and the United States (1898–1946), and briefly by Great Britain (1762–1764) and Japan (1942–1945).
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