Tag: Juan Miguel Zubiri

Filipino lawmaker welcomes crackdown on igaming payments

29 August 2025 at 7:43am UTC-4
Juan Miguel Zubiri, the Philippines' Senate Deputy Minority Leader, has welcomed the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas’ move to tighten rules on payment service providers linked to ...

Unemployment hits 1.95 million in the Philippines, with online gambling layoffs cited as a contributing factor

6 August 2025 at 7:45am UTC-4
The number of jobless Filipinos rose to 1.95 million in June from 1.62 million last year, driven by layoffs in the gambling industry. Coupled with a rise in unpaid work, the ...

Philippines Senate committee vows to investigate online gambling ban

31 July 2025 at 6:40am UTC-4
The Philippines Senate committee on games and amusement has said that it will launch an investigation next week into the growing prevalence of online gambling in the country, with ...

President Marcos skips online gambling ban in state of the nation address

29 July 2025 at 7:12am UTC-4
Philippine President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr delivered his fourth state of the nation address on Monday but left out the rising contentious issue of whether to regulate or ban ...

Philippines senator files bill to ban online gambling

7 July 2025 at 6:38am UTC-4
A Filipino legislator has filed a bill that would introduce a complete ban on online gambling in the country. Senator Juan Miguel Zubiri filed his bill, named the Anti-Online ...