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His successor, Ferdinand Marcos Jr, soon began facing calls for a ban on Pogo businesses.

Either way, Guo's case shed light on the Philippine state's vulnerability to being corrupted and co-opted by criminal groups abusing Pogo licences.

Ms Bekema says she feels certain that some candidates in the upcoming national elections are still being financed with Pogo money, while Ang See says that serving police officers have been found working for the criminal syndicates.

But according to POGO, the man now in charge of the federal government's H.R. department did not specifically deny a slew of other comments that were published.

So, as we end our eulogy, let us pray with the time-honored saying left to us by Pogo “We have met the enemy and he is us. Amen brothers and sisters.”