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  Goodeve po, tanong ko lang kung anong gagawin kung yung boyfriend ko po ay napagbintangan lang na nasali sa kasong illegal sabong. naka attend na po sya ng 4x sa hearing with his PAO peru ni minsan wala po dun sa hearing yung naglista o yung complainant.. ngayung saturday po is may hearing daw po sila with witness na to prove na hindi sya kasali sa illegal sabong. ang tanong ko po : 1) kung matalo sya sa kaso tapos maka pag pyansa sya. makukulong pa po ba sya? 2.) kung manalo naman sya sa kaso makukuha ba yung pyansa ? 3.) kung manalo sya sa kaso anong pwedeng ilaban dun sa taong nagbintang sa kanya? at 4.) bakit nung 3 hearing wala sa korte yung complainant o yung witness sa kabila? wala po silang pinakitang ebedensya na kasama sa illegal na sugal yung boyfriend ko. yung PAO lang nya at yung judge ang merun? Sana masagot po. thank you and Godbless 🙏 Kung napag bintangan lang ang iyong boyfriend, dapat may testigo po kayo na na hindi talaga sumali ang boyfriend mo sa iligal na s...

Question:  May record ba sa NBI or sa Police pagkatapos ng hearing sa Illegal Gambling? Answer:  Depende po sa sitwasyon. If after the hearing in Illegal Gambling case the accused was found to be "not guilty" or acquitted from the charge, no record whatsoever shall reflect on his/her records in the National Bureau of Investigation or NBI. However, if the accused was found to be "GUILTY" or convicted, he/she has two (2) options. One, the accused may apply for a PROBATION if he/she is eligible. After the accused has successfully finished his/her PROBATION, he/she shall have NO RECORD in the NBI. Two, if the accused is not eligible for PROBATION or did not apply for a PROBATION, he/she may serve the sentence.  Kung ano po ang sentence, dapat niyang i serve.  If fine, bayaran niya ng buo.  Kung imprisonment, he/she may serve the prison term. In this case, the accused may have a RECORD in the NBI. Thank you.

  Anonymous March 1, 2022 at 9:03:00 PM GMT+8 Pano po pag Senior citizen na po ang nahuli gambling (tong-it) same din po ba ang procedure??: This is to answer this question on a Senior Citizen caught in the act of playing a tong-it. Same procedure shall be applied to those apprehended who were 18 years old above.  However, a Senior Citizen, who was above 70 years old at the time of the commission, shall be given a mitigating circumstance.

Since the announcement of Philippine President Rodrigo Roa Duterte for the Philippine National Police to halt its operation on war against drugs and shift the fight against illegal gambling, hundreds of suspected individuals were apprehended allegedly involved with illegal gambling nationwide. In General Santos City for instance, there are at least 4 suspects are brought before our office for inquest investigation.  There suspects are either violating Presidential Decree (P.D.) No. 1602 or Republic Act No. 9287. It might be noteworthy to consider because the police officers are doing their job as mandated by law, but, most, if not all, of the suspects apprehended belong to the poorest of the poor.  We are still waiting at the time when we would face suspects who are the financier of these illegal gambling games. This image is taken from google. The following are the gambling laws of the Philippines: PRESIDENTIAL DECREE NO. 1602 It amended the criminal provis...