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Malacañang has refused to comment on China’s rumored blacklisting of the Philippines as a tourist destination for continuing to allow Philippine offshore gaming operators (POGOs) to do business.
During a briefing on Tuesday, reporters asked Undersecretary Cheloy Garafil, the officer in charge of the Office of the Press Secretary, about the announcement of Senate President Juan Miguel Zubiri about the blacklisting.
“Actually, we have not received an advisory with respect to the blacklisting issue. So when that arrives, when we have been given the proper advisory, that’s when we will make the proper comment. I don’t want to speculate. So let’s just wait for the advisory — if there is one,” Garafil said in Filipino.
Reporters pressed on, asking her if the blacklisting was fair.
“I don’t want to comment on something that we have not confirmed,” she said.
