What Went Before: ‘jueteng’
Just months into the Aquino administration, antijueteng crusader Archbishop Oscar Cruz submitted to the Senate a list of alleged “jueteng” operators and jueteng payoff recipients.
Just months into the Aquino administration, antijueteng crusader Archbishop Oscar Cruz submitted to the Senate a list of alleged “jueteng” operators and jueteng payoff recipients.
The Court of Appeals has dismissed the petition filed by a jai-alai operator to cite Justice Secretary Leila de Lima and Interior Secretary Jesse Robredo for indirect contempt for cracking down on its jai-alai betting operations.
Confronted with a government crackdown, a controversial gaming firm has proposed an “amicable” settlement with the Games and Amusement Board (GAB) to allow it to operate jai alai games, saying it is willing to submit to regulations the board may impose. Meridien Vista Gaming Corp. raised the idea of a compromise solution in a letter [...]
“Jueteng” lords are now talking to local and police officials here in anticipation of their supposed takeover of illegal numbers game following a campaign to put a stop to jai alai on Monday, police sources said.
The legal battle over jai alai widened on Tuesday when a Pasay City judge ordered Justice Secretary Leila de Lima and Interior Secretary Jesse Robredo to hold off for 72 hours the implementation of their order for the arrest of the operators and collectors of off-fronton betting stations. De Lima stressed, however, that the government [...]
