All eyes on the 4th SONA: Will PBBM declare war on online gambling?
It opened with familiar rhetoric — and ended with a war on vice. But the most consequential line in President Ferdinand Marcos Jr.’s third State of the Nation Address (SONA) wasn’t about inflation, infrastructure, or geopolitics. It was a blunt, unexpected decree: “Effective today, all POGOs are banned.” The room erupted. “BBM, BBM, BBM,” chanted […]