PRESIDENT Rodrigo Duterte on Thursday ordered the closure of all online gaming firms in the country following the bribery controversy involving Macau-based gambling tycoon Jack Lam.

“I am ordering the closure of all online gaming [firms]. Lahat, walang silbi [All of them, they have no use],” the President said in his remarks after signing the 2017 national budget.

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