Latest Editorial
March 04, 2025
The script practically writes itself: A kidnapped Chinese teenager’s pinkie finger is chopped off; his driver gets murdered in cold blood; the authorities arrive late but recover the victim; the perpetrators speed away unscathed. Sadly, this is not a scene from a dystopian thriller — it is the reality facing a country that can’t quite get rid of the remnants of its shuttered offshore gaming industry. The government, which once embraced Philippine offshore gaming operators