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3 SAP recipients held for gambling

Emmanuel Tupas - The Philippine Star

MANILA, Philippines — Three beneficiaries of the government’s social amelioration program for poor Filipinos displaced by coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) were among five persons arrested for gambling in Tubungan, Iloilo on Sunday.

Juan Tabladillo, Benedicto Tabigne and Godofredo Taganos were reportedly caught by police officers engaging in a game of cards along with their neighbors Rene Tamisen, Nolan Malba and Ian Tabucuran in Barangay Agdao, according to Lt. Col. Joem Malong, spokesperson for the Western Visayas police.            

Tabucuran managed to escape while the rest were taken to the police station for questioning.

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GAMBLING

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