Manila, June 16 -- Senator Alan Peter Cayetano on Monday urged the incoming 20th Congress to continue investigating online gaming activities in the country.

Cayetano said in a news release that despite the passage of the measure that will ban Philippine Offshore Gaming Operations (POGO), online gaming activities persist and are getting bigger.

"Ang problema, ipinagbawal na natin ang POGO, pero lumalaki naman ang online industry na puro mga Pilipino ang tumataya (The problem is we were able to ban POGO but there is an increase of online industry where Filipinos placed their bets.) I hope the next Congress can look into this," he said.

During the last session of the 19th Congress, the senator praised his colleagues with the passage of th...