POGO Requirements and Safety Protocols

Philippine Amusement and Gaming Corporation

Creating Opportunities Beyond Gaming

MEMORANDUM May 1, 2020

TO ALL POGO LICENSEES AND SERVICE PROVIDERS

FROM : THE CHAIRMAN AND CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER

SUBJECT REQUIREMENTS AND SAFETY PROTOCOLS - PARTIAL OPERATIONS RESUMPTION OFPHILIPPINEOFFSHORE GAMING

been allowed to partially resume Philippine Offshore Gaming Operations, under the following In our effort to raise substantial revenues to fund government efforts in its fight against the spread and pernicious effects of the Covid-19 pandemic, and to preserve the continuous requirements and safety protocols: employment of the 30,000 Filipino employees directly hired by the POGO industry, we have

Requirements:

1 Interested Operators and Service Providers must be duly registered with the Bureau

remittance of Withholding Taxes of their employees; of Internal Revenue (BIR), update all their payments for the tax liabilities due, to include

2. Must also update their payments for any regulatory fee, license fee, performance bond or penalties due to PAGCOR;

3. Must remit the regulatory fee for the month of April 2020 regardless of non-operation; and

4. Must pass evaluation on the readiness and ability to implement safety protocols.

Safety Protocols:

1. Only 30% of the workforce per shift shall be permitted in the authorized operating sites Priority shall be given to Filipino employees who are willing to report back for work.

2. Except for those residing inside the authorized operating site, all employees must be

distancing in public transport vehicles: shuttled from their residences to the offices and back. Passenger number per shuttle van coasters or buses must adhere to DOTR issued guidelines on the observance of social

3. The following persons shall not be part of the workforce to be deployed: a. Persons who are confirmed with COVID-19, or those considered as Suspect and b. Persons with symptoms of COVID-19 infection, or similar illness; Probable Cases;

c. Persons with high risk of infection, such as, but not limited to those who are:

i. Sickly, or have pre-existing medical conditions;

I iii. Elderly, or sixty (60) years old and above; iv. Pregnant or lactating. Immuno-compromised, or with co-morbidities;

he/she has undergone and obtained a negative result from a Covid-19 test duly In no case however, shall an employee qualify for the skeletal workforce unless

registered with the Food and Drugs Administration;

4 For those who will test positive for the virus, they shall be immediately referred to

Covid-19 referral hospitals, with contacts tested and properly isolated. Moreover, 3% of the negative results shall be referred for PcR confirmatory tests to evaluate

account of the company; orevalence of false negative results. Expenses for these required tests shall be on the

5. All employees shall at all times practice social distancing and proper hygiene. Face for employee use; masks shall at all times be worn at the workplace, body temperatures checked before entry into the office, disinfectants, sanitizers and alcohols placed at strategic locations

6. Frequent and proper handwashing, coughing and sneezing etiquettes, proper garbage

and waste disposal must likewise be observed at all times:

7. Foreign workers are be strongly advised to be sensitive to Filipino's social concerns and habits such as: no spitting on the floor, not making too much noise and observing generally acceptable good manners and right conduct to avoid conflict and friction;

8. All foreign workers must be properly documented aliens and holders of valid working visas;

9. The work environment must be sanitized and disinfected regularly. Proper office breaks shall be observed for this purpose;

10. Food and beverages must be provided to the employees within office premises at all

times. Eating in canteens or restaurants accessible by other occupants in the building or site shall not be allowed;

11. Employees must not be allowed to congregate inside or outside the office at all times:

12. There shall be established a designated "Isolation Room" at the operating site. In cases where an employee starts to exhibit symptoms of the virus, he/she must be allowed to return to his/her residence. Said employee or any employee for that matter who subsequently tests positive for the Covid-19 virus, must be promptly referred to a clearance: immediately placed in the said room and referred for proper medical attention and not the company in the said site shall be automatically shut down until further notice and Covid-19 referral hospital, again with contacts tested and isolated. The operations of

13. All service vehicles used by the company for their operations must be disinfected before it is allowed to enter or leave the operating site; and

14. These protocols must be read together with all guidelines issued by the IATF and other respective government agencies.

Your strict compliance with these safety protocols is enjoined

ANDREA D. DOMINGC