POEA and BI Barred PH DotA 2 Pros From Leaving the Country

The Philippine Overseas Employment Administration (POEA) and the Bureau of Immigration (BI) are being scrutinized by Senator Paolo Benigno (Bam) Aquino IV after allegedly preventing three Filipino members of Team Rave from leaving for South Korea where they will meet other members of Team Rave to practice and compete in upcoming Defense of the Ancient 2 (DotA 2) competitions.

Based on the report, Team Rave members Djardel “Chrissy” Mampusti, Ryo “ryOyr” Hasegawa and Mark “Cast” Pilar were offloaded because of insufficient travel documents.

What is startling, however, is that these cyber athletes have already been in and out of Asian countries, including South Korea, on numerous occasions with the most recent one being in ~~Malaysia~~ China where they took home $144,169+ after taking the 6th spot in the Dota 2 Asia Championships.

Senator Bam also pointed out that the timing of the offloading of these Pinoy cyberathletes couldn’t been any worse as they are slated to train for upcoming major tournaments and may have cost the team a shot to compete in the upcoming DreamHack Bucharest 2015.

In his statement, the legislator believes that the “Government should be able to provide an environment where our athletes, online or offline, be able to hone their skills, compete in world class competitions, and give honor and pride to our country.”

In line with this, the office of Sen. Bam has been extending assistance to Team Rave as support for the growth of the community and development of the e-industry in the country.

Source

Ronnie Bulaong

This article was written by Ronnie Bulaong, a special features contributor and correspondent for YugaTech. Follow him on Twitter @turonbulaong.

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15 Comments

Dota 2 says:

10 years ago

NAKO!Ayan na si kim henares! sureball gagatasan na rin ng BIR yan! kumita lang konti sa paglalaro paktay na kay heneras yan.
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charaught says:

10 years ago

anguapo nong Djardel oh. Hihihihi..
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Louie says:

10 years ago

Talagang walang magawa mga namamahala sa atin. Bakit hindi pagtuunan ng pansin ng BI ang mga illegal na pumpasok kesa sa mga lumalabas ng bansa…. nyeta!
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kumag says:

10 years ago

manangg mana lng talaga c bam kay abnoy noy
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jenie says:

10 years ago

mema reply lang. kumag
rape says:

10 years ago

The name fits. Kumag nga.
weh says:

10 years ago

Binasa naman nya… hindi lang sya nabigyan ng Diyos ng reading comprehension
Mon says:

10 years ago

Soooooo… binasa mo ba talaga yung article or gusto mo lang magreklamo ng walang dahilan?

cK says:

10 years ago

Either may hindi nalagyan, or this is a publicity stunt. Whichever is it, our country sucks. OR baka talagang may pagkukulang lang din sa side ng Team? Hehehe..
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jhepoyski says:

10 years ago

DAC was not held in Malaysia, it should be in China which they placed 6th and won 150K USD.
Though nasa Malaysia sila last LAN tournament nila wherein di sila pinalad.
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Kaiser says:

10 years ago

Dota 2 Asia Championships was held at China not Malaysia.
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ichigo says:

10 years ago

Pano nalaman na kumita pala tong mga gamers, kya ngaun hinahanapan na ng lagay.
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hotruss says:

10 years ago

May listahan ata tong mga mokong na to kung sino pwede gatasan. Pag high profile ka talagang pupukulin parang hinong na manga.