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Kontrobersyal na rebelasyon sa Los Bastardos, paparating na

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Dec 13 10:26 AM

Inamin ng mga bida ng Los Bastardos na nami-miss nila ang kanilang co-star na si Diego Loyzaga.  Read more »

Chinese rescued from loan shark syndicate in Parañaque

Maan Macapagal, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Dec 05 11:20 PM

MANILA - Police have rescued a Chinese national who was allegedly kidnapped by fellow Chinese who are believed to be members of a loan shark syndicate in Parañaque.   Read more »

6 Chinese na 'nangidnap' ng 2 Taiwanese, arestado

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Dec 05 08:16 PM

MAYNILA - Inaresto ng mga pulis nitong Martes sa Las Piñas City ang 6 na Chinese national matapos umanong mangidnap ng 2 Taiwanese national. Read more »

Online gaming fuels rise of Chinese workers in PH, says BI

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Nov 27 10:16 AM

MANILA - (UPDATE) Online gaming is one of the factors that contributed to the rise of Chinese workers in the Philippines, a Bureau of Immigration official said Tuesday. Read more »

Stay away from casinos, Duterte tells cops

Dharel Placido, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Nov 23 04:24 AM

MANILA - President Rodrigo Duterte on Thursday issued a stern warning against police officers who would be spotted near casinos in Metro Manila even if they are not assigned there. Read more »

Trillanes reiterates plea to dismiss inciting to sedition, coup raps

Ina Reformina, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Nov 22 08:54 PM

Trillanes submitted his 18-page rejoinder-affidavit to the Pasay City Prosecutor’s Office on Thursday, citing anew parliamentary immunity and the "failure" of complainants to prove their case. Read more »

Duterte can ban casinos in Boracay even without EO, says justice secretary

Mike Navallo, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Nov 09 01:34 PM

Justice Secretary Menardo Guevarra on Friday clarified that even without an executive order, President Rodrigo Duterte can still ban casino operations in Boracay. Read more »

DOJ to DOT: Seek Duterte order declaring Boracay 'casino-free'

Mike Navallo, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Oct 25 06:36 PM

The Department of Justice has advised Tourism Secretary Bernadette Romulo-Puyat to urge the President to issue an executive order declaring Boracay Island “casino-free.” Read more »

Duterte aides seek cancellation of all casino ops in Boracay

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Oct 24 12:43 PM

Several members of President Rodrigo Duterte's Cabinet who are heading the clean-up of Boracay have asked regulators to disallow the operation of any casino in the holiday island ahead of its reopening after half a year of closure.  Read more »

Macau shuts down casinos for first time as storm approaches

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Sep 16 11:04 AM

Macau shut down all its casinos in a historic first as Typhoon Mangkhut approached Sunday, with authorities warning the gambling enclave would be hit by severe flooding. Read more »

Nayong Pilipino deal void from the start, 'definitely for cancellation,' says Palace

Dharel Placido, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Aug 31 02:40 PM

President Rodrigo Duterte had described the state corporation's deal with the Philippine unit of Landing International as "flawed" and "gravely disadvantageous." Read more »

Nayong Pilipino open letter an 'open defiance' of Duterte: Roque

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Aug 29 11:23 AM

Duterte sacked the entire board of Nayong Pilipino Foundation after it found that its lease deal with Hong Kong casino developer Landing International to be disadvantageous to government. Read more »

Nayong Pilipino resort's fate hangs on DOJ opinion - gaming chief

Jamaine Punzalan, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Aug 27 11:49 AM

The planned construction of a $1.5-billion theme park by the Nayong Pilipino Foundation and Hong Kong's Landing International may fall through if deemed illegal by the justice department, the country's gaming regulator said Monday. Read more »

Chinese tycoon in Nayong Pilipino project missing as stocks plunge

Agence France-Presse
Updated as of Aug 24 08:33 PM

Landing International Development said in a filing to the Hong Kong exchange Thursday that chairman Yang Zhihui could not be found, hours after its share price had crashed 35 percent before being suspended in the morning. Read more »

5 dawit sa loan shark gang, huli sa pangingidnap

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Aug 14 11:54 PM

Arestado ang limang Chinese na umano'y miyembro ng loan shark syndicate na nangingidnap ng kapwa Chinese. Read more »

Maaari bang tanggihan ang arrest warrant?

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Aug 14 03:47 PM

Ano ang maaaring gawin kung nais tanggihan o kuwestiyunin ang arrest warrant na inihahain?  Read more »

No casinos in Boracay when it reopens, tourism chief says

Vivienne Gulla, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Aug 13 10:29 PM

MANILA - Neither new nor existing casinos will be allowed to operate in Boracay when it reopens on October 26, according to Tourism Secretary Bernadette Romulo-Puyat. Read more »

Lawyer welcomes court decision junking murder cases vs. 'Makabayan 4'

Mike Navallo, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Aug 13 09:56 PM

MANILA - The lawyer of the "Makabayan 4" on Monday welcomed a Nueva Ecija regional trial court's decision junking the murder cases and warrants of arrest issued against the four former legislators. Read more »

No choice but to fight back, say kin, friends of hunted Makabayan ex-solons

Inday Espina-Varona
Posted at Aug 12 10:26 AM

Ten years after Palayan Judge Evelyn Atienza-Turla chided prosecutors for filing cases with no evidence or signed affidavits, she issued arrest warrants after finding probable cause against the four. Read more »

Gaming tycoon Kazuo Okada proclaims innocence in Hong Kong graft probe

Kyodo News
Posted at Aug 11 05:45 AM

Japanese gaming tycoon Kazuo Okada, arrested late last month by Hong Kong's anti-corruption agency over corruption allegations, proclaimed his innocence through a statement issued Friday by his company, Aruze Gaming. Read more »