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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 »

Not just drugs: Duterte hates gambling too

Dennis Gasgonia, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Aug 10 08:43 PM

President Duterte made the headlines this week by firing the entire board of the Nayong Pilipino Foundation and declaring that he hates gambling too. Read more »

Nayong Pilipino exec denies graft, accepts removal from post

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Aug 07 04:50 PM

Former chairperson Patricia Ocampo said the foundation's lease agreement with Hong Kong's Landing International for the $1.5-billion NayonLanding project was "above board and highly advantageous" to the government. Read more »

Nayong Pilipino project to push through, says HK developer

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Aug 07 04:32 PM

Hong Kong's Landing International Development said Tuesday its NayonLanding project would push through and that its lease contract with a government corporation was "valid and effective." Read more »

Nayong Pilipino resort breaks ground as Duterte sacks board

Jessica Fenol and Dharel Placido, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Aug 07 03:50 PM

The board was fired after President Rodrigo Duterte found that the 70-year lease of government would be "grossly disadvantegous" to the state, Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque said. Read more »

Gaming tycoon Kazuo Okada arrested in Hong Kong, former company says

Kyodo News
Updated as of Aug 07 05:39 AM

(UPDATED) Japanese gaming tycoon Kazuo Okada has been arrested by Hong Kong's anti-corruption agency over corruption allegations, the company he founded said Monday. Read more »

Hundreds sign plea vs political persecution of Satur, et al

Inday Espina Varona
Posted at Aug 06 09:43 PM

At least 230 hundred human rights defenders have signed a petition demanding the dismissal of murder cases against four former legislators of the militant Makabayan bloc and an end to a manhunt fueled by bounty contributions from a group associated with former president and new Speaker Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo. Read more »

Grupo nag-alok ng P1-milyong pabuya sa pagkakahuli kina Satur Ocampo, 3 iba pa

Henry Atuelan, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Aug 05 10:25 AM

May alok na P1-milyong pabuya ang Citizen Crime Watch para sa sinumang makapagbibigay ng impormasyon at mabilis na pagkakahuli kina Satur Ocampo, Rafael Mariano, Liza Maza at Teddy Casiño.   Read more »

Macau gambling revenues jump 10 percent in July

Reuters
Posted at Aug 01 04:27 PM

July marks two years of consecutive revenue gain in the former Portuguese colony after revenues plunged to five-year lows due to slowing economic growth and a widespread crackdown on corruption starting in 2014. Read more »

PAGCOR itinanggi ang umano'y konstruksiyon ng casino sa Boracay

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jul 31 12:04 PM

MAYNILA - Pinabulaanan ni chairperson Andrea Domingo ng Philippine Amusement and Gaming Corporation (PAGCOR) ang balitang tuloy ang konstruksiyon ng isang casino sa Boracay. Read more »