Opposition Senator Leila de Lima has urged the Senate to investigate the lifting of the moratorium on the opening of casinos in the recently rehabilitated Boracay island and the Duterte administration’s policy of allowing a Chinese company to put-up an integrated casino-resort project in the...
President Rodrigo Duterte should reconsider his directive to allow casino operations in Boracay and protect the “crown jewel of Philippine tourism” instead, House Deputy Speaker Bienvenido “Benny” Abante Jr. said. Boracay Island In his letter to the President on September 3, Abante said...
GAMBLERS ALL. Authorities swooped down on a building where an alleged gambling activities were held resulting in the arrest of 133 people, including a policeman and the confiscation of several gambling paraphernalia. (PROCOR/MANILA BULLETIN) Ozamiz Archbishop Martin Jumoad has warned the public...
The Duterte administration finds world-famous Boracay island not a goldmine for more funds to support government’s COVID-19 response but as a rich source of campaign funds for 2022. Casino House Deputy Minority Leader and Bayan Muna Rep. Carlos Isagani Zarate said President Duterte’s decision...
Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque has affirmed that President Duterte's decision to allow casino operations on the world-famous Boracay island in Aklan was indeed caused by the government’s need for additional funds. (Photo by Kaysha/ Unsplash) "The President has given his go-signal allowing...
The Philippine Amusement and Gaming Corp. (Pagcor) has lifted the moratorium on new casino operations, ending the more than three-year policy rooted in President Duterte’s previous stance against gambling. Philippine Amusement and Gaming Corp. Andrea D. Domingo, Pagcor chairman and chief...
Bloomberry Resorts Corporation, owner of Solaire Resort & Casino and Jeju Sun Hotel & Casino, reported a lower consolidated net loss P1.9 billion in the first six months of 2021 from a loss of P3.3 billion in the same period last year. In a disclosure to the Philippine Stock Exchange, the...
Widus Hotel and Casino general manager Tarek Aouini recently confirmed the “Multiple-Use Hotel” accreditation of Clark’s one-stop entertainment and hospitality destination from the Department of Tourism (DOT). With this, the property can now be used for quarantine, leisure, and...
Widus Hotel and Casino's Father's Day special A new standard of indulgence awaits at Widus Hotel and Casino this Father’s Day as Peppers Twenty-One, Clark’s first fine dining steakhouse, serves a mouthwatering three-course fete. Set in an intimate evolved dining experience, Peppers Twenty-One...
Despite repeated shutdowns of its hotel and gaming businesses due to the pandemic, Solaire Resort and Casino continues its social projects through its corporate social responsibility arm Bloomberry Cultural Foundation, Inc. (BCFI). Groundbreaking for Aeta family centers (from left): Achiebon A....
State-run Philippine Amusement and Gaming Corp. (Pagcor) said it remitted P1.6 billon in cash dividends to the government coffers in 2020, significantly lower than the P18 billion it turned in in 2019, as revenues from casino operations due to the pandemic. In a statement, Andrea Domingo, Pagcor...
Bloomberry Resorts Corporation, the owner of Solaire Resort & Casino and Jeju Sun Hotel & Casino, reported a net loss of P780.8 million in the first quarter of the year from a net income of P1.4 billion in the same period last year. However, the firm disclosed to the Philippine Stock...
