05/21/20 Paid leave for City of Dreams Manila employees Non-management employees were given one month’s paid leave to assist financially during the Covid-19 pandemic.
05/20/20 POGOs playing “significant role” in economic recovery Accredited Service Providers Association of PAGCOR say POGOs are contributing PHP94.7billion (US$1.87billion) to the local economy.
05/19/20 Melco Resorts flight takes Philippine workers home Operator chartered a special flight to take some of its Philippine workers home amid the on-going Covid-19 pandemic.
05/18/20 PhilWeb extends forced leave for 184 employees The company said leave would now continue through to June 15, although this could be brought forward.
05/18/20 Imperial Pacific underpaid staff, auditor says The accusation comes from an independent auditor appointed by the Federal Court to carry out an investigation of the company.
05/18/20 Laos to lift casino closure on June 1 The government is easing Covid-19 lockdown measures with casinos set to reopen next month.
05/14/20 Bloomberry net revenue down 13% in Q1 Operator’s consolidated net revenue in Q1 was P9.4 billion with the loss attributed to the impact of Covid-19.
05/13/20 Duterte confirms lockdown extension in Metro Manila Quarantine measures will remain in place for at least another two weeks but the government is keen to restart its economy.
05/12/20 Okada Manila supports lockdown The company told GGRAsia that despite being forced to keep its doors closed, it supported the government’s stance on Covid-19.
05/12/20 Fitch expects 70% revenue drop for Okada Manila in Q2 Fitch highlighted the financial impact of Covid-19 and Universal’s greater exposure as a single property operator.
05/08/20 PFF monitoring K League in hope of football restart The Philippine Football Federation (PFF) is closely monitoring South Korea’s K League which kicked-off again earlier this week.
05/08/20 Thailand: Bangkok police bust gambling den Police swoop on house where illegal gambling activity was taking place while the country remains in lockdown due to Covid-19.
05/08/20 Vietnam: 21 arrested for illegal online gambling The police investigation found the illegal gambling organisation had generated revenues of VND20 trillion (US$858.3million).
05/07/20 Anti-POGO bill filed by lawmakers Anti-POGO bill would ban all Offshore Gaming Operations from the country.
