{"id":18962,"date":"2021-06-14T14:19:20","date_gmt":"2021-06-14T14:19:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/?p=18962"},"modified":"2026-04-23T18:35:49","modified_gmt":"2026-04-23T21:35:49","slug":"philippines-to-shorten-curfew-from-tomorrow","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/philippines-to-shorten-curfew-from-tomorrow","title":{"rendered":"Philippines to shorten curfew from tomorrow"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Authorities have announced the curfew will now run from midnight to 4am. It is still unknown if the current general community quarantine (GCQ) will be renewed or not.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

The Philippines.- Authorities have announced that Metro Manila will shorten its curfew hours<\/strong> from tomorrow (June 15). The curfew will now run from midnight to 4am.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The shorter curfew will allow people more time<\/strong> to visit malls, travel and eat outside. The measure was taken in order to help the economy, which has been severely impacted by the Covid-19 pandemic<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The number of Covid-19 cases in The Philippines has decreased in recent weeks but remains high. The Ministry of Health has reported 7,287 new Covid-19 cases in the last 24 hours<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It is still unknown if the government will extend the current general community quarantine (GCQ) <\/strong>that is due to end on June 15.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

PAGCOR<\/a> has announced that licensed casinos and PAGCOR-operated casinos brought in GGR <\/strong>of PHP25.74bn (US$536.2m) in Q1<\/strong> 2021<\/strong>, which represents an increase of 19.0 per cent from PHP25.80bn (US$538.5m) in Q4<\/strong> 2020<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

However, PAGCOR reported that Philippine GGR<\/a> was down 43.9 per cent year-on-year, <\/strong>mainly due to the impact of Covid-19 restrictions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

To generate more tax revenue<\/a>, the Philippine president, Rodrigo Duterte wants lawmakers to pass the new bill that sets income and gaming taxes on online casinos.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The bill would also introduce a 25 per cent income tax for foreigners employed by online casinos and their service providers.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

According to Bloomberg, presidential spokesman Harry Roque said: \u201cWe hope that this measure would not only generate the much-needed revenues in the country<\/strong> but also place the industry under stricter government oversight.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

POGOs<\/a> brought in US$149.4m in tax payments last year<\/strong> despite the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic and the resulting departure of many firms.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

However, considering the proliferation of POGOs in the country, Cayetano said their potential as a source of revenue was much bigger<\/strong> and that the government could have collected more than Php6.43bn (US$133.8m) in 2019 alone.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Authorities have announced the curfew will now run from midnight to 4am. It is still unknown if the current general community quarantine (GCQ) will be renewed or not.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":176,"featured_media":18990,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"is_press_release":false,"is_interview":false,"is_opinion":false,"focusai_summary":"The Philippines is implementing a shortened curfew in Metro Manila to stimulate economic recovery, while the gaming sector navigates significant regulatory and financial shifts. PAGCOR reported Q1 2021 GGR at PHP25.74bn (US$536.2m), marking a 19.0% QoQ increase but a 43.9% YoY decline due to COVID-19 restrictions. Concurrently, President Duterte is advocating for new legislation to impose income and gaming taxes on online casinos (POGOs) and a 25% income tax on foreign employees, aiming to enhance state revenue and industry oversight.","focusai_entities":"PAGCOR, Rodrigo Duterte, Harry Roque, Bloomberg, Cayetano","focusai_location":"Philippines, Metro Manila","focusai_target_profile":"ceo_executive (0.95), regulator (0.98), compliance_legal (0.92), operator_casino (0.9), payments_fraud_aml (0.75), investor_analyst (0.96), supplier_vendor (0.85), journalist_researcher (0.97)","focusai_suggestions":[{"label":"POGO Tax Bill Timeline?","query":"What is the projected legislative timeline for the proposed POGO income and gaming tax bill, and what are the key political hurdles to its enactment?"},{"label":"GGR Vertical Breakdown?","query":"Can PAGCOR provide a detailed GGR breakdown by gaming vertical (e.g., land-based casino, e-sabong, online gaming) for Q1 2021 to better assess segment-specific performance and recovery trajectories?"}],"footnotes":""},"categories":[28,158,16333],"tags":[23632,17913],"class_list":["post-18962","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-casino-news","category-slider-home","category-south-east-asia-news","tag-integrated-resorts","tag-metro-manila"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18962","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/176"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=18962"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18962\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":18998,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18962\/revisions\/18998"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/18990"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18962"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18962"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=18962"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}