{"id":20322,"date":"2021-07-15T16:20:00","date_gmt":"2021-07-15T16:20:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/?p=20322"},"modified":"2026-04-23T17:34:01","modified_gmt":"2026-04-23T20:34:01","slug":"manila-to-remain-under-general-community-quarantine-until-july-31","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/manila-to-remain-under-general-community-quarantine-until-july-31","title":{"rendered":"Manila to remain under general community quarantine until July 31"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Authorities have announced that general community quarantine (GCQ) in Manila, including at the Entertainment City casino resort zone, will remain until July 31.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Philippines.- Metro Manila and the Entertainment City casino resort zone will remain under <strong>general community quarantine (GCQ)\u00a0<\/strong>until<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>July 31. The measure was due to end on July 15.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Ministry of Health has&nbsp;<strong>reported 3,797 new Covid-19 cases<\/strong>&nbsp;in Metro Manila during the last 24 hours.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/sp-expects-philippines-economy-to-rebound-in-2022\">Casinos<\/a>\u00a0in Metro Manila\u00a0<strong>were allowed to resume operating\u00a0<\/strong>at a reduced capacity in May.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/okada-manila-ggr-down-49-in-q2\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Okada Manila<\/a>&nbsp;has recently reported<strong>&nbsp;gross gaming revenue (GGR) or PHP2.61bn (US$52.1m)<\/strong>&nbsp;for the second quarter. That\u2019s a fall of&nbsp;<strong>49 per cent&nbsp;<\/strong>from the previous quarter.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The company reported that&nbsp;<strong>VIP table game GGR fell by 35.2 per cent&nbsp;<\/strong>in the three months to June 30 while mass table game revenue declined by 38.9 per cent quarter on quarter to PHP526m.&nbsp;<strong>Gaming machines revenues dropped by 69.6 per cent<\/strong>&nbsp;to PH578m.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Adjusted segment EBITDA<\/strong>&nbsp;was negative&nbsp;<strong>PHP204m&nbsp;<\/strong>compared to a positive figure of PHP692m in the opening quarter of 2021.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Authorities have announced that general community quarantine (GCQ) in Manila, including at the Entertainment City casino resort zone, will remain until July 31.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":176,"featured_media":0,"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 General Community Quarantine in Metro Manila, encompassing the Entertainment City casino resort zone, has been extended until July 31 due to rising COVID-19 cases. This regulatory continuity impacts integrated resort operations, as evidenced by Okada Manila's Q2 performance, which reported a 49% sequential decline in GGR and negative adjusted EBITDA, reflecting sustained operational constraints.","focusai_entities":"Okada Manila, Ministry of Health","focusai_location":"Manila, Entertainment City, Metro Manila, The Philippines","focusai_target_profile":"ceo_executive (1.0), regulator (1.0), compliance_legal (0.7), operator_casino (1.0), marketing_crm (0.7), investor_analyst (1.0), supplier_vendor (0.7), journalist_researcher (1.0)","focusai_suggestions":[{"label":"Impact on Q3 Projections","query":"How might the extended GCQ in Metro Manila influence Q3 GGR and EBITDA projections for other integrated resort operators within the Entertainment City zone?"},{"label":"Regulatory Framework Adaptations","query":"What specific adaptations to regulatory compliance and governance frameworks are being considered by Philippine authorities to balance public health with economic recovery for the gaming sector?"}],"footnotes":""},"categories":[158,16333],"tags":[23907,17913],"class_list":["post-20322","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-slider-home","category-south-east-asia-news","tag-land-based-casino","tag-metro-manila"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20322","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=20322"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20322\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":20347,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20322\/revisions\/20347"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=20322"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=20322"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=20322"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}