Although authorities have eased Covid-19 countermeasures in Metro Manila, casinos remain closed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
The Philippines.- Last week,\u00a0Manila<\/a>\u00a0eased Covid-19 countermeasures\u00a0following a recommendation from the country\u2019s Inter-Agency Task Force for the Management of Emerging Infectious Diseases. However,\u00a0casinos remained shut<\/strong>\u00a0and there have been no announcements on a possible reopening in the short term.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Manila has moved from enhanced community quarantine (ECQ) to a\u00a0modified enhanced community quarantine (MECQ)<\/strong>. Harry Roque<\/strong>, the Presidential spokesperson, said the\u00a0MECQ\u00a0<\/strong>will allow higher operating capacity for some businesses but indoor services will remain closed<\/strong>\u00a0at least for now.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Casinos in the Entertainment City zone<\/a>\u00a0in Metro Manila decided to close amid a rise in cases of the delta variant of Covid-19 in the first week of August. The decision was taken following the\u00a0guidelines from the Philippine government\u00a0<\/strong>and\u00a0PAGCOR<\/a>\u00a0as\u00a0the delta variant of Covid-19 spreads\u00a0<\/strong>in The Philippines.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Resorts World Manila<\/strong>\u00a0said then: \u201cLeisure stays at the hotels as well as dine-in services will be suspended during the lockdown. Most of the restaurants at Resorts World Manila\u2019s Newport Mall and hotels will offer takeaway or delivery instead, during this period.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n According to the Ministry of Health, 18,333 new Covid-19 cases were detected during the last 24 hours.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Although authorities have eased Covid-19 countermeasures in Metro Manila, casinos remain closed.<\/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":"Despite the easing of general COVID-19 countermeasures in Metro Manila, casinos remain closed following government and PAGCOR guidelines amidst a surge in Delta variant cases. This continued operational suspension impacts gaming verticals within the Entertainment City zone, with no immediate reopening timeline announced.","focusai_entities":"PAGCOR, Resorts World Manila, Harry Roque, Inter-Agency Task Force for the Management of Emerging Infectious Diseases, Ministry of Health","focusai_location":"Philippines, Manila, Metro Manila","focusai_target_profile":"ceo_executive (0.9), regulator (0.9), compliance_legal (0.8), operator_casino (1.0), investor_analyst (0.9), supplier_vendor (0.7), journalist_researcher (0.9)","focusai_suggestions":[{"label":"GGR Impact Analysis","query":"What is the projected impact on Q3\/Q4 GGR and NGR for integrated resorts within Metro Manila's Entertainment City, considering the extended operational suspension?"},{"label":"Regulatory Support Measures","query":"What specific regulatory relief measures or adjustments to licensing fees might PAGCOR consider to support B2C operators facing prolonged revenue disruption?"}],"footnotes":""},"categories":[28,16333],"tags":[23907],"class_list":["post-21912","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-casino-news","category-south-east-asia-news","tag-land-based-casino"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21912","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=21912"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21912\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":21933,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21912\/revisions\/21933"}],"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=21912"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=21912"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=21912"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}