{"id":25624,"date":"2021-12-16T07:22:26","date_gmt":"2021-12-16T10:22:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/?p=25624"},"modified":"2026-04-23T12:53:11","modified_gmt":"2026-04-23T15:53:11","slug":"philippines-to-remain-at-alert-level-2-until-december-31","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/philippines-to-remain-at-alert-level-2-until-december-31","title":{"rendered":"Philippines to remain at Alert Level 2 until December 31"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Authorities in The Philippines have decided to keep the country under Alert Level 2 Covid-9 restrictions due to the new Omicron strain.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<p>The Philippines.-\u00a0<strong>The government of The Philippines\u00a0<\/strong>has decided to keep the country\u00a0<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/metro-manila-to-remain-at-alert-level-2-until-december-15\">under Alert Level 2<\/a>\u00a0until the end of the year. Authorities also stated it is not possible to downgrade the level of Covid-19 alert due to uncertainty surrounding the Omicron strain. Casinos in Metro Manila will continue operating on a limited basis.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Cabinet secretary <strong>Karlo Nograles<\/strong> said: &#8220;We are being very cautious because we observe the threat of the Omicron in other places, other countries, territories, and jurisdictions where the variant is detected, cases continue to increase.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In November,\u00a0<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/city-of-dreams-manila-resumes-operations-at-90-capacity\">City of Dreams Manila<\/a>\u00a0announced it had increased its casino gaming floor capacity from 75 per cent to 90 per cent. However, it had to reduce its capacity again. The Philippines has recorded its first two cases of the Omicron variant of Covid-19.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Authorities in The Philippines have decided to keep the country under Alert Level 2 Covid-9 restrictions due to the new Omicron strain.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":176,"featured_media":25658,"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 will maintain Alert Level 2 COVID-19 restrictions until year-end due to the Omicron variant, directly impacting the operational capacity of integrated resorts. This decision necessitates casinos in Metro Manila to continue limited operations, reversing recent capacity increases, as authorities prioritize public health amidst variant uncertainty.","focusai_entities":"Karlo Nograles, City of Dreams Manila","focusai_location":"The Philippines, Metro Manila","focusai_target_profile":"ceo_executive (0.9), regulator (0.7), compliance_legal (0.7), operator_casino (1.0), marketing_crm (0.7), investor_analyst (1.0), supplier_vendor (0.7), journalist_researcher (0.9)","focusai_suggestions":[{"label":"GGR Impact Analysis","query":"What is the projected GGR impact for Q4 2021 and Q1 2022 for Metro Manila's integrated resorts, specifically considering the reversal of capacity increases and sustained Alert Level 2?"},{"label":"Operational Contingency Plans","query":"How are major operators like City of Dreams Manila adjusting their operational expenditure and staffing models to mitigate the financial impact of prolonged capacity restrictions?"}],"footnotes":""},"categories":[157,158,16333],"tags":[23907],"class_list":["post-25624","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-business-news","category-slider-home","category-south-east-asia-news","tag-land-based-casino"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25624","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=25624"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25624\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":25630,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25624\/revisions\/25630"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/25658"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=25624"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=25624"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=25624"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}