new scheme with localised lockdowns<\/a><\/em><\/strong> to control Covid-19 outbreaks.<\/p>\n\n\n\nBut after the country surpassed the 100,000 mark of positive Covid-19 cases, the government decided to tighten measures further.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Now Metro Manila will go back to the previous stage of “modified enhanced community quarantine” (MECQ), which means stay-at-home orders, with quarantine passes required to circulate. Public transport will be halted, shops and restaurants will go back to take away and delivery options only, and consumption of alcohol in public places is prohibited.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The largest casinos, including Resorts World Manila, Solaire, City of Dreams and Okada were already to remain closed. they have been closed since mid-March,<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Metro Manila’s largest casinos have been closed since March and have no hope of reopening before at least mid-August.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":8655,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"is_press_release":false,"is_interview":false,"is_opinion":false,"focusai_summary":"Metro Manila's major integrated resorts, including Resorts World Manila, Solaire, City of Dreams, and Okada, will remain closed until at least mid-August due to President Duterte's decision to revert the region to a stricter \"modified enhanced community quarantine\" (MECQ) level. This extends their operational halt, which began in March, significantly impacting the gaming sector's GGR and NGR projections.","focusai_entities":"Rodrigo Duterte, Resorts World Manila, Solaire, City of Dreams, Okada","focusai_location":"Metro Manila, Philippines","focusai_target_profile":"ceo_executive (0.95), regulator (0.9), compliance_legal (0.85), operator_casino (1.0), investor_analyst (0.98), supplier_vendor (0.88), journalist_researcher (0.8)","focusai_suggestions":[{"label":"GGR & NGR Impact?","query":"What is the projected impact on Q3 and Q4 Gross Gaming Revenue (GGR) and Net Gaming Revenue (NGR) for the affected integrated resorts and the broader Philippine gaming market?"},{"label":"Supplier Contract Implications?","query":"How will the extended operational halt affect existing B2B supplier contracts, payment terms, and future procurement cycles for gaming technology and services?"}],"footnotes":""},"categories":[156,16333],"tags":[1428,128,12598],"class_list":["post-8653","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-regulation-news","category-south-east-asia-news","tag-manila","tag-philippines","tag-quarantine"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8653","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\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8653"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8653\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8666,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8653\/revisions\/8666"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/8655"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8653"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8653"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8653"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}