Tag Archives: Boracay
Philippines – Alliance Global Group to press on with Boracay casino project
Alliance Global Group has confirmed it will move ahead with plans to build a second casino on the Philippine holiday island of Boracay after President Rodrigo Duterte decided to abolish the ban on new casino developments. The company, owned by billionaire Andrew Tan, could add a casino to the Boracay Newcoast theme park being built…
Philippines – Leisure and Resorts World ‘looking forward’ to resuming Boracay talks with Galaxy
Leisure and Resorts World Corp (LRWC) has said it has yet to talk to its former project partner Galaxy Entertainment over relaunching its bid to build a casino-resort on the Philippine holiday island of Boracay. Leisure and Resorts World said: “We would like to clarify that the company has yet to talk to our partner,…
Philippines – Galaxy on alert as Philippines lifts ban on new casino projects
In an unexpected move, PAGCOR, the Philippine’s gaming regulator, has confirmed it is lifting the moratorium introduced by President Rodrigo Duterte in 2018 to ban new casino project, and that it will start looking at new applications for casinos, including any for holiday island Boracay. With the government keen to boost the economy following the…
Philippines – Leisure & Resorts World no longer looking at Boracay casino
Leisure & Resorts World Corporation (LRWC) appears to have pulled the plug on its partnership with Galaxy Entertainment to build the $550m Galaxy Boracay Casino on Boracay Island in the Philippines. Chairman Eusebio Tanco confirmed that a casino there was no longer on the company’s horizon. “We are not looking at casino. But we’re keeping…
Filipinas – PAGCOR concorda em proibir cassinos em Boracay
O regulador de jogos filipino PAGCOR (Philippine Amusement and Gaming Corp.) disse que cancelará todas as licenças de cassino, atuais e futuras, proibindo efetivamente os jogos na Ilha de Boracay, conforme solicitado pela Força-Tarefa Interagências de Boracay (BIATF). Jose Tria Jr., assistente especial do presidente da Pagcor, disse que havia apenas dois cassinos em Boracay com licenças…
Filipinas – Oficial do governo descarta cassino de Boracay novamente
The confusion between the Philippines government and its gaming regulator PAGCOR has continued with the Department of Local and Interior Government now overruling PAGCOR President Alfredo Lim’s suggestion that the Boracay casino licence could still be processed. Plans by Galaxy Entertainment and its partner Leisure and Resorts World Corp. for a US$500m integrated resort on…
Philippines – PAGCOR suggests Boracay could be back on the cards
Alfredo Lim, PAGCOR President and Chief Operating Officer, has said that the five license applications that had been received before a suspension, including Galaxy Entertainment’s plans for a casino in Boracay, will still be processed. The other four licenses include one for a casino in Clark from Udenna Corp; a casino in Masbate in Luzon…
Filipinas – Leisure and Resorts World ainda não abandonou o sonho de Boracay
A Leisure and Resorts World Corp (LRWC) ainda abandonou seu projeto proposto nas Filipinas com seu parceiro Galaxy Entertainment. O LRWC refutou relatos de que estão pesquisando novos locais para o cassino de Boracay, no valor de US$ 500 milhões, seguindo a posição do Presidente Duarte de que nenhum cassino será construído na ilha. LRWC disse: “Ambas as partes não…
Philippines – Presidential spokesman ends confusion over Galaxy’s Boracay casino licence
Despite being granted a casino licence by Philippine gaming regulator, Galaxy Entertainment Group (GEG) has seen its plans to build US$500m casino resort on Boracay island scuppered by Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte, pictured. Presidential spokesman Harry Roque has officially confirmed: “There will be no new casino in Boracay. I do not know how this will…
