No one could have foreseen how infectious these new variants are, and as a result of which, we have these ballooning numbers,”<\/strong> presidential spokesperson Harry Roque told ABS-CBN News<\/i>.\u00a0<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\nLockdown orders in the Philippines are not to be taken lightly. Reports have emerged that armed police have been instructed by Duterte to detain, beat, and even kill people who violate stay-at-home directives and the nightly curfew.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n“My orders to the police and military, if there is trouble and there’s an occasion that they fight back and your lives are in danger, shoot them dead,”<\/strong> Duterte said last year.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\nCase Load Damages Casino Win<\/b><\/h2>\n
The Philippines is amid an alarming elevation of COVID-19 spread. Weekly new confirmed COVID-19 cases have surged from about 10,000 a week in February, to 71,606 last week.<\/p>\n
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The prolonged shutdowns of Manila’s casinos have, of course, devastated the four gaming companies<\/a> behind the resorts. 2020 gross gaming revenue (GGR) for the four casinos<\/a> totaled roughly $1.4 billion. That’s down from $3.5 billion in 2019.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\nMuch of the 2020 GGR came as a result of the Philippines allowing the four Manila casinos to conduct online gaming, but only for their known VIP patrons already enrolled in their respective loyalty programs.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The four integrated casino resorts in Manila will remain closed for at least another week, as the Philippines extends its lockdown on the capital metro. Amid escalating new COVID-19 cases and variant strains clogging hospitals, Philippines President Rodrigo Duterte has extended the Enhanced Community Quarantine (ECQ) for Manila and four other metros. Bulacan, Cavite, Laguna, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":25,"featured_media":169616,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[69069],"tags":[],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n
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