chairman Yang Zhiui went missing<\/a>, to the surprise of even his own executives. He was reportedly \u201cdetained\u201d in Cambodia and has been linked to a massive corruption scandal. The episode decreased Landing\u2019s value by 35 percent in a matter of hours.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\nTo stop the hemorrhaging, the company asked the Hong Kong stock exchange to stop trades for the day.<\/p>\n
He Said, She Said<\/h2>\n
The future of the NayonLanding project is now as unstable as Landing’s stock.<\/p>\n
Corruption, power play, incompetence, and dishonesty, especially if government is involved, adversely affect not only this particular project, but other high-stakes development projects of the government,\u201d\u00a0Philippine Senate Committee Chair Francis Joseph Escudero said in calling for an investigation, according to a\u00a0Business World Online report.<\/span><\/p>\nDuterte has said the lease agreement with NPF was unfavorable to the government. But since-fired NPF Chair Patricia Yvette Ocampo released a statement to several Philippine newspapers contesting the president’s claim.<\/p>\n
Despite the fact that all procedural and legal requirements were strictly followed by the NPF board in getting the project off the ground, opponents and critics of the project had shemelssly foisted lies about the project, and falsely and maliciously accused the NPF, its trustees, and its officials of graft and corruption in approving the deal with Landing Resorts Philippines Development Corp,\u201d Ocampo said.<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\nShe went on to cite the law which she claims makes the case for the lease being a legal document.<\/p>\n
Duterte has pledged that no more casinos will be built in the Philippines. When Landing was approved for the license by the Philippine Amusement and Gaming Corp (PAGCOR) earlier this year, it came with a provision that complied with a five-year ban on new casinos<\/a><\/span> in the country. <\/strong><\/p>\nLanding officials have said they plan to move forward with construction and plan to meet the 2022 targeted completion.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
A lease agreement between Hong Kong-based Landing International Development and the\u00a0Nayong Pilipino Foundation (NPF) is adding to the resort developer’s woes. The Philippine Senate has been asked to investigate former board members of NPF\u00a0 \u2014 a local non-profit operating under the country\u2019s tourism department \u2014 accusing the organization of orchestrating a corrupt land deal at […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":40,"featured_media":87025,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[62,21,60,61],"tags":[],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n
Landing Intl Philippines Lease Partner Faces Possible Government Probe<\/title>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\n\n\n\n\n\t\n\t\n\t\n