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Nayong Pilipino resort's fate hangs on DOJ opinion - gaming chief

Nayong Pilipino resort's fate hangs on DOJ opinion - gaming chief

Jamaine Punzalan,

ABS-CBN News

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Updated Feb 11, 2020 02:57 PM PHT

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MANILA - The planned construction of a $1.5-billion theme park by the Nayong Pilipino Foundation and Hong Kong's Landing International may fall through if deemed illegal by the justice department, the country's gaming regulator said Monday.

President Rodrigo Duterte earlier this month sacked the entire board of Nayong Pilipino over a 70-year lease deal which he found disadvantageous to the government. The firing was announced simultaneously with the groundbreaking of the NayonLanding casino resort.

"Hinihintay ko talaga kung anong opinyon ng Department of Justice na irerekomenda ng Office of the Government Corporate Counsel," Philippine Amusement and Gaming Corporation chairperson Andrea Domingo told radio DZMM.

(I am waiting for the opinion of the Department of Justice on this, which will be endorsed by the Office of the Government Corporate Counsel.)

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"'Pag sinabi kasing ang kontrata, iyung luma saka bagong ginawa ng Nayong Pilipino at Landing ay ilegal, automatically revoked ang kanilang [provisional casino] license," she added.

(If they deem that the old and new contracts between Nayong Pilipino and Landing are illegal, their license will be automatically revoked.)

Pagcor is also studying the implications of the reported arrest of Landing chairman Yang Zhihui, who is under investigation for suspected graft, said Domingo.

The agency's lawyers initially said Yang's personality "as an individual is different from the corporation, which is Nayong Landing," she noted.

Landing earlier said its casino project would push through and that its lease contract with the Philippine government was "valid and effective."

NayonLanding, which will showcase Filipino architecture, is projected to generate monthly rentals of P360 per square meter, with P827 million in advance rentals. It will be built on Entertainment City, the country's answer to Las Vegas and Macau.

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Casio back as PAOCC spox, underwent 'anger management' after viral slapping incident

Casio back as PAOCC spox, underwent 'anger management' after viral slapping incident

Katrina Domingo,

ABS-CBN News

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Dr. Winston John Casio (left), Senior Technical Adviser of the Presidential Anti-Organized Crime Commission, attends a Senate hearing on June 26, 2024. Senate PRIB


MANILA — The spokesman of Presidential Anti-Organized Crime Commission (PAOCC) on Wednesday said he underwent anger management sessions and has been taking medication after he was suspended for slapping a man during an operation last year.

Winston Casio was suspended from his post in late 2024 after he was seen in a video slapping a man during an illegal gambling operation in Bataan.

“I underwent anger management. To be honest kasi dati na ako talaga mainitin ang ulo… Noon pa sinasabi na ng mga empleyado ko talaga na mainitin talaga ang ulo ko,” he told Palace reporters in a chance interview.

“I am under medication also to control my temper,” he said.

Casio said the complainant withdrew the slander by deed charges filed against him after they reached an amicable settlement.

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“Walang civil damages, to be honest. The agreement was I had to apologize to him in public, in court, in open session… I apologized to the person, to the counsel, to the court… I also apologized to the wife kasi siyempre apektado din yung asawa,” he said.

“But I did not apologize for what precipitated me to do it kasi may report na talagang nagkabastusan,” he said.

“You can say many things about me but I am not a proud person. Kapag may mali ako, I will admit to it automatically. Hindi ko itatanggi yun,” he added.

Casio said he was eventually reinstated as director and spokesperson after he was “confined to the office” with tasks “limited to paper works.”


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