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SOUTH EAST ASIA - THE PHILIPPINES
Essential information and facts about Philippines:
Country Philippines Capital Manila
Total Area Population Median age Male
Female Ethnic groups
300,000
sq.km 102,624,209 23.4 years 22.9 years 23.8 years
Tagalog (28%), Cebuano (13%) Ilocano (9%), Bisaya/Binisaya (7.6%), Hiligaynon Ilongo (7.5%), other (25%)
Religions Catholic (83%), Muslim (5%) Languages
Currency Philippine Peso (P)
Government type Presidential republic Chief of State President Rodrigo Duterte (since June 2016)
Head of Government President Rodrigo Duterte Cabinet Appointed by the president with consent of the Commission of Appointments.
Elections President and vice-president elected on separate ballots by simple majority popular vote for single 6 year term. Next election May 2022.
just 55km from Manila. It’s a mountain resort famous for the Taal Volcano in Cavite. Te casino is located opposite the Taal Vista Hotel and was opened in 1991 and has a gaming area of 4,450 sq.m and 551 EGMs in the main casino plus 824 additional slots in four satellite casinos in Carmona, Sta Rosa, Biñan and San Pedro.
Casino Filipino Mimosa is located at the Mimosa Leisure Estate in the Clark Special Economic Zone, Pampanga this is based on the glitz of Hollywood glamour and houses a golf course, hotel, villas, bars and restaurants. Tere are 170 slots.
Casino Filipino Mactan is a Spanish themed casino and located very close to the international airport in Mactan Island in Cebu and has 414 slots and table games.
A couple of casinos were closed down when Entertainment City was built including Casino Filipino Parañaque which was housed at the Airport Ninoy Aquino in Parañaque city. Te casino shut in 2014 due to losses. Meanwhile Casino Filipino Heritage located at the Grand
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Plaza Hotel Group’s Heritage Hotel in Pasay City closed in 2013.
Te other casino operations in the Philippines are:
ENTERTAINMENT CITY Entertainment City is made up of four integrated
resorts which will join the fifth resort (Resorts World Manila).
Te project is housed at the bay area of Parañaque City and on some land at the Aseana Business Park and Mall of Asia Complex. PAGCOR insisted that the hotel facilities must be built prior to opening the casinos.
Entertainment City is a huge Vegas like gaming complex built on eight
sq.km of land in Bay City, Metro Manila. Te four integrated resorts are:
Solaire Resort (Bloomberry Resorts) which opened in 2013 and was the first development in the resort. It includes two five star hotels with a total of 800 rooms plus a casino with 1,620 slots and 360 tables.
City of Dreams (MCE Leisure) opened in 2015 and consists of six hotel towers with 940 rooms. Te gaming area has 380 tables and 1,700 slots and 1,700 electronic table games. Te City of Dreams and Solaire Resorts contributed a total of P191m in real property tax last year. Te Parañaque City government is hoping to reach P300bn over five years in taxes when all integrated resorts in Entertainment City are completed.
Resorts World Bayshore (Genting and AGI) is due to open in 2018 and is Genting’s second resort in the Philippines and builds on the success of Resorts World Manila. Tis site will have three hotels with 2,800 rooms in total and gaming area.
Tiger Resort Leisure and Entertainment (Universal Entertainment Corp) is the fourth casino in this resort and was due to open at the end of December 2016 and will comprise of a hotel made up of two 15 storey wings connected by a sky bridge. Te gaming area will have 3,000 electronic gaming machines and 500 tables. Te hotel has 993 rooms and suites and villas
Filipino (official) with eight major dialects
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