Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte has reiterated his commitment to prevent any new casino resort projects from materialization in the country just a day after he said he would block the construction of Landing International Development’s $1.5-billion integrated resort in the Manila Bay area.
Everything happened right after the president himself gave a speech at the 117th Police Service Anniversary celebration in Quezon City that he hates gambling and that he would not authorize the construction of new casinos in the country.
The official further advised that interested developers should better look for “something more enticing”.
He even fired the entire board of the Nayong Pilipino Foundation as part of his efforts to prevent the controversial casino resort project from being carried out. To give more force to his intention of stop supporting gambling.
This puts Philippines in a complicate situation regarding the flourishing moment that the industry was passing through
