Welcome back, Stanley - and hello to other Asian magnates, or so Estrada says. I have rejected many proposals on Net gambling. And I'm going to introduce dog-racing. We are not speculators. We are here to develop tourism, gaming, recreation and leisure in the Philippines.
Manila says everybody wins.
The country will get needed infrastructure and big-spending tourists. Tell that to the Catholic Church. The Securities and Exchange Commission says it will investigate allegations of full-disclosure violations, insider trading and price manipulation. In addition to Ho's casinos and dog-racing, BW plans to acquire Tan's bingo operations. As Lim tells it, Tan and his partners have been planning the move to gaming as early as three years ago.