The international Financial Action Task Force (FATF) wants the Philippines to amend anew its recently enhanced law against money laundering, insisting that casinos be included on the list of entities required to report suspicious transactions to regulators.
Police arrested eight South Koreans and rescued over 300 pit bulls in separate raids on an underground dog fight arena and a dog farm in Calauan and San Pablo City in Laguna.
The chairman of state-owned Philippine Amusement and Gaming Corp. (Pagcor) on Wednesday denied allegations made by an owner of US-based casino giant Wynn Resorts that he had received undue perks and favors from a Japanese businessman.
Hundreds of residents of Boracay Island and the province of Aklan joined a rally here on Saturday to protest plans to put up casinos on the resort island.
MANILA, Philippines—The Bureau of Immigration started deportation proceedings against a Korean national wanted in his country for alleged defrauding people of more than $8 million by cheating them in gambling. Immigration Commissioner Ricardo David Jr. identified the Korean as Kim Tae Dong, 54, who was arrested last July 5 at the Ortigas Center in Pasig [...]
