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                    [Summary] => Stanley Ho, the Hong Kong-born tycoon who made billions transforming neighboring Macau from a sleepy Portuguese outpost into the world’s biggest gambling hub, died yesterday at the age of 98, his family said.
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                    [Title] => Gaming as a gateway
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Let’s take Fitch Rating’s recent report on the murky prospects of the gaming industry in the Philippines as friendly advice.

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In the midst of this devastating global crisis, the gaming and entertainment industry is determined to survive.

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[DatePublished] => 2006-07-17 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133750 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804897 [AuthorName] => Wilson Lee Flores [SectionName] => Lifestyle Business [SectionUrl] => business-life [URL] => ) [5] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 272874 [Title] => Pagcor denies links to Stanley Ho [Summary] => The Philippine Amusement and Gaming Corp. (Pagcor) categorically denied yesterday the report that it has dealings with Macau magnate Stanley Ho.
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Before his falling out with former Pre-sident Marcos in the 70s, Ho operated nine casinos in the country. Supervision of these gambling houses was eventually assigned to what is now known as the Philippine Amusement and Gaming Corp. (Pagcor).
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Tan, the former head of the controversial BW Resources Corp. and a crony of former President Estrada, has been tagged as the main culprit behind the steep rise and fall of BW stocks in 1999.
[DatePublished] => 2004-04-26 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804021 [AuthorName] => Zinnia B. Dela Peña [SectionName] => Business [SectionUrl] => business [URL] => ) [8] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 247269 [Title] => US firm, not Stanley Ho, will invest in Clark [Summary] => CLARK FIELD, Pampanga — It’s not Hong Kong gambling mogul Stanley Ho.

Thus said the state-run Clark Development Corp. (CDC), which announced yesterday that BAC-Nevada, a US-based company, will take over the full development of the mothballed 260-hectare True North Golf Course here with an initial investment of P4.84 billion in the next four years.

There were earlier speculations that Ho, who was here recently to receive an honorary degree from the Angeles City University Foundation, was planning to operate a casino here.
[DatePublished] => 2004-04-23 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804849 [AuthorName] => Ding Cervantes [SectionName] => Nation [SectionUrl] => nation [URL] => ) [9] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 244592 [Title] => GMA aide told: Explain meet with Ho [Summary] => Malacañang finally admitted yesterday that President Arroyo appointed former Manila councilor Dan Roleda as her presidential assistant, not adviser, on foreign investments after Palace officials were initially clueless that there was such a post.

A presidential adviser carries the rank of Cabinet secretary, while a presidential assistant carries the rank of undersecretary.

Roleda’s portfolio became public knowledge after he figured in the controversial welcoming of Macau gambling taipan Stanley Ho on March 22 at Clark Field in Pampanga last week.
[DatePublished] => 2004-03-30 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804833 [AuthorName] => Marichu A. Villanueva [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) ) )
Stanley Ho
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                    [Summary] => Stanley Ho, the Hong Kong-born tycoon who made billions transforming neighboring Macau from a sleepy Portuguese outpost into the world’s biggest gambling hub, died yesterday at the age of 98, his family said.
                    [DatePublished] => 2020-05-27 00:00:00
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                    [ArticleID] => 1297536
                    [Title] => Gaming as a gateway
                    [Summary] => 

Let’s take Fitch Rating’s recent report on the murky prospects of the gaming industry in the Philippines as friendly advice.

[DatePublished] => 2014-03-06 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133715 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1805279 [AuthorName] => Rey Gamboa [SectionName] => Business [SectionUrl] => business [URL] => ) [2] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 458304 [Title] => Asia's Gem [Summary] =>

In the midst of this devastating global crisis, the gaming and entertainment industry is determined to survive.

[DatePublished] => 2009-04-18 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133753 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1805279 [AuthorName] => Rey Gamboa [SectionName] => Business [SectionUrl] => business [URL] => ) [3] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 362929 [Title] => Awesome women power [Summary] => It makes me proud as a Filipino that one amazing Filipina businesswoman has made it to the top 50 Most Powerful Women in the World. Teresita Sy-Coson, at 55 years of age, has made it to the list, an awesome elite group of feisty women ruling their business empires with an iron fist. The latest and most ambitious project of SM Investments – Mall of Asia – rules in the mall industry in this part of the world, being one of the largest malls in the world today. The holding company, of which Ms. [DatePublished] => 2006-10-14 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133756 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1805279 [AuthorName] => Rey Gamboa [SectionName] => Business [SectionUrl] => business [URL] => ) [4] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 347866 [Title] => Why we should woo back top foreign investors now [Summary] => The Philippines should treat foreign investors as VIPs, Trade and Industry Secretary Peter Favila said recently. I hope he and his boss, President Gloria M. Arroyo, will decisively follow through with this idea beyond the PR sound bites. This common-sense idea is long overdue, because many of our politicos and bureaucrats have for years treated investors as milking cows to be harassed, exploited and unwittingly duped, regardless of the incalculable economic losses for the Philippines.
[DatePublished] => 2006-07-17 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133750 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804897 [AuthorName] => Wilson Lee Flores [SectionName] => Lifestyle Business [SectionUrl] => business-life [URL] => ) [5] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 272874 [Title] => Pagcor denies links to Stanley Ho [Summary] => The Philippine Amusement and Gaming Corp. (Pagcor) categorically denied yesterday the report that it has dealings with Macau magnate Stanley Ho.
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Before his falling out with former Pre-sident Marcos in the 70s, Ho operated nine casinos in the country. Supervision of these gambling houses was eventually assigned to what is now known as the Philippine Amusement and Gaming Corp. (Pagcor).
[DatePublished] => 2004-06-07 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133715 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1805279 [AuthorName] => Rey Gamboa [SectionName] => Business [SectionUrl] => business [URL] => ) [7] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 247701 [Title] => SEC appeals court ruling on charges vs Dante Tan [Summary] => The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has asked the Court of Appeals to nullify a ruling by the Pasig Regional Trial Court dismissing one of the stock manipulation cases the agency filed against fugitive businessman Dante Tan.

Tan, the former head of the controversial BW Resources Corp. and a crony of former President Estrada, has been tagged as the main culprit behind the steep rise and fall of BW stocks in 1999.
[DatePublished] => 2004-04-26 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804021 [AuthorName] => Zinnia B. Dela Peña [SectionName] => Business [SectionUrl] => business [URL] => ) [8] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 247269 [Title] => US firm, not Stanley Ho, will invest in Clark [Summary] => CLARK FIELD, Pampanga — It’s not Hong Kong gambling mogul Stanley Ho.

Thus said the state-run Clark Development Corp. (CDC), which announced yesterday that BAC-Nevada, a US-based company, will take over the full development of the mothballed 260-hectare True North Golf Course here with an initial investment of P4.84 billion in the next four years.

There were earlier speculations that Ho, who was here recently to receive an honorary degree from the Angeles City University Foundation, was planning to operate a casino here.
[DatePublished] => 2004-04-23 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804849 [AuthorName] => Ding Cervantes [SectionName] => Nation [SectionUrl] => nation [URL] => ) [9] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 244592 [Title] => GMA aide told: Explain meet with Ho [Summary] => Malacañang finally admitted yesterday that President Arroyo appointed former Manila councilor Dan Roleda as her presidential assistant, not adviser, on foreign investments after Palace officials were initially clueless that there was such a post.

A presidential adviser carries the rank of Cabinet secretary, while a presidential assistant carries the rank of undersecretary.

Roleda’s portfolio became public knowledge after he figured in the controversial welcoming of Macau gambling taipan Stanley Ho on March 22 at Clark Field in Pampanga last week.
[DatePublished] => 2004-03-30 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804833 [AuthorName] => Marichu A. Villanueva [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) ) )
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