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(Eagle News) — The Philippine Amusement and Gaming Corporation has lifted the suspension order meted against the operator of Resorts World Manila, where more than 30 people were killed after a gunman barged in, fired shots and set furniture on fire early June. Pagcor said in a statement on Thursday that the lifting of the suspension order against Travellers International Hotel Group Inc. was done after TIHGI complied with Pagcor’s “required security and safety improvements.” […]
Serious security lapses contributed to the deaths of 37 people when an assailant barged inside Resorts World Manila, fired shots, and set fire to furniture and others, the Philippine Amusement and Gaming Corp. said Friday. As such, Pagcor said it had suspended the casino and gaming license of Travellers International Hotel Group, owner and operator of RWM. “The said suspension will remain until RWM rectifies its serious security lapses and deficiencies – which caused not only the loss […]
(Eagle News) — Senate President Koko Pimentel on Sunday urged the Philippine Amusement and Gaming Corp. to come out with a program for “casino gambling addicts” and for those “whose lives have been destroyed by casino gambling.” Pimentel made the suggestion after the police revealed that the gunman in the Resorts World Manila attack early Friday was heavily indebted as a result of his gambling activities. The police said the gambling addiction of Jessie Carlos, […]
(Eagle News) — Police on Sunday identified the gunman in the Resorts World Manila attack that left more than 30 dead on Friday. National Capital Region Police Office chief Oscar Albayalde said Jessie Carlos, 42, was identified by his kin based on the footage recovered from the closed-circuit television camera in the establishment. Carlos, a Filipino, is a former Department of Finance employee, a tax specialist, assigned to a One Stop Shop Tax Credit and […]
(Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte on Saturday echoed the police and military stataments on the Resorts World Manila attack on Friday, saying it was not done by the Islamic State. “I know that is not ISIS..That is not the work of ISIS,” he told the media during a visit of wounded soldiers in Camp Evangelista Station Hospital in Cagayan de Oro. President Duterte issued the statement after ISIs claimed responsibility for the assault that […]
(Eagle News) — Police and hotel authorities on Saturday released for the first time footage of the actions of the gunman prior and during Friday’s hotel attack, which appeared to corroborate their earlier statements that the incident was not a terrorist attack. The footage–which was released after Speaker Pantaleon Alvarez said he believed the incident was an act of terrorism—showed how the gunman reached the establishment on board a taxi. National Capital Region Police Office […]
(Eagle News) — Speaker Pantaleon Alvarez on Saturday said the Resorts World Manila attack that left more than 30 people dead should serve as a “wake-up call” for the police and the military, who should not allow it to “instill fear in the citizenry.” This as Alvarez expressed his opinion the incident early Friday was a “clear example of a lone wolf terrorist attack targeting civilians to inflict maximum loss of lives and damage to […]
(Eagle News) — Senate President Koko Pimentel called out the Philippine Amusement and Gaming Corporation and the management of Resorts World Manila following the attack in a casino there that left more than 30 people dead. “Do you only concern yourselves with gambling operations of these private casinos and you don’t anymore concern yourselves with security arrangements and physical matters like the fire safety of the establishment you allow casinos in?” he asked Pagcor, which […]
(Eagle News) — The gunman who barged inside Resorts World Manila and set things on fire while trying to steal casino chips used a taxi, not a private car, to get there. National Capital Region Police Office Chief Oscar Albayalde revealed this in a radio interview on Saturday. “Nakuha sa (closed-circuit television) na siya ay pumunta doon through a taxi,” he said. He said the car police initially believed to be the suspect’s turned out […]
(Eagle News) — Police are now banking on the car the gunman in the Resorts World Manila attack used to identify him, this after the man they initially reported to be a “person of interest” was cleared. “The owner of the car (we initially thought was used by the gunman) is a known personality, and people vouched for him. The car is really not registered to the perpetrator,” National Capital Region Police Office Chief Oscar Albayalde said in a television […]
(Eagle News)– The Palace on Friday (June 2) condoled with the family and friends of the victims who died during an attack at Resorts World Manila. “The Palace wishes to express its deep condolences to the families and friends of the victims of the Resorts World Manila’s latest incident,” presidential spokesperson Ernesto Abella said. “This is a reminder that civilized society has no place for this kind of violence. Thus, President Rodrigo Roa Duterte has […]
(Eagle News) — Police are close to identifying the gunman in the Pasay hotel attack that left more than 30 people dead, and 54 injured early Friday. This after Senior Supt. Tomas Apolinario, Southern Police District director, said they had already tracked down a “person of interest” who could be related to the attacker. “Through the information (provided) by the ORCR of suspected vehicles, we can know the address..What I meant was, tinitignan namin ang identity ng attacker, […]
