The Waterfront Manila Hotel & Casino complex is undergoing a dynamic transformation, and the inaugural phase of the project is expected to reach fruition by the mid-point of 2024.

International Entertainment Corporation, a glittering jewel of Hong Kong’s entertainment scene, has announced plans to make a jaw-dropping investment of US$1.0 billion to US$1.2 billion to expand C

Vertex Entertainment & Resort Corporation, a gaming subsidiary of Philippine business magnate Manuel Paolo A Villar-owned Prime Asset Ventures, is planning to build two new casinos in Manila.

Manila  - The Asian Development Bank (ADB) said Thursday it was tripling its capital base to 165 billion dollars to allow it to respond to the global economic crisis.

The Manila-based ADB said its Board of Governors approved the increase from the current capital base of 55 billion dollars days before an annual meeting in Bali, Indonesia starting on Saturday.

Manila - Communist rebels abducted a Philippine army soldier who visited a clinic for a medical check-up in a southern province, an army spokesman said Wednesday. Troops have been dispatched to rescue Private Ronnie Trinidad from the guerrillas in Compostela Valley province, 930 kilometres south of Manila, Lieutenant Franco Ver Lopez said.

Trinidad went to a clinic in New Bataan town Tuesday after experiencing stomachaches and was accompanied by another soldier, who bought supplies for their battalion, Lopez said.

Manila - Scantily-clad women demonstrated Tuesday in front of the Manila Zoo in the Philippine capital against cruel treatment of animals in the 50-year-old, government-run facility. The activists from the People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) carried red heart-shaped placards reading "Love the Animals, Boycott the Zoo" and "Have a Heart, Boycott the Zoo" amid watchful eyes of police officers and news photographers.