Archive for the ‘Games’ Category

Online gaming business plans to diversify

Posted on March 20th, 2011 by Roy

The Premier Entertainment Philippines Inc. (PEP) just got the nod of its shareholders to diversify from its main business of online gaming and into the mining, real estate and information technology. However, the company said it remains in search of its next venture as it assesses “feelers” from potential partners in its new businesses.
Anastacio P. [...]

ICTSI invests in the gaming industry

Posted on April 5th, 2010 by Roy

The chairman of International Container Terminal Services Inc. (ICTSI), Enrique Razon Jr., is venturing into the gaming business. After selling his interest in the Philippines’ power transmission monopoly, Razon was able to acquire license to operate at the country’s up-and-coming gamboling hub.
Razon announced recently that he acquired Bloombury Investments Holdings Inc. from businessman Jose Alvarez, [...]

Online gaming company gets listed in the PSE

Posted on February 17th, 2010 by Roy

Philippine online gaming publisher IP E-Game Ventures Inc. (IP E-Games) was finally listed in the Philippine Stock Exchange (PSE). The company held its listing ceremony at the PSE last Wednesday. IP E-Games is the first online gaming company to be listed in the PSE.
A subsidiary of technology firm IPVG Corp., IP E-Games was able to [...]

Pacific Gaming receives $7M in investment from a Singaporean firm

Posted on January 5th, 2010 by Roy

A Singaporean firm is planning to invest $7.5 million in a local gaming company. Straitwey, a Singapore-registered company who is a wholly owned subsidiary of the Japan Gaming Development Organization (JGDO) and is the investment entity used by JGDO to invest into projects within the gaming industry, is investing the $7.6 million in the primary [...]

PCSO to phase out Power Lotto

Posted on October 14th, 2009 by Roy

The Philippine Charity Sweepstakes Office (PCSO) has been contemplating on phasing out the Power Lotto and replace it with a game just like the three other existing lotto games. This plan was welcomed by Pacific Online Systems Corp., saying such move would boost the sales for next year.
Since its introduction last year, Power Lotto hasn’t [...]

Mayweather’s successful comeback

Posted on September 19th, 2009 by Roy

Floyd Mayweather Jr. made a triumphant return to active fighting after winning over opponent Juan Manuel Marquez with a unanimous 12-round points decision in MGM Arena in Las Vegas.
Mayweather knocked down Marquez in the second round and continued dominating the fight with punishing assault for the rest of the bout. Capturing his 40th win, Mayweather [...]

Bowling tournament in Austria raised funds to send Filipino children to school

Posted on September 10th, 2009 by Roy

Babaylan Austria is a group of Filipino women based in Austria. It was formed in 1996 and its objective is to promote Filipino women’s empowerment and ensure the members full participation in the development processes through sharing of experiences, information and resources.

Bata, Django – first World Pool doubles champions

Posted on September 6th, 2009 by Roy

The Philippines is top again in world billiards, and who else can bring this glory to the country but the biggest names in Philippine billiards. The team of Efren “Bata” Reyes and Francisco “Django” Bustamante escaped with the championship with an 11-9 triumph over Germany’s Ralf Souquet and Thorsten Hohmann in the finals of the [...]

Pacquiao, most likely to fight Cotto

Posted on June 21st, 2009 by Roy

It looks like our Pambansang Kamao, Manny Pacquiao will be facing Puerto Rican Miguel Cotto in his next bout.  And it will be in a place where Pacquiao has scored two of his biggest wins – MGM Grand, and not the Madison Square Garden in New York where a large Puerto Rican community is always [...]

Pagcor City project looking at $6B worth of investment

Posted on June 14th, 2009 by Roy

The Philippine Amusement and Gaming Corp. (Pagcor)  is gearing up for the development of the 800-hectare entertainment complex in Roxas Boulevard, and it is expecting $6 million worth of investments to be infused by interested investors.
One of the said investor of the “Pagcor City” project is the SM group. The company is now finalizing its [...]

PAGCOR’s Las Vegas project assured of commitment from investors

Posted on April 11th, 2009 by Roy

The Philippine Amusement and Gaming Corporation (PAGCOR) is undertaking a massive project which could the next biggest tourism development in Asia. Its investors reiterated, and assured, their commitment to this project which is the Bagong Nayong Pilipino – Entertainment City Manila, and promised to do their part to ensure the success of the project.
Representatives of [...]

Slap greedy CEOs and save US economy with this new online game

Posted on March 29th, 2009 by Roy

Do you think you have what it take to save the world economy? Do you have enough business acumen in you to make big financial decisions? Can you discern when an executive is really in need of additional financial assistance or is just being greedy? Well then, you can try all these without really losing [...]