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The Resorts World Manila attack was an attack that took place at the Resorts World Manila (now Newport World Resorts) entertainment complex in Newport City, Pasay, Philippines. 38 were killed and 70 were injured when a gunman caused a stampede after he set fire to casino tables and slot machine chairs around midnight on June 2, 2017.
Resorts World Manila is the sister resort to Resorts World Genting in Malaysia and Resorts World Sentosa in Singapore. It was the first integrated resort in Metro Manila, and from 2009 to 2013 it was the only one in operation until the opening of Solaire Resort & Casino in Entertainment City, Parañaque, on March 16, 2013.
Awarded as the Mixed-Use Development of the Year by the Philippine Retailers Association in 2015, [2] Newport City is a Megaworld Corporation township development and is designed to combine accommodations and entertainment with residences, hotels, a mall and Resorts World Manila, the country's first fully integrated entertainment complex. [3] [4]
Carla Guevara-Laforteza (born December 26, 1975) is a Filipino musical theater actress of performances in both local and international productions. [1] She is known for her role as Kim/Gigi in Miss Saigon in West End in the 1990s. [2]
The organization that ran the theme park in Pasay, the Nayong Pilipino Foundation was established through Presidential Decree 37 [1] which was issued by then-President Ferdinand Marcos on November 6, 1972. [2] The theme park itself, beside Manila International Airport (now Ninoy Aquino International Airport) was opened in 1970.
Solaire Resort & Casino was the first development to break ground in PAGCOR's Entertainment City, an integrated resort envisioned by former PAGCOR Chairman Efraim Genuino for the Manila Bay area. The 120-hectare (300-acre) reclaimed area was designated as a special economic zone by the Philippine Economic Zone Authority .
Donald Trump will be assuming the office of U.S. president on Jan. 20, 2025, and his return to the role could usher in a wide variety of economic changes.
Designated Nichols Air Base after Philippine independence, in 1997, the base was reduced to make way for construction of Ninoy Aquino International Airport Terminal 3 and Newport City. In 2010, the AVSECOM van (called by some as "Ninoy Aquino's death van") which had carried the body of Ninoy Aquino to the hospital after his assassination in ...