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The Philippine Sports Commission (PSC, Filipino: Komisyon sa Palakasan ng Pilipinas [1]) is an agency of the Philippine government which tackles matters concerning sports in the country. The sports agency is independent from the Philippine Olympic Committee, a privately-ran organization which enjoys autonomy from the government.
The Games and Amusements Board (GAB) (Tagalog: Lupon sa mga Laro at Libangan) [2] is the government-ran regulatory body of professional sports in the Philippines. [ 3 ] History
S&R Membership Shopping was established in 2001 as S&R PriceSmart, a franchise of the American membership-only warehouse club chain PriceSmart. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] The name "S&R" stands for American businessmen Sol and Robert Price, founders of Price Club and PriceSmart. [ 1 ]
[8] [15] [16] In 2009, Resorts World Manila, the Philippines' first integrated resort, was built on a portion of Villamor Air Base in Pasay across from NAIA Terminal 3. The city's newest casino is the $2.4-B Okada Manila completed in December 2016 in Entertainment City, the third of four billion-dollar casinos to rise in Manila's gaming strip.
Prior to the construction of the hippodrome at San Lázaro, the Club held its races at the Santa Mesa Hippodrome in Santa Mesa. The Club then transferred its racetrack to its present site in Cavite in 2003. The former site was converted into a mixed-used development under the name, San Lazaro Tourism and Business Park. [3] [4] [5]
Newport World Resorts formally opened in July 2015 the Marriott Grand Ballroom. Touted as the largest hotel ballroom in the Philippines, its main feature is a 3,000 m 2 (32,000 sq ft) pillarless ballroom that can seat up to 2,500 people for a banquet event, and up to 4,500 for a concert setup. The main ballroom can be subdivided into four ...
This was the official gazette of the government in the Philippines which published government announcements, new decrees, laws, military information, court decisions, and the like. It also republished notices originally appearing in the Gaceta de Madrid which were relevant to the islands and decrees and other notices that required its ...
The Philippine Competition Commission (PhCC) is an independent, quasi-judicial body formed to implement the Philippine Competition Act (Republic Act No. 10667).The PhCC aims to promote and maintain market competition within the Philippines by regulating anti-competition behavior.