March 15, 2013
I planned to post an article on the second anniversary of the triple disaster in Fukushima however it wasn’t until today that the relevant news I was waiting for came in. And that is the opening of a $1.2 billion casino in Manila. Filipino billionaires are imitating the successful Macau gambling haven. And Enrique Razon Jr. has a head start.
I googled Enrique Razon Jr’s background but wasn’t able to ascertain the region he and his parents came from. MY GUESS IS THE ENRIQUE RAZON FAMILY IS FROM ILOILO where oligarch-traitor Manuel Roxas I and his relatives the Ayalas, Zobels, Elizaldes, Sorianos & Aranetas came from. Other oligarchs and politicians from Iloilo include the Lopez family who has the monopoly on power energy including geothermal, Sen. Manny Villar no. 9 richest man in the Philippines. But from the photo, clearly he is of Spanish descent or the original definition of a Filipino – a Spaniard born in the Philippines.
The Philippine government gave the gambling license in 2008. Had the Philippines chose to relocate manufacturing concerns from Japan after Fukushima, in a few years, Japanese factories will be churning out goods for export, alleviating the financial & economic losses inflicted by the earthquake-tsunami-nuclear disaster on March 11, 2011.
References.
Stanford Ideas & Connections Network – Personal Update 02/12/11
NEXT YEAR ANOTHER FILIPINO BILLIONAIRE’S CASINO WILL RISE IN MANILA. WHO KNOWS MAYBE THE WORLD BANK ENCOURAGED THEM TO BUILD UP THEIR WEALTH SO THAT LATER THE WORLD BANK WILL FORECLOSE ALL THEIR PROPERTIES FOR FAILURE TO PAY WORLD BANK LOANS.
Here’s a reference to Manuel Roxas’ kinship to Ayala, Zobel and Soriano.