Misamis Oriental officials say they were kept in the dark about Opol casino

Village chief says group behind controversial casino in Opol, Misamis Oriental, made him and other barangay officials think it was going to be an office with a warehouse at the back

CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY, Philippines – Officials in Misamis Oriental claimed they were kept in the dark about plans to open up a casino in Opol, the first town in the province west of Cagayan de Oro.

“They told us it was going to be an office with a warehouse at the back,” said Rhey Yecyec, the barangay chairman of Taboc where Grand Imperial casino has been operating since late December 2021.

Misamis Oriental provincial board member and former Opol mayor Dexter Yasay told Rappler on Tuesday, January 4, he had presumed that it was going to be another store of the Gokongwei-owned Robinsons Retail Holdings Incorporated, which is behind the second-largest supermarket chain in the country.

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