In addition to the above-mentioned statement, the company said in an Oct. 16 announcement that "our recent focus has been on the full reopening of Macau, the construction of the recently launched Phase 3 and Phase 4," listing the official return of the Macao regulatory market as a whole following the citywide lifting of COVID-19 restrictions and the expansion of Cotai's leading Galaxy Macao resort

GGRAsia reached Galaxy Ent. for comment, following Philippine media reporting on Sunday that it welcomed politician-businessman Albie Benitez's return to discussions on the $500 million Boracay project. The businessman's situation appealed to the representative Macau operator through the Philippine media to reconsider linking him with the company he founded to jointly build the aforementioned casino resort. In response, he said, "It's just a matter of increasing comfort enough to be able to return," according to the media

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In addition, Benitez Market in Bacolod City, located in the northern Philippines, is affiliated with DigiPlus Interactive Corporation, formerly known as Leisure and Resort World Corporation. However, the plea did not come out of the blue, as Galaxy showed interest in the idea six years ago in 2017. Relatedly, Benitez retired from managing DigiPlus as early as 2021.

According to the Philippine Daily Inquirer report on Benitez's latest comments, "Since Galaxy Entertainment's customers in Macau are mostly Chinese, a factor in diplomatic relations between China and the Philippines is at play. President Ferdinand Marcos Jr.'s administration recognized the value of bringing a global casino operator to the Philippines. Because it has the resources and the dollars to take the country higher."