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EVOS Esports Announces Continued Investment In Singapore, Esports Player Promoted To Management Role
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EVOS Esports, the leading esports organization in Southeast Asia, has appointed its former professional player, Stefan Chong, popularly known to fans as EVOS.Soul, as its Business Development Lead for EVOS Esports in Singapore.
EVOS Esports will continue investing into the Singapore esports industry by having a Mobile Legends: Bang Bang team (EVOS SG) to represent the country at national and international level esports tournaments. EVOS SG will be participating in the upcoming MLBB Professional League 2021 (MPL Singapore) with a roster that will shock the competition and are confident in lifting the trophy for the upcoming season.
Stefan will be leading EVOS Esportsâ business development initiatives in Singapore, by engaging stakeholders from various verticals such as brands, government agencies, and MOONTON Games, the gaming publisher and developer of Mobile Legends: Bang Bang. From a young age, he has performed well in his classes while gaming.
Stefan holds a diploma in Aerospace Technology with Ngee Ann Polytechnic and has taken up a degree in Mechanical Design and Manufacturing Engineering at the Singapore Institute of Technology.
Stefan was part of the EVOS SG team representing Singapore which competed against the world’s best Mobile Legends: Bang Bang (MLBB) players at the M2 World Championship, that was hosted in January 2021 in Singapore.
He has also represented Singaporeâs esports team at the SEA Games 2019 in Philippines.
Stefan Chong, Business Development Lead of EVOS Esports (Singapore) said, âI am thankful to the fans for supporting me in my esports career thus far, and am grateful to Ivan and the senior leadership team for their trust in me as I spearhead EVOS Esportsâ business development efforts in Singapore. I look forward to connecting with brands, government agencies and game publishers as we continue investing in Singapore.â
Ivan Yeo, Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer of EVOS Esports added, âStefan is a great role model and a testament to the positive impact that EVOS Esports has brought to the esports industry in Singapore; a student turned professional player and now appointed as our Business Development Lead to spearhead EVOS Esports initiatives in the country. His deep insights on the esports eco-system will be highly valuable as we engage with
brands and government agencies to elevate esports to the next level.â
EVOS Esports was founded in 2017 with 100-over employees in four countries and three teams from EVOS Esports represented Singapore and Indonesia in the SEA Games 2019.
EVOS Esports currently manages 160 gaming influencers exclusively and are partners with over 200 esports talents, with a total following of over 64 million YouTube subscribers and over 62 million Instagram followers, and over 350 million views per month across Southeast Asia.
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PAGCOR BRAVES FLOODS TO HELP DISASTER-HIT COMMUNITIES
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At the height of the downpour and massive flooding in Metro Manila and nearby provinces Wednesday, volunteer teams from the Philippine Amusement and Gaming Corporation (PAGCOR) started bringing relief packs to affected communities.
Classes and government work were suspended on Wednesday and Thursday due to the widespread flooding, but PAGCOR volunteers went into action nevertheless.
âEven at the height of the flooding, and even before the President ordered government agencies to provide assistance to affected communities, PAGCOR employees already went to action to help those in need,â PAGCOR Chairman and CEO Alejandro H. Tengco said.
The PAGCOR chief said that since July 24, the agency has delivered more than 21,000 food and non-food relief packs for thousands of affected families.
âAfter the heavy rains subsided and it was safe to do so, we started bringing immediate aid to flooded communities in Caloocan City on Wednesday, followed by relief operations in Valenzuela, Malabon and Malolos, Bulacan the next day,â he said.
Mr. Tengco added that PAGCOR was scheduled to distribute relief goods to the cities of Marikina and Navotas on Friday as well as to affected towns in Bulacan like Calumpit and Bulakan which were all submerged in floodwater.
âIt has been second nature to PAGCOR to immediately respond to the needs of affected communities in times of disasters,â he said.
âWe understand that while it is part of our mandate to contribute to nation-building, it is also our moral obligation to help ease the plight of Filipinos in times when they need help the most,â the PAGCOR chief added.
He said PAGCORâs relief operations are ongoing, with more employees volunteering to help repack relief goods Saturday and Sunday in the agencyâs warehouse in Imus, Cavite to support distribution efforts in the coming days in Bataan, Batangas and Cavite.
Asia
AGTech Wins Lottery Terminal Supply Tenders for Shaanxi, Zhejiang and Jiangsu Provinces
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Lottery and integrated technology and services company AGTech Holdings Limited (AGTech) has announced that one of its wholly-owned subsidiaries has successfully won procurement tenders to supply lottery terminals to Sports Lottery Administration Centres in Shaanxi province, Zhejiang province and Jiangsu province of the Peopleâs Republic of China.
AGTech already has previous success in the China market, having won a bid in 2018 for supplying its new dual, touchscreen lottery terminals to the Chinese provinces of Guizhou, Shanghai and Hebei.
Even before this, AGTech introduced new instant win games, launched in partnership with Chinese logistics firm SF Holdings across Shenzen, Nanchang, Changsha and Nanjing.
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Philippine President Marcos Announces Ban on POGOs
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Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr has banned the establishment of any new Philippine Offshore Gaming Operators (POGOs), also known as Internet Gaming Licensees (IGLs), with immediate effect. Existing POGO operators will have until the end of the year to wind down their operations.
The verdict, not entirely unexpected, was delivered during his State of the Nation Address in Manila on Monday following widespread pressure from a Senate investigation into illegal POGO-linked activities.
âEffective today, all POGOs are banned. I hereby instruct [gaming regulator] PAGCOR to wind down and cease the operations of POGOs by the end of the year,â Marcos said in his SONA.
The decision to shut down POGOs follows a series of recent raids on illegal POGO compounds in Pampanga and Tarlac amid allegations they had been engaging in human trafficking and scam activities.
A full ban, proposed by multiple senators, had also gained the support of the Department of Finance (DOF) and the National Economic and Development Authority.
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