PAGCOR donates more emergency vehicles
The Philippine Amusement and Gaming Corporation has provided five vehicles to military units and a local government unit.
The Philippine.- The Philippine Amusement and Gaming Corporation (PAGCOR) has donated five Patient Transport Vehicles (PTVs) to military units and a local government unit. The newest recipients were the Municipality of Liliw in Laguna; the Army’s 7th Infantry Division, Light Reaction Regiment and Fort Magsaysay Army Station Hospital, all based in Nueva Ecija; and the Headquarters Force Reconnaissance Group of the Philippine Marines in Ternate, Cavite.
The donated vehicles are expected to boost the recipients’ capacity for medical evacuation and transport during military operations, natural disasters, and other emergencies in remote or conflict-prone areas.
The turnover ceremony was held at the PAGCOR Corporate Office in Pasay City and was led by PAGCOR chairman and CEO Alejandro H. Tengco. He said: “These donations are part of our ongoing commitment to boost the government’s emergency response efforts, especially in areas where every second can mean the difference between life and death. It also reflects PAGCOR’s commitment to national service beyond gaming as ordered by President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr.”
PAGCOR recently donated five vehicles to the municipality of Benito Soliven in Isabela, San Pedro City in Laguna, the Polytechnic University of the Philippines (PUP), Ospital ng Parañaque, and the Joint Task Force Unit Ilocos (JTUI) Headquarters. To date, it has donated a total of 40 PTVs to LGUs, public hospitals, and frontline agencies nationwide as part of its socio-civic programmes.
