PAGCOR donates patient transport vehicle to Philippine National Police Academy
The donation is part of a PHP300m pledge to the PNPA.
The Philippines.- The Philippine Amusement and Gaming Corporation (PAGCOR) has donated a patient transport vehicle (PTV) to the Philippine National Police Academy (PNPA). The donation is part of a PHP300m (US$5.04m) pledge to the PNPA announced at the academy’s 45th Alumni Homecoming at Camp Gen. Mariano Castañeda in Silang, Cavite a week ago.
PAGCOR chairman and CEO Alejandro H. Tengco handed over the PTV to Presidential Anti-Organized Crime Commission (PAOCC) executive director undersecretary Gilbert Cruz who is also chairman of the PNPA Alumni Association (PNPAAAI). The PTV has a GPS navigation system, an ambulance stretcher, medical oxygen, a wheelchair and a first aid kit. It will be assigned to the PNPA Dispensary.
Tengco said: “This donation underscores PAGCOR’s dedication to support the law enforcement community by improving facilities that help combat crime and ensure the well-being of personnel and cadets.”
PAGCOR opens new socio-civic centre in Bataan
Earlier this month, the agency inaugurated a new civic centre in Bataan. The two-story structure was constructed with a PHP50m (US$872.500) grant from PAGCOR and was completed last August. Since then, it has been used as a learning facility for students at Governor Efren B. Pascual Sr. Orani Integrated Central School (GEPS-OICS) to replace makeshift classrooms.
The building’s inauguration was led by PAGCOR vice president for corporate social responsibility group Ramon Stephen Villaflor and Orani Mayor Efren Pascual Jr. To date, PAGCOR has completed and inaugurated a total of 47 socio-civic centres in the country while 24 other structures are nearing completion.
