The regulator has remitted PHP75m to the local governments of Borongan, Eastern Samar; Tacloban; and the town of Kananga in Leyte for the construction of Multi-Purpose Evacuation Centres (MPEC).<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
The Philippines.-\u00a0The Philippine Amusement and Gaming Corp (PAGCOR)<\/strong>\u00a0has remitted PHP75m to three towns in the Eastern Visayas region for the construction of two-storey Multi-Purpose Evacuation Centres (MPECs).\u00a0The regulator has already released the first tranche of PHP25m<\/strong>\u00a0to the local governments of Borongan, Eastern Samar; Tacloban; and the town of Kananga in Leyte.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Ramon Stephen Villaflor, PAGCOR\u2019s Acting Vice President for Corporate Social Responsibility, said: “This project is in response to the government\u2019s priority to build more safe evacuation centres nationwide since the country is prone to various calamities such as typhoons, earthquakes and volcanic eruptions.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n PAGCOR has released a total of PHP1.3bn for the construction of 57 MPECs since the project began last year. In November,\u00a0the regulator<\/a>\u00a0remitted PHP150m to six towns and cities in the Bicol region and Quezon province.\u00a0In September, it remitted PHP25m<\/a>\u00a0to the municipalities of Louisiana and Victoria.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The regulator has remitted PHP75m to the local governments of Borongan, Eastern Samar; Tacloban; and the town of Kananga in Leyte for the construction of Multi-Purpose Evacuation Centres (MPEC).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":176,"featured_media":25155,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"is_press_release":false,"is_interview":false,"is_opinion":false,"focusai_summary":"The Philippine Amusement and Gaming Corp (PAGCOR) has remitted PHP75m to local governments in the Eastern Visayas region for the construction of Multi-Purpose Evacuation Centres (MPECs), part of a larger PHP1.3bn nationwide initiative. This corporate social responsibility (CSR) project addresses the Philippines' vulnerability to natural calamities, demonstrating PAGCOR's broader mandate beyond gaming operations.","focusai_entities":"Philippine Amusement and Gaming Corp (PAGCOR), Ramon Stephen Villaflor","focusai_location":"Philippines, Borongan, Eastern Samar, Tacloban, Kananga, Leyte, Eastern Visayas, Bicol region, Quezon province, Louisiana, Victoria","focusai_target_profile":"ceo_executive (0.85), regulator (0.95), investor_analyst (0.75), journalist_researcher (0.9)","focusai_suggestions":[{"label":"PAGCOR CSR Funding Impact?","query":"What is the strategic rationale behind PAGCOR's significant investment in non-gaming infrastructure, and how does this PHP1.3bn expenditure impact its overall financial performance or its capacity to fund core regulatory and gaming development initiatives?"},{"label":"Governance of Non-Gaming Funds?","query":"What specific governance frameworks and allocation criteria dictate the deployment of PAGCOR's non-gaming revenues towards social projects like MPECs, and how is accountability ensured for these public funds?"}],"footnotes":""},"categories":[23876,16333],"tags":[405],"class_list":["post-25138","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-social-news","category-south-east-asia-news","tag-pagcor"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25138","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/176"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=25138"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25138\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":25158,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25138\/revisions\/25158"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/25155"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=25138"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=25138"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=25138"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}