super typhoon Karding<\/a>. <\/p>\n\n\n\nRamon Stephen Villaflor<\/strong>, PAGCOR\u2019s vice president for corporate social responsibility, said the National Gaming Authority alone had distributed 3,000 food and non-food items to Dingalan, Aurora; Marikina; and General Tinio and San Isidro in Nueva Ecija.<\/p>\n\n\n\nThe latest donation came from the Widus Foundation (WFI), the charity arm of the Widus Hotel and Casino Clark<\/strong>. The foundation distributed 1,000 packs of food and non-food items to residents in San Antonio, Nueva Ecija on October 12 and 1,500 packs in Aurora Province on October 14.<\/p>\n\n\n\nWFI manager Ronnel Golimlim said the group had been working closely with PAGCOR and local government units (LGUs) to deliver the goods quickly. Meanwhile, the Stotsenberg Leisure Park and Hotel Corporation<\/strong>‘s Stotsenberg Foundation has donated 2,000 food parcels worth PHP500,000 to people in Victoria, Tarra and Kabangan in Zambales.<\/p>\n\n\n\nThe Royce Hotel and Casino Foundation distributed 1,500 food parcels worth PHP1.5m each in Quezon City and Pampanga. The Resorts World Heritage Foundation of the Philippines, a non-profit arm of Travelers International Hotel Group<\/strong>, provided 3,000 food parcels worth PHP1.5m in Quezon Province.<\/p>\n\n\n\nIn addition, Bridges of Benevolent Initiative Foundation, the charitable arm of Midori Clark Hotel <\/strong>and Casino, donated 4,000 food parcels worth PHP2m. Casino licensees in The Philippines are required to establish foundations to support corporate social responsibility programs in education, infrastructure, health care, and environmental conservation.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"PAGCOR and its licenced casinos have provided relief to residents in 14 affected areas.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":176,"featured_media":34644,"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 Corporation (PAGCOR), in collaboration with its licensed casino operators' charitable foundations, has distributed PHP9 million in disaster relief to 14 typhoon-affected areas. 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