{"id":34664,"date":"2022-10-21T09:21:54","date_gmt":"2022-10-21T12:21:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/?p=34664"},"modified":"2026-04-23T03:43:26","modified_gmt":"2026-04-23T06:43:26","slug":"pagcor-assists-the-victims-of-two-fires-in-quezon-city","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/pagcor-assists-the-victims-of-two-fires-in-quezon-city","title":{"rendered":"PAGCOR assists the victims of two fires in Quezon City"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

PAGCOR has aided victims in Barangay Obrero and Barangay UP Campus in Diliman.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

The Philippines.- The Philippine Amusement and Gaming Corporation <\/strong>(PAGCOR) has given aid to the victims of two fires in Quezon City. The regulator distributed 250 non-food packages containing blankets, mosquito nets, slippers and toiletries on October 13 to people affected by a fire in Barangay Obrero on September 8.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It also coordinated the relief efforts with the Philippine National Police Community Assistance and Development Division <\/strong>(PNP-CADD). <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Earlier this month, PAGCOR distributed PHP240,000 in cash assistance<\/strong> to the families of eight people who died in a fire that destroyed several houses in Barangay UP Campus in Diliman, Quezon City last May.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Also this week, the regulator<\/a> donated PHP19.5m (US$331m)<\/strong> to organisations and local government institutions. The recipients were the Kaginhawaan Development Institute (KDI), Organization of Student Services Educators (OSSEI), Wounded Soldiers Agriculture Cooperative (WSAC), Provincial Government of Isabela and Barangay Bautista, City of San Pablo, Laguna.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Meanwhile, the government is debating whether to end PAGCOR’s dual responsibilities by privatising its gaming operations<\/a>. In August, Benjamin E. Diokno<\/strong>, the Philippines\u2019 finance secretary, said that the issue of PAGCOR\u2019s potential conflict of interest<\/a> needed to be resolved.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Diokno said: \u201cPagcor\u2019s new leadership will have to make their own plans moving forward. They should resolve the seemingly conflicting roles<\/strong> as an operator and regulator.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

PAGCOR currently regulates, authorises and licenses gaming in the Philippines but it also operates over 40 casinos itself. The regulator reported net income of PHP2.16bn (US$38.8m) for the first half of the year<\/strong>, up 2,600 per cent when compared to last year<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

PAGCOR has aided victims in Barangay Obrero and Barangay UP Campus in Diliman.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":176,"featured_media":34665,"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) has engaged in significant charitable activities in Quezon City, distributing aid to fire victims and donating substantial funds to various organizations. Concurrently, the Philippine government is actively debating the privatization of PAGCOR's gaming operations to resolve its perceived conflict of interest as both a regulator and operator, a discussion underscored by PAGCOR's robust PHP2.16bn net income for H1.","focusai_entities":"Philippine Amusement and Gaming Corporation, PAGCOR, Philippine National Police Community Assistance and Development Division, PNP-CADD, Kaginhawaan Development Institute, KDI, Organization of Student Services Educators, OSSEI, Wounded Soldiers Agriculture Cooperative, WSAC, Provincial Government of Isabela, Benjamin E. Diokno","focusai_location":"Philippines, Quezon City, Barangay Obrero, Barangay UP Campus, Diliman, Isabela, Barangay Bautista, San Pablo, Laguna","focusai_target_profile":"ceo_executive (1.0), regulator (1.0), compliance_legal (0.7), operator_casino (1.0), investor_analyst (1.0), supplier_vendor (0.7), journalist_researcher (1.0)","focusai_suggestions":[{"label":"PAGCOR Privatization Timeline?","query":"What is the projected timeline for the Philippine government's decision on PAGCOR's privatization, and what specific governance frameworks are being considered to mitigate the identified conflict of interest?"},{"label":"Impact on B2C Operators?","query":"How would the divestment of PAGCOR's operational assets impact the competitive landscape for existing B2C operators in the Philippines, and what are the potential M&A implications for international gaming groups?"}],"footnotes":""},"categories":[23876,16333],"tags":[405],"class_list":["post-34664","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\/34664","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=34664"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34664\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":34690,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34664\/revisions\/34690"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/34665"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=34664"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=34664"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=34664"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}