{"id":35388,"date":"2022-11-14T12:55:16","date_gmt":"2022-11-14T15:55:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/?p=35388"},"modified":"2026-04-23T03:01:44","modified_gmt":"2026-04-23T06:01:44","slug":"pagcor-opens-emergency-facility-in-flood-prone-neighbourhood-in-alaminos","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/pagcor-opens-emergency-facility-in-flood-prone-neighbourhood-in-alaminos","title":{"rendered":"PAGCOR opens emergency facility in flood-prone neighbourhood in Alaminos"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>PAGCOR invested PHP50m in the two-storey emergency facility.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<p>The Philippines.- The&nbsp;<strong>Philippine Amusement and Gaming Corporation&nbsp;<\/strong>(PAGCOR) has formally inaugurated a Multi-Purpose Evacuation Centre (MPEC) in barangay Pangapisan, Alaminos. The site is for those affected by typhoons and other extreme weather events in the flood-prone coastal town.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The<strong> PHP50m two-storey emergency facility<\/strong> has kitchen and storage areas, toilets and shower rooms for men and women, lactation rooms and more.Lingayen mayor&nbsp;<strong>Leopoldo Bataoil<\/strong>, who joined key PAGCOR officers as the inauguration, expressed gratitude to the agency.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Bataoil said: \u201cWe are grateful to our brothers and sisters in PAGCOR for making this project possible.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>To date, 16 MPECs have already been completed nationwide. Earlier this month, the PAGCOR gave&nbsp;<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/pagcor-delivers-aid-to-areas-affected-by-floods\" target=\"_blank\">aid to areas affected by tropical storm Paeng<\/a>. Relief efforts included providing basic provisions such as rice, coffee and canned goods to 6,350 families in Bulacan and San Pedro, Laguna.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The regulator and casino operator distributed 5,350 relief packs in different municipalities of Bulacan on October 31. San Pedro received relief packs on November 1. In October, PAGCOR and&nbsp;<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/pagcor-and-licensees-provide-relief-for-victims-of-typhoon-karding\" target=\"_blank\">casino licensees<\/a>&nbsp;also distributed 17,500 relief packs worth PHP9m in provinces affected by Super Typhoon Karding.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>PAGCOR invested PHP50m in the two-storey emergency facility.<\/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) has inaugurated a PHP50m Multi-Purpose Evacuation Centre in Alaminos, Philippines, and has been actively involved in providing relief aid to areas affected by recent tropical storms. This initiative underscores PAGCOR's commitment to corporate social responsibility and its role beyond gaming regulation and operation, focusing on community support during natural disasters.","focusai_entities":"Philippine Amusement and Gaming Corporation, PAGCOR, Leopoldo Bataoil","focusai_location":"Philippines, Alaminos, Lingayen, Bulacan, San Pedro, Laguna","focusai_target_profile":"ceo_executive (0.75), regulator (0.9), compliance_legal (0.7), operator_casino (0.7), investor_analyst (0.7), journalist_researcher (0.9)","focusai_suggestions":[{"label":"PAGCOR's CSR Strategy?","query":"How does PAGCOR integrate these significant social responsibility investments into its overall governance framework and long-term strategic objectives, particularly concerning its dual role as a gaming regulator and operator?"},{"label":"Impact on Social License?","query":"What is the quantifiable impact of PAGCOR's extensive CSR initiatives, such as the MPEC program and disaster relief, on its social license to operate and public perception within the Philippines' gaming landscape?"}],"footnotes":""},"categories":[23876,16333],"tags":[405],"class_list":["post-35388","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\/35388","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=35388"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35388\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":35413,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35388\/revisions\/35413"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/34644"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=35388"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=35388"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=35388"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}