{"id":777004418,"date":"2023-04-18T13:02:55","date_gmt":"2023-04-18T16:02:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/?p=777004418"},"modified":"2026-04-22T22:47:13","modified_gmt":"2026-04-23T01:47:13","slug":"pagcor-inaugurates-emergency-shelters-in-quezon-province","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/pagcor-inaugurates-emergency-shelters-in-quezon-province","title":{"rendered":"PAGCOR inaugurates emergency shelters in Quezon province"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The Philippine gaming regulator has opened two newly-built shelters.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

The Philippines.- The Philippine Amusement and Gaming Corporation (PAGCOR) <\/strong>has inaugurated two new emergency shelters in Quezon province’s San Andres and Plaridel municipalities. The new facilities are part of PAGCOR’s remit to help communities prepare for future calamities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The multi-purpose evacuation centre (MPEC) in Barangay Camflora, San Andres, is a two-storey structure costing PHP50m<\/strong>. The town has long lacked emergency shelters, making it difficult for people to find safe accommodation during emergencies. Meanwhile, the basketball court-type MPEC in Plaridel cost PHP12.7m and provide a permanent site for locals to safely evacuate during emergency situations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

San Andres and Plaridel are both coastal communities, making them vulnerable to extreme weather disturbances such as storm surges and severe flooding. During the inauguration ceremony of the new MPEC in Barangay Camflora, San Andres Municipal mayor Ralph Edward Lim<\/strong> expressed gratitude to PAGCOR.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Barangay chairman Raul Endonila <\/strong>also shared his appreciation, saying he had witnessed firsthand how the lack of proper shelter had affected the community in the past.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

To date, PAGCOR has built 26 MPECs nationwide and has 51 more under construction. The state agency has been involved in various charitable initiatives<\/a>, including relief operations for typhoon and earthquake victims.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

See also:<\/strong> PAGCOR achieves ISO 9001:2015 recertification<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The Philippine gaming regulator has opened two newly-built shelters.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":176,"featured_media":777000295,"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 two new multi-purpose emergency shelters in Quezon province, San Andres and Plaridel municipalities. These facilities, costing PHP50m and PHP12.7m respectively, are part of PAGCOR's broader community development remit to enhance disaster preparedness in vulnerable coastal areas. This initiative underscores the state agency's commitment to social responsibility, with 26 MPECs completed and 51 more under construction nationwide.","focusai_entities":"Philippine Amusement and Gaming Corporation (PAGCOR), Ralph Edward Lim, Raul Endonila","focusai_location":"Philippines, Quezon province, San Andres, Plaridel, Barangay Camflora","focusai_target_profile":"regulator (0.9), journalist_researcher (0.75)","focusai_suggestions":[{"label":"PAGCOR MPEC Program Funding?","query":"What is the total capital expenditure allocated by PAGCOR for its MPEC program, and how does this compare to its annual GGR contributions to national development funds?"},{"label":"Governance of Non-Gaming Spend?","query":"How does PAGCOR's MPEC initiative align with its broader governance framework for reinvesting gaming revenues into public welfare projects, and what are the key performance indicators for these non-gaming expenditures?"}],"footnotes":""},"categories":[23876,16333],"tags":[405],"class_list":["post-777004418","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\/777004418","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=777004418"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777004418\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":777004430,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777004418\/revisions\/777004430"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/777000295"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=777004418"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=777004418"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=777004418"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}