{"id":777011098,"date":"2023-11-14T07:57:07","date_gmt":"2023-11-14T10:57:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/?p=777011098"},"modified":"2026-04-22T15:36:33","modified_gmt":"2026-04-22T18:36:33","slug":"pagcor-opens-evacuation-centre-in-northern-samar","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/pagcor-opens-evacuation-centre-in-northern-samar","title":{"rendered":"PAGCOR opens evacuation centre in Northern Samar"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The Philippine Amusement and Gaming Corporation has inaugurated a PHP50m facility.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

The Philippines.- PAGCOR has unveiled a PHP50m multi-purpose evacuation facility in Barangay Polangi, Catarman. The initiative is a response to the region’s vulnerability to tropical cyclones and incessant rains.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The largest evacuation structure in Catarman, the two-storey facility aims to provide a solution to the longstanding issue of insufficient evacuation centres in the municipality.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

See also:<\/strong>\u00a0PAGCOR donates medicines to Polytechnic University of the Philippines<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Catarman mayor\u00a0Francisco Aurelio E. Rosales III<\/strong>\u00a0said: \u201cPAGCOR\u2019s evacuation centre is an example of how a national government project trickles down to local communities to benefit our entire population. I hope that we can continue to strengthen our partnership with PAGCOR.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Catarman municipal risk Rrduction officer Emerald Guevarra<\/strong> added: \u201cWe have 55 barangays, but we only have ten designated evacuation centres and most of them are schools, chapels and other private establishments. These are not enough because of Catarman\u2019s huge population.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Meanwhile, two-storey evacuation centres are being built in the towns of Maslog and Borongan in Eastern Samar. Both evacuation centers received PHP50m in funding from PAGCOR.\u00a0Some 36 PAGCOR-funded evacuation facilities have been completed in different parts of the country, while another 36 are under construction.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

See also:<\/strong> Philippine gaming operators provide funds for new hospital wing for veterans<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The Philippine Amusement and Gaming Corporation has inaugurated a PHP50m facility.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":176,"featured_media":777008355,"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 PHP50 million multi-purpose evacuation facility in Catarman, with additional centers under construction across the Philippines. This initiative addresses the region's vulnerability to natural disasters and highlights PAGCOR's significant corporate social responsibility (CSR) contributions to local communities. The project underscores PAGCOR's role beyond gaming regulation, demonstrating its commitment to broader societal welfare and strengthening its social license to operate.","focusai_entities":"Philippine Amusement and Gaming Corporation, PAGCOR, Francisco Aurelio E. Rosales III, Emerald Guevarra, Polytechnic University of the Philippines","focusai_location":"Philippines, Catarman, Barangay Polangi, Maslog, Borongan, Eastern Samar","focusai_target_profile":"regulator (0.9), ceo_executive (0.8), investor_analyst (0.75), journalist_researcher (0.9), operator_casino (0.7)","focusai_suggestions":[{"label":"PAGCOR's CSR Strategy","query":"How does PAGCOR's extensive corporate social responsibility program, particularly in disaster preparedness, align with its core mandate as a gaming regulator and its long-term social license to operate within the Philippines?"},{"label":"CSR Funding Allocation","query":"What is the total annual budget allocated by PAGCOR to its CSR initiatives, and how does this compare to its GGR contributions to the national treasury or its regulatory operational costs?"}],"footnotes":""},"categories":[23876,16333],"tags":[405],"class_list":["post-777011098","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\/777011098","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=777011098"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777011098\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":777040964,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777011098\/revisions\/777040964"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/777008355"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=777011098"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=777011098"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=777011098"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}