{"id":777012604,"date":"2024-01-24T08:21:41","date_gmt":"2024-01-24T11:21:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/?p=777012604"},"modified":"2026-04-22T13:43:51","modified_gmt":"2026-04-22T16:43:51","slug":"pagcor-funded-housing-projects-inaugurated-in-balete-and-taal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/pagcor-funded-housing-projects-inaugurated-in-balete-and-taal","title":{"rendered":"PAGCOR-funded housing projects inaugurated in Balete and Taal"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The projects provide permanent homes for 200 families displaced by the 2020 Taal Volcano eruption.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<p>The Philippines.- The <strong>Philippine Amusement and Gaming Corporation (PAGCOR)<\/strong> has inaugurated housing projects for residents displaced by the eruption of Taal Volcano in two Batangas towns in 2020. The towns are among six Batangas municipalities that each received PHP30m in funding from PAGCOR for the construction of permanent shelters.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The completed housing units in Barangay Iba in Taal and Barangay Solis in Balete will benefit 200 families. These families were forced to seek temporary shelter in distant towns due to volcanic ash.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>See also:&nbsp;<\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/philippines-ggr-up-33-in-2023\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Philippines GGR up 33% in 2023<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In 2023,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/pagcor-inaugurates-evacuation-centre-in-barangay-madulao\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">PAGCOR funded several evacuation facilities<\/a>\u00a0in different parts of the country. The regulator also allocated money for social and relief work for Filipinos.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The projects provide permanent homes for 200 families displaced by the 2020 Taal Volcano eruption.<\/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 housing projects in Batangas, providing permanent homes for 200 families displaced by the 2020 Taal Volcano eruption. This initiative, funded by PAGCOR, underscores its commitment to social responsibility and community support, alongside its core regulatory and operational functions within the iGaming sector.","focusai_entities":"Philippine Amusement and Gaming Corporation, PAGCOR","focusai_location":"Philippines, Batangas, Taal, Balete","focusai_target_profile":"ceo_executive (0.75), regulator (0.95), operator_casino (0.7), investor_analyst (0.75), supplier_vendor (0.7), journalist_researcher (0.9)","focusai_suggestions":[{"label":"PAGCOR's CSR Strategy?","query":"How do PAGCOR's extensive corporate social responsibility initiatives, such as these housing projects, integrate into its broader governance framework and long-term strategic objectives for the Philippine iGaming sector?"},{"label":"Impact on Social License?","query":"What is the perceived impact of PAGCOR's significant social welfare funding on its social license to operate and its relationship with local communities and government stakeholders, particularly in the context of its dual role as regulator and operator?"}],"footnotes":""},"categories":[23876,16333],"tags":[405],"class_list":["post-777012604","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\/777012604","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=777012604"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777012604\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":777012629,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777012604\/revisions\/777012629"}],"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=777012604"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=777012604"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=777012604"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}