{"id":777028257,"date":"2025-06-25T08:25:54","date_gmt":"2025-06-25T11:25:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/?p=777028257"},"modified":"2026-04-21T21:35:37","modified_gmt":"2026-04-22T00:35:37","slug":"pagcor-awards-grant-to-boost-neonatal-care","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/pagcor-awards-grant-to-boost-neonatal-care","title":{"rendered":"PAGCOR awards grant for neonatal care centre"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The Philippine Amusement and Gaming Corporation has donated PHP6.75m (US$118,259) to Quirino Memorial Medical Center.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

The Philippines.- The Philippine Amusement and Gaming Corporation (PAGCOR) has awarded a PHP6.75m (US$118,259) grant to the Quirino Memorial Medical Center (QMMC). The donation will be used for the procurement of five neonatal incubators.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The donation, formally turned over on Monday (June 23), was facilitated by Quezon City 3rd District Representative Franz Pumaren. QMMC, a government-run tertiary hospital popularly known, serves thousands of mothers and infants annually, many of whom come from underserved communities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

PAGCOR vice president for corporate social responsibility Ramon Stephen Villaflor led the turnover ceremony at the hospital boardroom. He said: \u201cPAGCOR recognises the vital role that institutions like QMMC play in safeguarding the lives of mothers and newborns. Through this donation, we aim to help ensure access to safer and more efficient medical care, especially among the poor.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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PAGCOR VP for the Corporate Social Responsibility Group, Ramon Stephen Villaflor (extreme right), presents a cheque to QMMC Medical Center chief Dr. Evelyn Reside (third from right).<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Earlier this week, PAGCOR awarded a PHP100m ($1.7m) grant to the Provincial Government of Ilocos Norte for the construction of a sports and research facility<\/a>. The grant will partially finance the Ilocos Norte Sports Institute and Research (INSPIRE) Training Development Center and Dormitory, which will have a total cost of PHP400m. The complex will serve as a hub for high-level athletic training, sports research and athlete housing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n


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\n\t\t\t\t\tSee also:<\/span> PAGCOR awards grant for sports and research facility in Ilocos Norte<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The Philippine Amusement and Gaming Corporation has donated PHP6.75m (US$118,259) to Quirino Memorial Medical Center.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":226,"featured_media":16426,"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 allocated PHP6.75m (US$118,259) to Quirino Memorial Medical Center for neonatal incubators, underscoring its commitment to public health. This follows a prior PHP100m grant to Ilocos Norte for a sports and research facility, highlighting PAGCOR's significant philanthropic contributions from gaming revenues.","focusai_entities":"Philippine Amusement and Gaming Corporation, Quirino Memorial Medical Center, Franz Pumaren, Ramon Stephen Villaflor, Dr. Evelyn Reside, Provincial Government of Ilocos Norte","focusai_location":"Philippines, Quezon City, Ilocos Norte","focusai_target_profile":"ceo_executive (0.8), regulator (0.9), compliance_legal (0.7), operator_casino (0.7), investor_analyst (0.7), journalist_researcher (0.9)","focusai_suggestions":[{"label":"PAGCOR CSR Budget?","query":"What is PAGCOR's total annual CSR expenditure, and how does this allocation impact its net contribution to the national treasury from gaming revenues?"},{"label":"CSR Strategic Alignment?","query":"Beyond direct donations, what strategic alignment exists between PAGCOR's extensive CSR programs and its long-term objectives for regulatory stability and social license to operate within the Philippine gaming ecosystem?"}],"footnotes":""},"categories":[23876,16333],"tags":[405],"class_list":["post-777028257","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\/777028257","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\/226"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=777028257"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777028257\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":777028306,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777028257\/revisions\/777028306"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/16426"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=777028257"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=777028257"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=777028257"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}