The contribution comes in the wake of a Supreme Court order directing PAGCOR to hand over 5 per cent of its gross revenues to the Philippine Sports Commission (PSC).<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
The Philippines.- The Philippine Amusement and Gaming Corporation (PAGCOR)<\/strong> has committed Php 5m<\/strong> (US$86,300) to support the national women\u2019s football team, the Filipinas<\/strong>, ahead of the 2026 AFC Women\u2019s Asian Cup in Australia<\/strong> from March 1 to 21<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n According to PAGCOR, the funds will help cover expenses for training camps, international friendlies, and other pre-tournament activities in Australia, while also supporting efforts towards competitions such as the 2027 FIFA Women\u2019s World Cup<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The contribution comes in the wake of a Supreme Court order directing PAGCOR to hand over 5 per cent<\/strong> of its gross revenues to the Philippine Sports Commission (PSC)<\/strong>. However, Alejandro Tengco<\/strong>, PAGCOR chairman and CEO, said the funding goes beyond regulatory obligations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Tengco said that PAGCOR seeks to back athletes who bring pride and recognition to the country.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Philippine Football Federation (PFF) president John Anthony Gutierrez <\/strong>welcomed the support.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The contribution comes in the wake of a Supreme Court order directing PAGCOR to hand over 5 per cent of its gross revenues to the Philippine Sports Commission (PSC).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2395,"featured_media":777033432,"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 committed Php 5m (US$86,300) to support the national women\u2019s football team, the Filipinas, for their 2026 AFC Women\u2019s Asian Cup preparations. This contribution follows a Supreme Court order mandating PAGCOR to remit 5% of its gross revenues (GGR) to the Philippine Sports Commission (PSC). PAGCOR's CEO, Alejandro Tengco, stated this specific funding goes beyond mere regulatory obligations, aiming to support national pride.","focusai_entities":"Philippine Amusement and Gaming Corporation (PAGCOR), Philippine Sports Commission (PSC), Filipinas, Philippine Football Federation (PFF), Alejandro Tengco, John Anthony Gutierrez, Supreme Court","focusai_location":"Philippines, Australia","focusai_target_profile":"ceo_executive (0.9), regulator (1.0), compliance_legal (0.9), operator_casino (0.8), investor_analyst (0.8), journalist_researcher (0.9)","focusai_suggestions":[{"label":"GGR Allocation Impact","query":"How will the Supreme Court's directive for PAGCOR to remit 5% of its GGR to the PSC impact its operational budget and future investment capacity in gaming verticals?"},{"label":"CSR Strategy Evolution","query":"Beyond regulatory compliance, what is PAGCOR's overarching corporate social responsibility (CSR) strategy, and how does this Php 5m contribution align with its long-term stakeholder engagement and brand positioning objectives?"}],"footnotes":""},"categories":[16333,155],"tags":[405,128,233],"class_list":["post-777038234","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-south-east-asia-news","category-sports-betting-news","tag-pagcor","tag-philippines","tag-sports-betting"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777038234","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\/2395"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=777038234"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777038234\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":777038244,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777038234\/revisions\/777038244"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/777033432"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=777038234"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=777038234"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=777038234"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}