{"id":777044529,"date":"2026-07-07T05:24:32","date_gmt":"2026-07-07T08:24:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/?p=777044529"},"modified":"2026-07-07T06:04:52","modified_gmt":"2026-07-07T09:04:52","slug":"pagcor-awards-first-tranche-of-nearly-us1m-bulacan-scholarship-fund","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/pagcor-awards-first-tranche-of-nearly-us1m-bulacan-scholarship-fund","title":{"rendered":"PAGCOR awards first tranche of Bulacan scholarship fund"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The programme aims to expand access to tertiary and technical-vocational education for eligible students.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

The Philippines.- The Philippine Amusement and Gaming Corporation (PAGCOR)<\/strong> has released the first PHP10m (US$162,757) tranche of a PHP60m (US$976,542) scholarship fund for Bulacan<\/strong>. The programme is intended to eventually provide financial assistance to 2,000 students from low-income families across the province.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The initial funding was handed over to the Bulacan provincial government on yesterday (July 6) during a ceremony at the Bulacan Capitol Gymnasium. The scholarship fund will support the province\u2019s Ayudang Hatid ay Tagumpay (AHT)<\/strong> Scholarship Program<\/strong>, which aims to expand access to tertiary and technical-vocational education for eligible students.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Under the programme, PHP40m (US$651,028) is intended to support 1,000 incoming college freshmen enrolled in four-year degree programmes, and the remaining PHP20m (US$325,514) technical-vocational education for another 1,000 students. PAGCOR chairman and chief executive officer Alejandro H. Tengco <\/strong>said the initiative reflects the agency\u2019s commitment to ensuring that revenue generated from the regulated gaming sector is used to support public welfare programmes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

During the event, he announced more support for Bulacan through the planned construction of 10 three-storey school buildings and the establishment of the Bulacan Sports Academy<\/strong> for young athletes.<\/p>\n\n\n

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\n\t\t\t\t\tSee also:<\/span> PAGCOR CEO says Philippine gaming revenue could fall by up to 19%<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The programme aims to expand access to tertiary and technical-vocational education for eligible students.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2395,"featured_media":15427,"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 released the initial PHP10m tranche of a PHP60m scholarship fund for Bulacan, Philippines, targeting 2,000 students in tertiary and technical-vocational education. This initiative underscores PAGCOR's commitment to leveraging revenues from the regulated gaming sector for public welfare programs. Further support for educational infrastructure in Bulacan is also planned.","focusai_entities":"Philippine Amusement and Gaming Corporation (PAGCOR), Bulacan provincial government, Alejandro H. Tengco","focusai_location":"Philippines, Bulacan","focusai_target_profile":"ceo_executive (0.85), regulator (0.95), compliance_legal (0.7), operator_casino (0.75), investor_analyst (0.7), journalist_researcher (0.9)","focusai_suggestions":[{"label":"PAGCOR Revenue Allocation","query":"How does this PHP60m scholarship fund align with PAGCOR's broader GGR allocation strategy, particularly in light of recent projections for potential revenue decline in the Philippine gaming sector?"},{"label":"Social License Impact","query":"What measurable impact is PAGCOR anticipating from these social welfare programs on its public perception and its long-term social license to operate within the Philippines' evolving regulatory landscape?"}],"footnotes":""},"categories":[157,16333],"tags":[25339,405,128],"class_list":["post-777044529","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-business-news","category-south-east-asia-news","tag-education","tag-pagcor","tag-philippines"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777044529","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=777044529"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777044529\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":777044536,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777044529\/revisions\/777044536"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/15427"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=777044529"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=777044529"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=777044529"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}