{"id":777044856,"date":"2026-07-14T07:18:49","date_gmt":"2026-07-14T10:18:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/?p=777044856"},"modified":"2026-07-14T08:34:49","modified_gmt":"2026-07-14T11:34:49","slug":"pagcor-supports-us6-7m-pma-warfare-lab-through-licensee-foundation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/pagcor-supports-us6-7m-pma-warfare-lab-through-licensee-foundation","title":{"rendered":"PAGCOR supports US$6.7m PMA warfare lab through licensee foundation"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The new Modern Warfare Laboratory at the Philippine Military Academy will be funded through the Bloomberry Cultural Foundation under PAGCOR’s regulatory framework.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

The Philippines.- The Philippine Amusement and Gaming Corporation (PAGCOR<\/strong>) has signed a memorandum of agreement on funding for the construction of a PHP379.48m (US$6.7m) Modern Warfare Laboratory<\/strong> at the Philippine Military Academy (PMA)<\/strong>. The funding will be provided by licensee Bloomberry Cultural Foundation Inc. (BCFI)<\/strong>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The agreement covers the demolition of the academy’s former station hospital and the construction of a two-storey facility designed to equip cadets with new defence technologies and military concepts. Demolition is expected to begin in the coming weeks, with the laboratory targeted for completion in the fourth quarter of 2027.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Alejandro H. Tengco<\/strong>, PAGCOR chairman and CEO, witnessed the signing ceremony and said the state gaming regulator remains committed to supporting initiatives that strengthen the capabilities of the AFP, in line with a directive from President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. Tengco thanked the Bloomberry Cultural Foundation, led by president Donato Almeda and chairman Enrique K. Razon Jr., for its support.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

PAGCOR has a regulatory policy requiring integrated resort licensees to establish charitable foundations and allocate a portion of their revenue<\/a> to programmes supporting cultural heritage, education, healthcare, sports development and other nation-building initiatives. The Modern Warfare Laboratory is one of several projects undertaken by the Bloomberry Cultural Foundation for the PMA and wider military.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Last week, president Ferdinand Marcos Jr.<\/strong> formally recognised PAGCOR for its dividend remittance<\/a> to the national government. PAGCOR ranks fifth<\/strong> among the country\u2019s 50 government-owned and controlled corporations after contributing PHP5.67bn (US$92.1m) from its 2025 profits<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n


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\n\t\t\t\t\tSee also:<\/span> PAGCOR sends help to victims of Mindanao quake<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The new Modern Warfare Laboratory at the Philippine Military Academy will be funded through the Bloomberry Cultural Foundation under PAGCOR’s regulatory framework.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":226,"featured_media":777044857,"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 facilitated a PHP379.48m funding agreement from its licensee, Bloomberry Cultural Foundation Inc., for a Modern Warfare Laboratory at the Philippine Military Academy. This initiative highlights PAGCOR's regulatory policy mandating integrated resort licensees to establish charitable foundations and contribute to national development. The news also underscores PAGCOR's significant financial contributions to the national government through dividend remittances.","focusai_entities":"PAGCOR, Bloomberry Cultural Foundation Inc., Philippine Military Academy, Alejandro H. Tengco, Donato Almeda, Enrique K. Razon Jr., Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr., AFP","focusai_location":"Philippines","focusai_target_profile":"ceo_executive (0.9), regulator (1.0), compliance_legal (0.9), operator_casino (0.9), investor_analyst (0.9), journalist_researcher (0.9)","focusai_suggestions":[{"label":"PAGCOR CSR Mandate Scope","query":"What are the specific financial allocation requirements and governance frameworks PAGCOR imposes on integrated resort licensees for their charitable foundations, and how are these contributions audited for compliance?"},{"label":"Operator CSR Financial Impact","query":"How do mandatory corporate social responsibility (CSR) contributions, such as those by Bloomberry, impact the financial performance, capital allocation strategies, and public perception of integrated resort operators in the Philippines?"}],"footnotes":""},"categories":[23876,16333],"tags":[405,24822,24804],"class_list":["post-777044856","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-social-news","category-south-east-asia-news","tag-pagcor","tag-social","tag-the-philippines"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777044856","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=777044856"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777044856\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":777044898,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777044856\/revisions\/777044898"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/777044857"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=777044856"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=777044856"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=777044856"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}