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The Philippine Amusement and Gaming Corporation (PAGCOR) Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Alejandro Tengco formally turned over to the Provincial Government of Bulacan the P10-M worth of mechanized farming equipment including two units of combined harvesters and five units of mini-4-wheel tractors recently in front of the Provincial Capitol Building in the City of Malolos. […]
Bukidnon Representative Jonathan Keith Flores has decided to co-author House Bill 3559, filed by former Congressman and former Senator Ralph Recto, who now serves as Secretary of Finance. “I have chosen to adopt House Bill 3559 because, among others, it will abolish the Philippine Amusement and Gaming Corporation, transfer its regulatory powers to the Philippine […]
Governance Commission for GOCCs (GCG) Chairperson Atty. Marius Corpus and Commissioner Atty. Geraldine Marie Martinez along with other GCG employees recently visited Senator Raffy Tulfo’s office to deliver good news. Corpus and Martinez showed Tulfo an official document baring that GCG have already accomplished its promise to fix the Compensation and Position Classification System (CPCS) […]
As part of the 2024 budget deliberations, the House Committee on Appropriations chaired by AKO BICOL Party-list Representative Zaldy Co reviewed the plans of the Philippine Amusement and Gaming Corporation (PAGCOR) for next year. Co emphasized the significance of appropriate regulation to maximize the positive impact of gambling and gaming on government income. “The government […]
Camarines Sur Rep. LRay Villafuerte is hopeful of a no-nonsense government drive against illegal online gaming this 2023, following the assurance last month by Department of Information and Communications Technology (DICT) Secretary Ivan John Uy that his office would shut down—in tandem with gaming regulators and law enforcers—illicit gambling websites, and then throw the books […]
A two-story multi-purpose evacuation center (MPEC) complete with facilities that can accommodate a thousand evacuees during flooding or for holding events has been inaugurated in Lingayen, Pangasinan. Lingayen Mayor Leopoldo Bataoil said they have requested the Philippine Amusement and Gaming Corporation (PAGCOR) to fund the MPEC due to the need of the locality. “Lingayen suffers […]
Residents of Dingalan, Aurora, and San Andres, Quezon now have typhoon-resilient evacuation facilities to seek shelter in during calamities, following the inauguration of new structures in the two provinces, funded by the Philippine Amusement and Gaming Corporation (Pagcor). The two-story Multi-Purpose Evacuation Center (MPEC) in Dingalan worth P50 million was opened recently. Dingalan’s picturesque mountains, […]
Senator Francis Tolentino urged the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) to order the removal of the online sabong (cockfight) feature from existing e-wallet applications amid the latest order issued by Malacañang that stopped e-sabong (online cockfighting) operations. According to Tolentino, since President Rodrigo Duterte already “cut the legal umbilical cord” of the e-sabong industry, the […]
With 34 cockfight enthusiasts or “sabungeros” remain missing, a House leader has filed a resolution urging the Philippine Amusement and Gaming Corporation (PAGCOR) to immediately stop the operations of online cockfighting or “e-sabong.” In House Resolution No. (HR) 2512, Deputy Speaker Benny Abante said PAGCOR is being urged “to immediately suspend e-sabong operations until concrete […]
The Senate has formally filed a resolution urging the Philippine Amusement and Gaming Corporation (PAGCOR) to suspend the operation of the popular “E-sabong” or online cockfights until the cases of the 31 missing cockfight aficionados are resolved. Proposed Resolution No. 996, which expresses the sense of the Senate to strongly urge the PAGCOR to suspend […]