A brainchild project of Pagcor Chairman and CEO Andrea Domingo, the Pagcor Villages broke ground in the towns of Agoncillo and Lemery on Feb. 18, 2021. They are designed to provide permanent shelters to less privileged families who were displaced by Taal’s eruption. Most of these families remain homeless until now. Each Pagcor Village has a funding of P30 million. Its main features include 100 units of 30-square-meter houses and an arc or signage located at the entrance of the project site. PHOTOS BY PAGCOR
IN Filipino, the word pag is an affix (panlapi) that modifies a word to express an action, identify an event, or to declare the completion of an act or phenomenon that is described by the root word. It is but fitting then that this three-letter word ushers in the acronym of the Philippine Amusement and Gaming Corp. (Pagcor). Because pag in Pagcor is pagtulong (aid), pag-alalay (assistance), pagkalinga (care), pagkilala (recognition), and most importantly pagsilbi sa bayan (service to the nation).