THE town of La Paz in the province of Tarlac became the latest local government unit (LGU) recipient to unveil a fully constructed multipurpose evacuation center (MPEC), funded by the Philippine Amusement and Gaming Corp. (Pagcor), following the facility's inauguration on May 20, 2022.

Completed a year after the project broke ground on April 9, 2021, the emergency structure was selected to be in Barangay Rizal, one of the communities in La Paz that has been prone to heavy flooding and other natural calamities.

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