LAOAG CITY – Over 3,000 residents of Ilocos Norte benefited from vital health services
and assistance provided by the Philippine Amusement and Gaming Corporation
(PAGCOR) through its Bawat Buhay Mahalaga Serbisyo Caravan.
Held at the Ilocos Norte Centennial Arena from November 29 to 30, the two-day event
offered free medical consultations and services, medicines as well as food packs and
other essential services and community assistance.
PAGCOR also handed over Php50 million worth of donations to Provincial Governor
Matthew Marcos Manotoc. It included bicycles for barangay bike patrols, GoBags
equipped with first aid kits, wheelchairs, walking canes, cot beds, reading glasses and
assorted medicines.
Additionally, 45 livelihood starter packages were raffled off during the event, and the
agency pledged to deliver medical equipment—including 2D echo machines, portable
ventilators, and glucose/cholesterol/uric acid monitoring devices—by early next year.
PAGCOR representatives the agency’s donations for the province.
PAGCOR also announced plans to provide educational grants under its Ayudang Hatid
ay Tagumpay Program, with the number of scholars to be finalized in coordination with
the provincial government.
“PAGCOR brought the Bawat Buhay Mahalaga Serbisyo Caravan to Ilocos Norte as
part of our mission to make essential services accessible to communities across the
country,” said Ramon Stephen Villaflor, head of PAGCOR’s Corporate Social Responsibility
Group.
Serbisyo Caravan in Ilocos Norte.
“We launched this initiative in Bulacan last year, and now we’ve reached Ilocos Norte.
Soon, we will also bring the caravan to the Visayas and Mindanao,” he added.
Governor Manotoc expressed his gratitude to PAGCOR and to President Ferdinand R.
Marcos Jr. for the initiative as he cited its impact on the province.
Serbisyo Caravan in Ilocos Norte.
“Allow me to extend my deepest thanks to PAGCOR, Chairman Al Tengco, and, of
course, President Bongbong Marcos Jr.,” said Manotoc. “We are truly honored to host
the Serbisyo Caravan.
“This is our first PAGCOR event of this scale, and we look forward to a stronger
partnership and lasting friendship with the PAGCOR family.”
