PAGCOR Chairman and CEO Alejandro Tengco (3rd from right) and Agoncillo Mayor Cinderella Reyes (2nd from right) unveil the marker of the PAGCOR Socio-Civic Center in the town’s Barangay Pansipit.
The Philippine Amusement and Gaming Corporation formally unveiled its latest and most recently completed Socio-Civic Center, two years after the project’s groundbreaking in March 2022.
PAGCOR Chairman and CEO Alejandro H. Tengco led the inauguration ceremony for the P50-million state-of-the-art structure in Barangay Pansipit, a village named after the river that connects Taal Lake to Balayan Bay.
The two-story facility can serve as a venue for various events, social gatherings, educational activities, and local government programs and activities, not to mention as an evacuation center in times of calamities.
In his address, Mr. Tengco emphasized the importance of projects that help promote community development and resilience.
He also said that PAGCOR rebranded its previous multi-purpose evacuation facilities into Socio-Civic Centers because the buildings can serve many other purposes besides sheltering people during disasters.
“Minarapat po naming tawaging Socio-Civic Center ang mga gusaling ito sapagkat hindi lamang ito dapat na magamit sa mga panahon ng sakuna kundi para sa pagdaraos ng iba’t ibang programa at mga aktibidad,” the PAGCOR chief said.
The new PAGCOR Socio-Civic Center is thus expected to contribute to the overall socio-economic development of Agoncillo. Its modern design and facilities make it a perfect venue for events, training, and conferences for surrounding communities.
To date, 39 PAGCOR-funded Socio-Civic Centers have been completed and unveiled nationwide, while 33 others are still under construction.
During the ceremony, Mr. Tengco also announced that the agency had donated two desktop computers to the municipal government of Agoncillo.
Agoncillo Mayor Cinderella V. Reyes expressed her appreciation to PAGCOR for its continuing support of their town, which sits on the shores of Taal Lake and is very near the active and turbulent Taal Volcano.
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