Sun| 01.23.2022 | 2:30 PM

PAGCOR finally inaugurates one of the first Multi-Purpose Evacuation Centers (MPEC) to be constructed since the project was launched in November 2019. President and COO Alfredo Lim (3rd from right) led the inauguration of the two-storey MPEC in Brgy. Homapon, Legazpi City. He was joined by Legazpi City Vice Mayor Oscar Robert Cristobal (4th from left), Albay Board Member Vic Ziga, Jr. (extreme left), PAGCOR’s executives from the Corporate Social Responsibility Group including VP Ramon Stephen Villaflor (2nd from right) and Acting Asst. VP Eric Balcos (extreme right), and other city representatives.

President and COO Alfredo Lim (3rd from right) and Legazpi City Vice Mayor Oscar Robert Cristobal (3rd from left) unveil the PAGCOR marker for the two-storey PAGCOR-funded evacuation center in Brgy. Homapon, Legazpi City. With them are executives of PAGCOR and the city government of Legazpi.

The locals of Legazpi City, Albay can now enjoy the comfort, safety and convenience of the first-ever PAGCOR-funded evacuation center to be completed since the project was launched. The structure, which was built in Brgy. Homapon, will not only cater to the locals in the area but other residents of Legazpi City.

PAGCOR President and COO Alfredo Lim (3rd from right) and Sagñay Mayor John Vincent Fuentebella (3rd from left) unveil the PAGCOR marker during the inauguration of the two-storey PAGCOR-funded evacuation center in Brgy. San Isidro, Sagñay, Camarines Sur. With them in photo are executives of PAGCOR and the local government of Sagñay.

The locals of Legazpi City, Albay can now enjoy the comfort, safety and convenience of the first-ever PAGCOR-funded evacuation center to be completed since the project was launched. The structure, which was built in Brgy. Homapon, will not only cater to the locals in the area but other residents of Legazpi City.

PAGCOR President and COO Alfredo Lim (3rd from left) turns over to Sagñay Mayor John Vincent Fuentebella (2nd from right) the symbolic key for the newly-built two-storey PAGCOR-funded evacuation center in San Isidro, Sagñay, Camarines Sur. Also in photo are (from left) PAGCOR’s executives from the Corporate Social Responsibility Group including Acting Asst. VP Eric Balcos, VP Ramon Stephen Villaflor, and Sagñay Vice Mayor Harold Bryan San Felipe.

The newly-built two-storey evacuation center in Brgy. San Isidro, Sagñay, Camarines Sur is one of the first PAGCOR-funded MPECs to be completed in the Bicol Region.

The newly-built two-storey evacuation center in Brgy. San Isidro, Sagñay, Camarines Sur is one of the first PAGCOR-funded MPECs to be completed in the Bicol Region.

PAGCOR President and COO Alfredo Lim inspects the faucets of the newly-built MPEC in Brgy. San Isidro, Sagñay, Camarines Sur.

The two-storey MPEC with P50 million funding from PAGCOR has provision for kitchen, toilet and shower rooms for male and female, lactating rooms for nursing mothers, and a spacious badminton-court type area that may be used for sports events, trainings and other purposes when these are not being used as evacuation facilities.

The two-storey MPEC with P50 million funding from PAGCOR has provision for kitchen, toilet and shower rooms for male and female, lactating rooms for nursing mothers, and a spacious badminton-court type area that may be used for sports events, trainings and other purposes when these are not being used as evacuation facilities.

The two-storey MPEC with P50 million funding from PAGCOR has provision for kitchen, toilet and shower rooms for male and female, lactating rooms for nursing mothers, and a spacious badminton-court type area that may be used for sports events, trainings and other purposes when these are not being used as evacuation facilities.

Mayor Marcel S. Pan (5th from right) of Goa, Camarines Sur receives the initial P25 million check from PAGCOR President and COO Alfredo Lim (3rd from left) for the construction of a two-storey MPEC in Brgy.Tagongtong, Goa, Camarines Sur. The amount is the first tranche of the P50 million MPEC funding from PAGCOR. Also in photo are PAGCOR’s executives from the Corporate Social Responsibility Group including (from left) Acting Asst. VP Eric Balcos, VP Ramon Stephen Villaflor, and some representatives from the local government of Goa.

PAGCOR President and COO Alfredo Lim (left) and Goa, Camarines Sur Mayor Marcel S. Pan (right) bury the time capsule, signalling the start of construction of PAGCOR’s two-storey MPEC in the town. Looking on are some officials from the local government of Goa.

The site in Brgy.Tagongtong, Goa, Camarines Sur where PAGCOR’s two-storey MPEC will be built.

A year after the Philippine Amusement and Gaming Corporation (PAGCOR) bankrolled its Multi-Purpose Evacuation Center (MPEC) projects in the typhoon-prone Bicol Region, the city of Legazpi in Albay and the town of Sagñay in Camarines Sur became the first project recipients to finally complete the construction of two-storey MPEC structures.

PAGCOR, together with the city government of Legazpi and the municipal government of Sagñay, Camarines Sur inaugurated the evacuation centers in Brgy. Homapon (Legazpi City) on January 20 and Brgy. San Isidro (Sagñay) on January 21.

Each MPEC worth P50 million has provision for kitchen, toilet and shower rooms for male and female, lactating rooms for nursing mothers, and a spacious badminton-court type area that may be used for sports events, trainings and other purposes when these are not being used as evacuation facilities.

PAGCOR President and COO Alfredo Lim, who graced the inauguration of both newly-built MPECs lauded the recipient LGUs for "completing the projects in record time."

"Last year, we came here to initially fund the MPECs to be constructed in this place. Now, we are doubly happy as we see the completion of these evacuation center projects, which strictly followed the specifications set by PAGCOR. This achievement simply shows the competence, reliability and efficiency of our partner LGUs," he added.

Lim explained that PAGCOR committed to build sturdy evacuation centers that are stronger than the typhoons so that more families in calamity-prone areas would have a better, more comfortable, and more typhoon-resilient place to stay in times of disasters.

“We are elated and proud that finally, we are now starting to inaugurate these evacuation centers. We hope that by February, we will be able to inaugurate five or six more and hopefully this year, we can turn over up to 30 evacuation centers," he cited.

PAGCOR Chairman and CEO Andrea Domingo also congratulated the local governments of Legazpi and Sagñay for their dedication to immediately finish the projects, in spite of the ongoing pandemic.

Legazpi City Vice Mayor Oscar Robert Cristobal, who graced the inauguration ceremony in Legazpi said the PAGCOR-funded MPEC will provide shelter not only to the residents of Homapon but the entire city. "Alam naman po natin na madalas daanan ng bagyo ang Bicol, kasama ang Legazpi. Dahil dito, kailangan namin ng matibay na istruktura kagaya nito upang magamit sa tuwing may kalamidad. Ang evacuation center na ito ay hindi lamang magagamit ng mga taga-Brgy. Homapon kundi maging ng mga taga-ibang barangay sa Legazpi," he said.

Sagñay Mayor John Vincent Fuentebella also expressed his gratitude to PAGCOR for funding the state-of-the-art MPEC in their town. "Kahit po hindi bagyo ay mapapakinabangan namin ang evacuation center na ito upang gawing venue ng mga trainings at iba pang activities ng mga taga-Sagñay."

Aside from the inauguration of the MPECs in Legazpi City and Sagñay, PAGCOR also led the groundbreaking of the two-storey evacuation center in Brgy.Tagongtong, Goa, Camarines Sur. Said facility also has P50 million funding from PAGCOR.

To date, the state-run gaming firm has already released a total of P1.635 billion for the construction of 67 MPECs in various parts of the country.

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