Published January 7, 2021, 5:30 AM
State-run Philippine Amusement and Gaming Corp. (Pagcor) has remitted additional funds to the Bureau of the Treasury for the government’s efforts in curbing the spread of COVID-19 and providing economic relief.
In a statement, Recto Baltazar Jr., Pagcor vice-president, said the gaming regulator remitted additional P1 billion in dividends to state coffers last January 5, bringing the agency’s total contributions to P18 billion in 2020.
Pagcor’s Vice President for Finance and Treasury Recto Baltazar, Jr. (right) turns over the agency’s P1 billion cash dividends check to Bureau of Treasury’s Officer-In-Charge and Director for Asset Management Service Eduardo Anthony Mariño III (left).