(PAGCOR / MANILA BULLETIN)
The state-run gaming agency has approved the funding for the construction of a Multi-Purpose Evacuation Center (MPEC) in these areas. Initially, PAGCOR released P25 million to each recipient local government unit (LGU) on Thursday, Feb. 11 so they jumpstart the construction of evacuation centers in their localities.
Using a P50 million-budget, each two-storey MPEC has provision for kitchen area, storage areas for relief goods, 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 and other purposes when it is not being used as an evacuation site.