Held at the Ilocos Norte Centennial Arena from November 29 to 30, 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.
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 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.
“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.
“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.”
