The Philippine Amusement and Gaming Corporation (PAGCOR) turned over seven Patient Transport Vehicles (PTVs), bringing the agency's cumulative total to 189 units donated since the program began.
The ceremony took place at the PAGCOR Corporate Office in Pasay City and was led by President and COO Atty. Wilma T. Eisma and VP for Corporate Social Responsibility Naealla Bainto-Aguinaldo.
The recipients span four regions: Dumaguete City in Negros Oriental; the municipality of Narra in Palawan; Manay in Davao Oriental; Sibalom in Antique; along with three national-level bodies, the Metropolitan Manila Development Authority, the Bureau of Corrections and the Subic Bay Metropolitan Authority.
The donation is part of a broader program the agency has been running under the direction of Chairman and CEO Alejandro Tengco, who has framed the initiative as a tool to extend basic healthcare access to communities with limited emergency response infrastructure.
Earlier this year, PAGCOR distributed six additional vehicles to LGUs and the Lung Center of the Philippines, and has also supplied units to military units, including the Light Reaction Regiment.
The pace of distribution has accelerated in recent years. PAGCOR closed 2025 having donated 162 vehicles in total, meaning the agency has added 27 more in the first five months of 2026 alone, averaging roughly five units per month this year.
According to PAGCOR, the PTV program represents one of the more visible expressions of its corporate social responsibility mandate, which operates alongside its dual role as both gaming regulator and casino operator in the Philippines.
The agency channels a share of gaming revenues into public services, and the transport vehicle initiative has become a recurring mechanism for directing those funds toward underserved LGUs and frontline institutions that lack dedicated patient transfer capacity.
Each vehicle in the program comes equipped with a stretcher, oxygen tank, wheelchair, first aid kit and navigation system
