PAGCOR dividends

State-run Philippine Amusement and Gaming Corp. remits P1 billion to the National Treasury, bringing to P18 billion its total dividends contribution for the year 2019. PAGCOR vice president for finance and treasury Recto Baltazar Jr. (right) hands the check representing the agency’s cash dividends to officer-In-charge and director for asset management service Eduardo Anthony Mariño III in a simple turnover ceremony at the Bureau of the Treasury Office in Intramuros, Manila. The agency’s latest remittance is intended to help fund the government’s efforts to curb the spread of COVID-19 and provide economic relief to pandemic-hit businesses and individuals.