From left: Pagcor’s Assistant Vice President for Community Relations and Services Ramon Stephen Villaflor, Batangas 3rd District Representative Theresa Collantes and Balete Mayor Wilson Maralit bury the time capsule during the groundbreaking of the soon-to-rise Pagcor Village in Barangay Solis.
Two towns surrounding the Taal volcano received much-needed funding for housing and evacuation center projects from the Philippine Amusement and Gaming Corporation (Pagcor).
The towns of Balete in Batangas and Cabuyao in Laguna - that were not spared during Taal Volcano's phreatic eruption in 2020 - can now strengthen their disaster risk reduction and management measures through the P80 million grants, which they received on May 13, 2021.