PCSO earnings up in 2018 – Balutan

Philippine Charity Sweepstakes Office (PCSO) General Manager Alexander Balutan admitted that 2018 was a tough year, but the agency hurdled all the challenges and breached its target.

“My first two years as general manager was no joke. President Rodrigo Duterte appointed me here in 2016 because he expected so much from me – that I will deliver, that I will stop illegal gambling. I cannot say 100 percent na walang illegal gambling kasi meron pa rin talagang mangilan-ngilan na nag-i-iligal at matitigas ang ulo pero unti-unti na silang nagma-migrate sa STL (small town lottery), but from original 18, we now have 84 Authorized STL Agents (ASAs) nationwide,” Balutan said.