THE PHILIPPINE CHARITY SWEEPSTAKES OFFICE: GENUINE ANGEL FOR THE DIASADVANTAGED.

I actually don’t have a lot of idea about PCSO not until I got the chance to blog about the issue that was circling the whole media scene regarding the “Morato and Juico Battle.” I wrote several times in my blog sites the information about the said argument and what was the reason behind it. I gathered this information to show to others what is real and to reveal who is deceitful and who is saying the truth. Now, Let us get to know where this two people worked and is currently working and what PCSO is all about.

The Philippine Charity Sweepstakes Office or as we all know the PCSO is an government agency that is providing medical and health services to disadvantaged sectors of the Philippines through a deep sense of accountability and transparency in all its official transactions. Historically, lotteries first started in 1833 and as decades, the agency have helped a lot of our countryman.

PCSO has built different charity services such as medical assistance, community outreach programs, and mandated contributions to our local government entities like the Philippine Sports Commission, Commission of Higher Education, National Commission on Indigenous People and such. Also, the PCSO assigns local government units a five percent (5%) share from the total sales of on-line lottery (lotto) outlets operating within their jurisdictions, including a documentary stamp tax from the said donation.

In addition to that, PCSO have bestowed medicine, medical equipment donations and alike to our disadvantaged Filipino people. They also support orphanages and other charitable organizations which help provide safety services to the disadvantaged sector; the children and youth who are either abandoned or exploited, those who have experienced varied forms of abuse, the elderly and the physically and mentally handicapped, among others.

Just recently, the PCSO organization particularly the chairperson Ms. Margie Juico was recently questioned by Mr. Manoling Morato who was the prior chairman regarding the alleged transfer of PCSO offices from QI to PICC complaining the leadership of Ms. Juico is inadequate and even claiming PCSO is bankrupt and they are losing millions of money and is incompetent of facilitating the poor and disadvantaged people who are asking the organization for help.

The issue was all over the media and internet for weeks and people speculated different things. False allegations was thrown to Ms. Juico but later answered the truth in an interview in Bottom Line ABS-CBN with Mr. Boy Abunda.

Now, PCSO moved on from the false accusations. And they are continuing to help the underprivileged Filipino people. PCSO has the most genuine heart that any government agency that Philippines ever had. Even after the entire finger pointing that was given to Ms. Juico and her board members, they maintained their mission to lend a hand and maintain integrity and competence in all its official transactions.