MANILA, Philippines, 7thAugust 2013 –– Philippine Long Distance Telephone Company
(“PLDT”) (PSE: TEL) (NYSE: PHI) today announced its unaudited financial and operating
results for the first six months of 2013 with Consolidated Core Net Income, before exceptional items and including discontinued operations, amounting to P19.4 billion, 5% or P1.0 billion higher than the P18.4 billion recorded in the first half of 2012. Read more