Super Typhoon Odette may have posed tough challenges to heavily impacted communities, but they’ve only strengthened the resolve of PLDT’s frontliners to reconnect people with their loved ones.

DOJ-IACAT, PNP-WCPC, IJM, TikTok, PLDT and Smart come together for #NotOnOurScreens campaign

MANILA, PHILIPPINES—As the world observes Safer Internet Day, partners in the movement to end the online sexual exploitation of children celebrate wins achieved over the years while calling for stronger community resolve against the continuing threat.

While the New Year brought hope for new beginnings to most, it was a different story for people in Palawan. The ruined landscape evoked sadness and desolation, following super typhoon Odette’s wrath.

Smart turns over a drone unit, equipment and one School-in-a-Bag to the Agusan Marsh Wildlife Sanctuary to boost conservation efforts of the wetland. in photo (L-R) ARD for Special Concerns Ma. Teresa Allen, John Deloso, RED Nonito M. Tamayo, PASu Emmilie T. Ibonia, and OIC, PENRO Jose FLavio.

He could have waited for the floodwaters to subside. But malasakit (compassion) for his fellow Palaweños and the immediate need to restore the Palawan network propelled 58-year-old Modesto “Dong” Q. Perez and his team to walk on the flooded road, strewn with enormous trunks of uprooted trees, a day after Super Typhoon Odette hit the province.

PLDT and its wireless arm Smart Communications, Inc. (Smart) are celebrating the incredible win of the Philippine Women’s National Football Team (PWNFT), booking a World Cup berth for the first time ever.

PLDT and its wireless arm Smart Communications, Inc. (Smart) have further expanded their fixed and mobile networks nationwide in 2021, powering hybrid workplaces and online learning, and enabling businesses to thrive in the new normal.  

PLDT led discussions on Artificial Intelligence (AI) in helping drive business process optimization for the benefit of enhancing economic activities, progres, and recovery in Cebu during the recent ICT/BPM Summit.

As of 9 a.m. today, December 19, for Mindanao wireless, 96% of sites are up. Remaining down sites are mostly in Surigao del Norte including Siargao, Misamis Oriental and Dinagat Islands. Our fixed service is 99% up, with the 6 remaining nodes down due to commercial power failure.

PLDT and Smart engineers are in Surigao ready to be deployed to Siargao to help repair damaged network sites in the popular tourist destination. Additional personnel are flying in from Manila today bringing with them mission-critical equipment that will aid in the quick restoration of communication services in the area.