Companies and employees of the MVP group have come together to support the countrywide movement of community pantries. Aid in the form of rice, produce, and other dried goods were mobilized by the group to initially benefit over 8,000 individuals and their families through the pantries that have been set-up across Metro Manila.

As digital connectivity becomes a key enabler of their continued learning in the new normal, PLDT and the University of the Philippines Open University (UPOU) team up to empower Filipino teens to be responsible users of social media.

To help affected communities and families cope with the challenges of the COVID-19 pandemic, the Philippines’ largest integrated company, PLDT, has pledged support to the RiceAid campaign of the Philippine Business for Social Progress (PBSP).

PLDT and its wireless unit Smart Communications, Inc. (Smart) are working closely with the government and expanding their support for the government's COVID-19 response by rolling out fiber-powered WiFi connectivity to more government-run quarantine, swabbing, isolation sites and other COVID-19 facilities nationwide.

Ensconced in a quiet section of the University of the Philippines (UP) complex in Diliman Quezon City is a newly renovated dormitory that now lay witness to the ravages of the long drawn out COVID-19 pandemic.   What used to be the Molave Residence Hall has now been transformed into a COVID-19 facility, nursing COVID-19 positive back to the pink of health.

The disruption caused by the COVID-19 pandemic has drastically changed the way organizations operate—from mobilizing resources containing the virus to managing the socio-economic fallout. These challenges have touched a cardinal principle of public service – operational continuity and the delivery of mission-essential functions.

PLDT and Smart have activated quick response teams to ensure customers remain connected all throughout as Typhoon Bising batters the eastern border of Bicol and Visayas with heavy rain.

As COVID-19 community lockdowns and mobility restrictions drag on, MSMEs have sustained their businesses in creative and innovative ways more than one year on.

PLDT and its wireless unit Smart Communications, Inc. (Smart) are banking on partnerships with OTT services like Netflix and Viu to bring content to Filipinos, driving data consumption.

PLDT and Smart reassumes building up service to their customers, as the government eases restrictions in the National Capital Region, and in the provinces of Bulacan, Rizal, Laguna, and Cavite.