In every Korean drama, one can identify with many strong character leads. Whether it is their family background, their dreams and aspirations or how these characters end up falling in love, these stories resonate to audiences worldwide.

In support of the National Government’s plan to vaccinate all of the country’s healthcare workers by the end of April, all 18 hospitals of Metro Pacific Hospital Holdings Inc. (MPHHI) have mobilized to vaccinate as many of its frontliners in the shortest possible time. As of March 23, 2021, MPHHI hospitals have vaccinated nearly 80% of their hospital workers with the first of two doses of either Sinovac or AstraZeneca. This is equivalent to 20,492 out of their 25,717 health care workers.

Reporting for work physically amid the current pandemic is a tough and heroic act Essential Workers do everyday. Their cast iron determination combined with a sunny disposition in performing their crucial tasks have made them extremely important in any organization. In the telecoms sector, two women – Teisha Marie Peroy and Mary Ann Galos – exemplify these remarkable people who have been going out to work to help their families and serve other people’s needs, despite the risks which they do their best to mitigate.

For residents of Pilar, Camotes Island, a fishing town located more than 50 kms east of Cebu City, connectivity is crucial to keeping their town afloat.

To ensure the best customer experience and continued support for the latest technologies like Internet of Things and 5G, the Philippines' largest integrated telco PLDT is leading the way in transitioning to the latest Internet Protocol version, IPv6.

Since the arrival of the first batches of the Sinovac and AstraZeneca vaccines in the Philippines in early March, the 18 hospitals in the Metro Pacific Hospitals network have supported the National Government’s mission to vaccinate all healthcare workers as soon as possible.

The country’s largest integrated telecommunications provider PLDT further cements its commitment to empower businesses with future-proof and reliable solutions, by helping them manage their digital foray in the ‘new normal’ with the support of SD-WAN or Software-Defined Wide-area Network technology.

PLDT and its wireless unit Smart Communications, Inc. (Smart) have reiterated their commitment to help build the Philippines' digital infrastructure to ensure the country's success in a post-pandemic world.

For over two decades, the country’s largest integrated telco PLDT Inc. has supported the computer science program of the Ateneo de Manila University, through its Professorial Chair donation. Manuel V Pangilinan and the companies and foundations under his leadership, have also donated 14 Professorial Chairs to the University of the Philippines College of Engineering to aid in their research studies on innovative and tech developments for the country. Through the Metro Pacific Investments Corporation, Pangilinan also committed to donate another professorial chair to the College of Engineering. The MVP Group also provided two more professorial chairs to the UP College of Science.

PLDT Home, through the PLDT Smart Foundation (PSF), recently turned over to the Department of Education (DepEd) one thousand units of Home WiFi Prepaid to enable public school teachers to experience a faster and more reliable internet connection as they conduct online classes, part of the DepEd’s blended learning strategy in these pandemic times.