Empowering the youth to participate in rebuilding the nation amid the continuing COVID-19 pandemic, PLDT wireless unit Smart Communications, Inc. (Smart) has launched Season 2 of the Innovation Generation (InnoGen 2.0) Grant Program. The virtual launch of InnoGen 2.0 coincides with the celebration of the International Youth Day on August 12.

PLDT wireless unit Smart Communications, Inc. offers life-saving tips on how to prepare for disasters and how to handle emergencies. Smart capped the National Disaster Resilience Month in July with the final run of the #SafePH Disaster Preparedness digital caravan in Metro Manila.

PLDT and Smart Communications, Inc. (Smart) together with social enterprise and e-commerce platform Cropital extended capital support to small-time rice farmers in Floridablanca, Pampanga in celebration of the birthday of PLDT and Smart Chairman Manuel V. Pangilinan in July.

When it comes to mental health, it is important to know that it starts from within. In taking care of oneself, one gets to take care of others as well. Mental health can be seen as a multi-sectoral approach where one must be surrounded with a good support system and their own safe space. In PLDT and Smart’s recent mental health talk series, it empowered the youth of Tarlac to be co-champions in advocating for mental health and wellness. Called ‘Better Today with Tarlac’, the talk series, which premiered last August 6, has since garnered over 15,000 views.

PLDT and its wireless unit Smart Communications, Inc. (Smart) are assuring their customers of continued service amid the renewed community restrictions in various areas nationwide. This, as the country braces for the new surge of infections due to the Delta variant of COVID-19.

The U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) partnered with the Philippine Disaster Resilience Foundation (PDRF), Manila Water, and Maynilad to launch the inaugural Philippine Water Challenge (PhlWC), the first-ever platform to generate water and sanitation solutions in the country. More than 700 participants from the water sector joined the virtual launch event. The PDRF is under the shared leadership of Manuel V Pangilinan, Jaime Augusto Zobel de Ayala, and Cardinal Luis Antonio Tagle (Prefect for the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples).

PLDT wireless unit Smart Communications, Inc. (Smart) is the country's fastest 5G network in the Philippines for the first half of 2021, according to the latest report by Ookla®, the global leader in internet testing and analytics.

To commemorate the World Day Against Trafficking in July, PLDT and Smart Communications, Inc. showcased efforts and digital solutions in curbing online sexual abuse and exploitation of children during the Department of Justice Inter-Agency Council Against Trafficking (DOJ-IACAT) online forum on “Prevention and Elimination of Human Trafficking Activities in the Cyberspace.”

PLDT and its wireless arm Smart Communications, Inc. (Smart) have expressed their support for government initiatives to ensure fair competition in the industry, adding that these boost PLDT and Smart's efforts to improve customer experience.

PLDT and its wireless arm Smart Communications, Inc. (Smart) are partnering with Lingayen in Pangasinan and boosting the city's bid to become a 'Smart City' with connectivity and digital solutions.