From flashlight to E-balde, PLDT and Smart share life-saving tips on disaster preparedness, emergencies

Submitted by mcco on Tue, 08/10/2021 - 14:35
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.

Pampanga farmers receive capital support from PLDT, Smart

Submitted by mcco on Tue, 08/10/2021 - 14:06
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.

PLDT, Smart empower Tarlac youth through mental health virtual talk series

Submitted by mcco on Tue, 08/10/2021 - 12:26
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, Smart assure customers of continued service amid new pandemic surge and renewed restrictions

Submitted by mcco on Fri, 08/06/2021 - 11:55
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.

Smart supports USAID-led Philippine Water Challenge

Submitted by mcco on Thu, 08/05/2021 - 13:32
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).

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PLDT, Smart block record 37k sites, bare Infocast, other efforts against online child abuse

Submitted by mcco on Mon, 08/02/2021 - 11:18
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.”

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PLDT, Smart strengthen employees’ mental health and wellness amid pandemic

Submitted by mcco on Wed, 07/28/2021 - 14:14
In the middle of a pandemic, emotions remain high. Sometimes, it’s all over the place. But mostly, it demands to be felt. Providing mental health support to its employees, PLDT and Smart launched its Mind Your Health program last year, which is a series of online talks that invite clinical experts and mental health advocates to talk about various mental health issues that range from dealing with mental illnesses and mental health advocacy campaigns.