A day after he returned to the Philippines for a quick break after his sensational stint overseas, Filipino champion pole vaulter Ernest John “EJ” Obiena visited the PLDT Inc. headquarters in Makati City to meet with Philippine sports patron and chairman of the country’s largest telco network, Manuel V. Pangilinan.

PLDT-Smart Foundation (PSF), joined by companies and foundations under MVP Group Tulong Kapatid, has unveiled the children's book ‘Extraordinary Manny’.

Going the extra mile for customers has been 50-year old Jonathan Dosdos’ long-time mantra ever since he started working in PLDT in 1995. He began as a cable splicer, which equipped him with profound knowledge of PLDT’s technology and equipment.

Over 500 leaders from various companies chaired by business leader Manuel V. Pangilinan attended a virtual discussion with Vogue Global Editorial Director and Condé Nast Chief Content Officer Anna Wintour on developing new mindsets and capabilities to lead with agility and serve customers more effectively.

The 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 select pantries that have been set-up across Metro Manila.

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.

Manuel V Pangilinan serves as the longest serving Chairman of the Philippine Business for Social Progress (PBSP), a prestigious organization that gathers business leaders across the country to create various efforts for sustainable development and poverty reduction. Now on its 50th year, the PBSP continues to change the lives of the Filipino people by changing the landscape of corporate social responsibility (CSR), corporate citizenship and responsible business practices.

Manuel V Pangilinan’s Tulong Kapatid, the corporate social responsibility consortium composed of the companies and foundations under his leadership, turned over rescue boats, trucks and a chopper to the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) to aid in their disaster preparedness as well as rescue operation.

The Chairman of PLDT, Inc, and the PLDT-Smart Foundation (PSF), Manuel V Pangilinan recently pledged a P4-million scholarship grant to the chosen scholars of his alma mater, San Beda College. Equivalent to P1 million for the next four years, this pledge matches the P4-million-donation of the PSF to the San Beda College Alumni Foundation (SBCAF).

For the past five years, the companies under the leadership of Manuel V Pangilinan have provided 14 professorial chairs and four teaching and research grants to the UP College of Engineering to aid in their research studies on innovative and tech developments for the country.