PLDT, Smart ramp up ‘Buy Local’ for small-holder Filipino farmers, as food costs rise

Submitted by mcco on Tue, 10/04/2022 - 10:40
PLDT and its wireless unit Smart extended ‘malasakit’ or compassion to distressed farmers in Luzon. Teaming up with social enterprise Rural Rising Philippines, PLDT and Smart employees and their contractors participated in the Box-All-You-Can event during the companies’ Sustainability Week celebration.  

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PLDT, Smart rally around workforce digital health and wellness

Submitted by mcco on Mon, 10/03/2022 - 17:31
PLDT and its wireless unit Smart recently launched an employee engagement initiative entitled, “Better Today Conversations: Mind Your Health”. Through storytelling, the companies invited advocates to share their stories anchored on narratives of Passion & Purpose, Strength & Resilience, Community & Empathy, and Hope.

Balut vendor, weaver from La Union find hope through Bikes for Livelihood

Submitted by mcco on Wed, 08/24/2022 - 13:48
With one Facebook post, residents of La Union saw a glimpse of hope in the form of bicycles. Sangguniang Panlalawigan Board Member Joy Ortega and Donate A Bike, Save A Job Founder Gretchen Ho partnered with PLDT, Smart, and PLDT-Smart Foundation to bring ‘joyful’ bikes to La Union.

PLDT, Smart provide bill reprieve, free calls, relief good to quake victims

Submitted by mcco on Sat, 07/30/2022 - 17:00
Efforts of PLDT, Smart Communications, Inc. (Smart) and PLDT-Smart Foundation (PSF) are still underway to provide immediate assistance in the form of communication as aid, relief goods, and hygiene kits to communities affected by the recent Magnitude 7 earthquake that rocked North Luzon.

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Bringing food security closer to home with PLDT, Smart 'PlantSmart' kits

Submitted by mcco on Tue, 07/26/2022 - 12:23
PLDT and its wireless communications unit Smart Communications Inc. (Smart) joined the annual celebration of Nutrition Month and turned over ‘PlantSmart’ kits to select Metro Manila communities. PlantSmart is among the key programs under PLDT and Smart’s core advocacy of Food Security, which aims to help provide Filipinos access to safe, nutritious, and sufficient food at all times.