Pampanga coastal community banks on data to protect critical mangrove area

PLDT vows to provide businesses the support they need to jumpstart their recovery, as enterprises in Davao and other parts of Mindanao start opening up following COVID-19 restrictions.

PLDT and wireless unit Smart Communications, Inc. (Smart) have mobilized personnel, equipment, and relief aid as Severe Tropical Storm Maring pounds northern Luzon. Quick response teams have been deployed to repair sites impacted by heavy rains and flooding.

Recognizing the heroic efforts of teachers to provide quality education to students amid the challenges of the continuing pandemic, PLDT has partnered with the Department of Education (DepEd) to celebrate the country’s hardworking teachers at the National Teachers’ Day/World Teachers’ Day (NTD/WTD) event on October 5. The virtual activity also served to culminate the National Teachers’ Month which started September 5.

PLDT and its wireless subsidiary Smart Communications, Inc. (Smart) have teamed up with the City Government of Cabanatuan in Nueva Ecija to roll out free Wi-Fi in the city’s key areas, providing connectivity solutions amid communication difficulties in this pandemic.

The #WeGotYourVac Immunization Program of the group of companies chaired by business leader Manuel V Pangilinan ramped up its regional rollout with a two-day inoculation activity for PLDT and Smart employees, dependents, and affiliates residing in Cebu Province.

The Philippine Disaster Resilience Foundation (PDRF), through its Project K3, in partnership with the New Zealand Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade Aid Programme, recently organized a virtual roundtable tackling mental health issues faced by medical frontliners during the pandemic. PDRF is under the shared leadership of PLDT and Smart Chairman Manuel V Pangilinan, Jaime Augusto Zobel de Ayala, and Cardinal Luis Antonio Tagle (Prefect for the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples).

The MVP Group ramps up population protection, turning over its latest batch of COVID-19 vaccines with its commitment to support various NCR and regional local government units.

To cap the Cybersecurity Awareness Month, PLDT and Smart held back-to-back bootcamps of the CyberSmart online caravan for local government units, Department of Education (DepEd) personnel and the public, to equip them with knowledge and skills on data protection.

PLDT and its wireless unit Smart Communications, Inc. (Smart) have been working closely with local government units across the country to provide communications support to their respective COVID-19 vaccination drives.