AI for All: Teachers gear up for the future of learning with PLDT and Smart
Filipino teachers are now discovering how Artificial Intelligence (AI) can make teaching smarter, simpler, and more impactful.
Students defy odds with Deafy – an award-winning app for the deaf community
In their senior year at Kapalong National High School in Davao del Norte, four students were quietly building an app that would change lives. Unknown to many of their friends and teachers, Jhydd Mahinay, Prince Eco Barlisan, Marvin Jhon Alegario, and Floyd Karlo Ganza were developing Deafy, a mobile application for the deaf community that made it to the Giga phase — the final round — of PLDT and Smart’s Innovation Generation Season 4 (InnoGen 4).
PLDT and Smart empower women farmers in Cagayan Valley through digital agriculture
Farmers in the region are now harnessing digital tools through the Scaling Up Sustainability project of Philippines Partnership for Sustainable Agriculture in collaboration with PLDT and Smart.
PLDT, Smart amplify #BeCyberSmart advocacy with DTI Misamis Oriental
Over 400 residents from Misamis Oriental learned more about online security through PLDT and Smart’s #BeCyberSmart advocacy.
When tradition meets tech: Alubijid farmers go digital with support from DA-ATI 10, PLDT, and Smart
To provide farmers and extension workers access to digital learning and training tools, DA-ATI Region 10 in partnership with PLDT and Smart equipped farmer-trainers in Alubijid, Misamis Oriental with a FarmTech package.
Every call counts: PLDT Global equips DMW agents with mental health first aid for OFWs
PLDT Global Corporation’s new Mental Health First Aid program helps ensure that OFWs in distress receive the timely care and support they deserve.
PLDT, Smart ‘Paolo’ advisory
PLDT and Smart on high alert for Severe Tropical Storm ‘Paolo’
[Oct. 3, 2025] PLDT and its wireless unit Smart Communications, Inc. (Smart) are closely tracking Severe Tropical Storm “Paolo” (International name: Matmo) as it approaches Northern and Central Luzon, particularly Northern Aurora and Southern Isabela.
Our network operations teams continue to monitor and maintain critical facilities to ensure connectivity remains resilient. Resources and personnel are in place to support uninterrupted services and community needs throughout the storm.
PLDT Global delivers borderless support to OFWs through enhanced stc Pay integration
PLDT and stc Group are making it easier, safer, and more seamless for Filipinos in Bahrain to stay connected with their families, no matter the distance.
PLDT Group reports nearly 2M child abuse URLs identified since 2021
PLDT and Smart’s Cyber Security Operations Group blocked more than 650,000 attempts to access online child sexual abuse and exploitation materials (CSAEM) in the first eight months of the year. Since June 2021, the PLDT Group has identified nearly two million URLs containing exploitative child content.
PLDT, Smart Cebu earthquake advisory
PLDT, Smart strengthen post-quake support in Cebu with connectivity, relief aid
[Oct. 2, 2025] PLDT Inc., Smart Communications, Inc. (Smart), PLDT Home, and PLDT Enterprise are reinforcing support for communities affected by the magnitude 6.9 earthquake in Northern Cebu with vital connectivity and humanitarian aid.
Smart has activated 5G-powered WiFi at the Cebu Capitol’s Relief Operations Command Center to boost coordination among responders. The group also set up Libreng Tawag, Libreng Charging, and Libreng WiFi services at the following sites: