Digital services provider PLDT and wireless subsidiary Smart Communications, Inc. spearheaded the sale of over Php 800,000 worth of rice to directly benefit local farmers from the holiday run of its “Buy Local, Buy Smart” program.

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).

As part of the MVP Group’s Tuloy Pa Rin Ang Pasko (TPRAP) movement, PLDT, Smart and the PLDT-Smart Foundation (PSF) reached out to over 5,000 families and communities nationwide.

The country’s largest integrated telco, PLDT Inc., and its wireless unit, Smart Communications, Inc., stepped up to the plate. By providing reliable and relevant digital services, they kept Filipinos safe, connected, protected and productive, whether they were at home, at work, or at the frontlines. 

As the country’s largest integrated telecommunications company, with energy as a necessary resource to deliver their services, PLDT Inc. along with its wireless unit Smart Communications, Inc. actively ensures that it uses energy responsibly.

Presented by PLDT-Smart Foundation Inc. and Metro Pacific Investments Inc., the star-studded online musical concert billed “Himig Ng Pasko at Pag-asa“ is a New Year’s benefit concert for typhoon survivors to be held on December 31, Thursday. The show will benefit teachers and students from areas identified by DepEd.

Recognizing its role in effecting positive change for communities in need, the country’s largest, integrated telecommunications company PLDT Inc., together with its wireless subsidiary Smart Communications, Inc., is empowering its customers nationwide to support meaningful programs this season.

PLDT Chairman President & CEO Manuel V Pangilinan made a gift donation of US$1 million to The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia. A Wharton graduate himself, his donation establishes the Manny V Pangilinan MBA Fellowship Fund and support the Tangen Hall Mechatronics Laboratory.