As Philippine agriculture embraces innovation, PLDT and its wireless unit Smart Communications bring technology closer to Filipino farmers through the Digital Farmers Program.

Finding opportunities in the midst of adversity through malasakit - this was among the major lessons highlighted in a recent gathering of PLDT and Smart leaders and employees at the Smart headquarters in Makati.

PLDT and Smart continue to foster inclusion and provide opportunities to persons with disabilities across the country by expanding the reach of their digital trainings, as part of their IDEATe program or Inclusion, Diversity, Equity, Advocacy through Technology.

PLDT and Smart, in partnership with the Department of Agriculture-Agricultural Training Institute and the Mennonite Economic Development Associates, are set to equip cacao farmers with digital technology while promoting sustainable farming practices for the cacao industry in Mindanao.

Committed to improving the lives of Filipinos all over the world, PLDT Global and the Department of Migrant Workers awarded a livelihood package to a beneficiary of an OFW who had passed away.

As an SMBiz Channel Partner of PLDT Enterprise, the B2B arm of PLDT, Benjie Bordonada Jr. embraced the transformative opportunity when PLDT acquired the Southern Iloilo Telephone Companies owned by his wife’s family.

In 1992, Rolando Cusi discovered a rare job opportunity in PLDT and the rest, as they say, is history.

A lot can happen in 25 years. This is especially true for Christina Chan, who currently works as Category Head under PLDT’s Access Network Procurement. To Christina, the country’s largest integrated telco PLDT is like a second home.

More learning communities in Mindanao have received Learn Smart Kits from PLDT and Smart. Partnering with local government units, schools and like-minded organizations, the telcos have helped provide Filipino learners, especially in hard-to-reach areas, with high-quality and accessible education, through technology. 

“Soccer helped me cope, because after I became an amputee, I lost my confidence. That was the time when I really doubted myself. Soccer helped me build my confidence,” she said. Now, the athlete from Cebu is a member of the World Amputee Football Federation.