In a country where basketball is revered, known to be the world’s home of makeshift courts, three Filipino gentlemen who either played hoops or cheered from the courtside, find themselves in the same corporate boardroom many years on strategizing their biggest coup yet: bringing over the world’s biggest basketball event, the FIBA Basketball World Cup 2023, to the Philippines.

PLDT and its wireless arm Smart Communications Inc. recently brought their CX Congress on the Road to Davao City, highlighting their commitment to deliver and elevate customer experience through fast and reliable services nationwide. 

It was not the first time that the Philippines’ most valuable gymnast Carlos Yulo met the godfather of Philippine sports and PLDT Chairman Manuel V. Pangilinan, but this meeting of two greats was more special than others.

Embracing all employees and their identities, PLDT and Smart Communications, Inc. (Smart) shine the spotlight on ‘Every Color, Every You’ as this year’s group-wide campaign for the LGBTQIA+ Pride Month in June.

In celebration of the National Mental Health Awareness Month, PLDT and Smart, through the Better Today program, featured advocates in a conversation episode, including Mark Averilla or “Macoy Dubs”, Riyan Portuguez or “Your Millennial Psychologist”, Ali Sangalang of Linya-Linya, and General Santos Sangguniang Kabataan Federation President John Demdam.

Donning a gray suit jacket and a casual shirt, businessman, sports patron, and chairman of PLDT Inc. and the MVP Sports Foundation (MVPSF) Manuel V. Pangilinan came into the small studio at Cignal TV to have an almost no-holds-barred conversation on “Thought Leaders” about his views on how sports, particularly basketball, can play a huge part in nation-building.

In a bid to deliver better customer experience, PLDT aims to breach the Petabit-level (1,000 Terabits) in international capacity, as it invests in more strategic international subsea cables in the next five years.

The Philippines’ leading integrated telco network PLDT Inc. (PLDT) urges its customers and their communities to continue being vigilant against individuals falsely presenting themselves as PLDT personnel.  This is in connection with rising incidents of unauthorized modem collection across more areas, including Pangasinan and other areas in Central Luzon.  

Anecita began weaving at a young age, a skill that has been passed down by families in Negros Occidental for generations. She started off as a weaver of banig (straw mats) and was eventually taught by the Department of Trade and Industry how to weave bags.

PLDT Inc. (PLDT) and its wireless unit Smart Communications, Inc. (Smart) believe that sports contribute to nation-building, and the values built by playing sports, such as sportsmanship, discipline, competitiveness, among others, can help Filipinos become better citizens.