When physical art fairs, exhibitions and workshops are indefinitely put on hold, how do artists in Mindanao adapt in the new normal? Technology becomes their ally.

Fifty-five-year-old Helen Dichoso has always felt the need for a reliable connectivity to keep up with online learning, counting on social media to confer with her fellow schoolteachers, and engage her students and their parents.

PLDT wireless unit Smart Communications, Inc. (Smart) has won all categories in the latest Philippines Mobile Network Experience Awards[1] by independent mobile analytics firm Opensignal.

As COVID-19 community lockdowns and mobility restrictions drag on, MSMEs have sustained their businesses in creative and innovative ways more than one year on.

Premium content and collaborations are two of the most important aspects for growth of streaming services and telco providers, enabling them to expand and provide the distinctive requirements of customers worldwide.

In every Korean drama, one can identify with many strong character leads. Whether it is their family background, their dreams and aspirations or how these characters end up falling in love, these stories resonate to audiences worldwide.

Reporting for work physically amid the current pandemic is a tough and heroic act Essential Workers do everyday. Their cast iron determination combined with a sunny disposition in performing their crucial tasks have made them extremely important in any organization. In the telecoms sector, two women – Teisha Marie Peroy and Mary Ann Galos – exemplify these remarkable people who have been going out to work to help their families and serve other people’s needs, despite the risks which they do their best to mitigate.

PLDT, the country’s largest integrated telco, supported the digital celebration of the world-class Dinagyang Festival in Iloilo. With the pandemic forcing the whole world to become more digital, the Dinagyang Festival took place online as Iloilo celebrated the Feast of Señor Sto. Niño, the festivities and the tradition from the comfort of their homes.

The COVID-19 pandemic may have put most sports leagues on hold, but PLDT and its wireless arm Smart Communications, Inc. (Smart) have not stopped in their goal to inspire nation-building through sports, particularly basketball—under the leadership of its top executives.

It was a race to restore telco services in one of the most storm-battered provinces of the Philippines, and in the face of a raging pandemic, it was just another day at work for two courageous engineers of PLDT-Smart.