Smart LTE up in more mountain sites in Cebu
More mountain barangays are now enjoying fast, reliable, and affordable mobile internet connection with the activation of Smart Communications Inc. LTE cell sites. The latest…
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Adult learning gets boost with Learning Center, Smart School-in-a-Bag
When the Department of Education (DepEd) conceptualized the Alternative Learning System (ALS) over 15 years ago, its primary goal was simple: to assist out-of-school youth…
VECO wins award for employee breastfeeding support program
The Visayan Electric Company, Inc. (VECO) was awarded in the recently concluded #InahanKugihan Breastfeeding Awards for having the Most Beautiful Lactation Room in a Private…
Smart literacy apps named sole Filipino finalist in GSMA’s Asia Mobile Awards 2019
The roster of mother tongue-based literacy apps developed by leading wireless services provider Smart Communications (Smart) has been shortlisted in this year’s Asia Mobile Awards…
Negros Oriental, Leyte residents boost disaster preparedness
Parishioners and students from Negros Oriental and Leyte recently participated in disaster preparedness trainings conducted in partnership with Smart Communications. Close to 100 members of…
GT Northeast Academy – soon to be B.E.S.T. School in Cebu
For the past 5 years, GT Northeast Academy (GTNA) in Tayud, Liloan has established a reputation for academic excellence. It has a reputation for training…
Multi-awarded school holds summer camps to spread strengths-based culture
A Cebu school that cultivates a strengths-based culture will hold two summer workshops between May and July to spread educational innovations geared towards the development…
Smart gets special award for free Wi-Fi in Cebu City library
PLDT wireless subsidiary Smart Communications, Inc. (Smart) has been cited by the Cebu City local government as an “outstanding institution” for providing free Smart WiFi…
Regal Oliva elected new IBP Cebu City President
Lawyer Regal Oliva was elected today as the new Integrated Bar of the Philippines (IBP) Cebu City Chapter President. Oliva, who previously served as vice…
Columbia, Primer Group of Companies bring potable water to Sibugay school
Each day at school, Sibugay Integrated School Grade 6 student Riza Mae Ardiente spends P2 of her P20 allowance to buy water from a decrepit…
Stronger signal improves life in mountain barangays of Cebu City
From being able to quickly call for emergency vehicles to bring patients to bigger hospitals to being able to receive orders for flowers, residents of…
Santo Niño art exhibit opens in Bamboo Bay
Contempo Property Holdings Inc and Bamboo Bay Community gathered 24 Cebuano artists to mount an art exhibit called “Halad Kaniño” at the condo development on Hernan…
Disaster preparedness, response in communities boosted via tech, partnerships
Communication services, technological innovations and partnerships with various organizations—these factors have helped communities all over the Philippines bolster disaster preparedness and response efforts. As the…
Accenture expands coding tutorial to 15 languages for Hour of Code 2018
For the fourth consecutive year, Accenture is teaming up with Code.org to support Hour of Code, a global educational movement that reaches over 100 million…
USC Museum head meets Hiroshima University counterparts
Dr. J. Eleazar R. Bersales, head curator of USC Museum (USCM), met with the director and assistant curators of Hiroshima University Museum (HUM) on Saturday,…
Basadours brings colorful tales, artful activities to Naga children
Basadours Inc. rolled out a series of storytelling sessions last October to the children of the City of Naga who were displaced from their homes…
Cebu City student council heads undergo workshop to improve leadership skills
Presidents and representatives of Cebu City’s Supreme Student Councils (SSC) underwent workshops and dialogues over timely social issues during the annual SSC Training and Election…
Nanay group, Basadours host “Mother and Child Day” in Calawisan
It was a day of stories and art for 120 day care students in Barangay Calawisan in Lapu-Lapu City last August 11. Cebu Nanays for…
Vivant Foundation lights up Hilotongan School with off-grid solar power installation
WHEN students of Hilotongan Integrated School (HIS) were ushered into the computer lab after a turnover ceremony on Friday morning, Grade 9-Prudence pupil Barbi Villadolid…
5 Cebu teams make it to national finals of Accenture Program The Future 2018
Technology solutions to monitor Cebu City’s free medicines program, facilitate and track donations for calamity-hit communities, teach speech to kids with cleft palate, support cancer…