PLDT-Smart Foundation, PDEA distribute Happy Packs to children
PLDT-Smart Foundation, in cooperation with the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) Regional Office VII, recently distributed “Happy Packs” to children of persons under the Balay…
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PLDT Group, PLDT-Smart Foundation respond to call for help of Cebu’s frontliners
In support of Cebu’s fight against COVID-19, PLDT Inc., PLDT-Smart Foundation and Tulong Kapatid, in coordination with ZTE Corp. and Leads Agricultural Corp., donated Personal…
Smart webinar presents digital tools to help LGUs adapt to new normal
Local governments and communities in 32 provinces of Luzon participated in a webinar that showcased various digital solutions to help them respond to challenges brought…
DOT, Grassroots Travel, Smart join hands to mount Kulinarya sa North Cebu Webinar
Smarter tourism in the new normal In the Philippines, Culinary Tourism and Farm or Agritourism have been identified by the Department of Tourism (DOT) as…
Google Philippines launches site for COVID-19 terminologies in Filipino, Cebuano
True to its mission to organize the world’s information and make it universally accessible and useful, Google Philippines is marking Buwan ng Wika with the…
Basilan school shows the way in distance learning
Once a thriving trading center in Mindanao, Basilan has had a troubled history in the last half-century, marked by clashes between the military and Moro…
Bike-friendly parking at SM Supermalls
With more and more people turning to biking as a mode of transportation during the Modified Enhanced Community Quarantine (MECQ), SM Supermalls has created bike…
Technology enables disaster resilience in communities
The new normal posed by COVID-19 has fast-tracked the adoption by local government units and organizations of technology-based programs to keep people informed and help…
Smart-backed Dynamic Learning Program to benefit DepEd ALS Butuan’s ‘second-chance’ learners
Riding a motorcycle to different learning centers in hinterlands, sustaining the attention of distracted learners, and handling a multi-grade classroom are just some of the…
Shangri-La partners with local communities to produce reusable masks
Shangri-La’s Mactan Resort & Spa has donated enough linen to make up to 10,000 reusable face masks for Cebu The Shangri-La Group has partnered with…
Cebu City’s NOAH Complex receives tech support, connectivity from PLDT
Cebu City’s new COVID-19 treatment and isolation center has been equipped with high-speed WiFi for the use of patients and frontliners. The New Normal Oasis…
Businessman donates P4 million for COVID-19 response in cities of Cebu, Lapu-Lapu
The fight against the Covid-19 pandemic in the cities of Cebu and Lapu-Lapu received a much-needed boost from businessman Michael Gleissner. Gleissner donated P2 million…
Accenture, Intel, Sulubaaï Environmental Foundation use AI to save coral reefs
Accenture, Intel and the Philippines-based Sulubaaï Environmental Foundation have developed a new solution powered by artificial intelligence (AI) to monitor, characterize, and analyze coral reef…
Technology aids Cebu group feeding COVID-19 frontliners
In Cebu City, professional chefs have joined hands with private individuals and businesses to combat the COVID-19 crisis in their own way: Through nourishing frontliners…
Visayan Electric energizes essential facilities for COVID-19 response
Visayan Electric has boosted the power capacity and energized vital facilities in Cebu that are intended for COVID-19 response. Visayan Electric President and Chief Operating…
Keeping the faith in digital spaces during Covid-19 crisis
The Covid-19 pandemic may have changed how the Filipino faithful are observing their Holy Week traditions this year, but it has not dampened their faith….
Smart’s LTE service keeps people connected despite COVID-19 quarantine
Msgr. Julius Perpetuo S. Heruela is the parish priest of the St. Augustine of Hippo Parish in Bacong, Negros Oriental. Like a growing number of…
Smart extends communications support for AFP, PGH frontliners
As part of its continuous support for COVID-19 frontliners, PLDT wireless arm Smart Communications, Inc. (Smart) extended communications assistance to the Armed Forces of the…
#OneAgainstCOVID19: Donate to Red Cross, UNICEF, Caritas Manila, Oxfam Pilipinas through PayMaya
You can now donate to various charitable foundations and humanitarian agencies mobilizing relief and response efforts against COVID-19 through PayMaya’s digital payments platform. The one-stop…
DENR, Smart, Huawei join hands to save Philippine rainforests
Mobile phones can now help save endangered rainforests of the Philippines. In a landmark initiative, the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR), PLDT wireless…