Author: Press Release
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AyalaMalls Central Bloc makes shopping safer and more convenient during this Enhanced Community Quarantine period with DriveBuy. Even with the mall’s temporary closing in compliance with the government’s directive on Enhanced Community Quarantine, AyalaMalls Central Bloc continues to provide a better customer experience.
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Opensignal: 4G Video Experience in PH “resilient” during the pandemic lockdown Quarantined in a barangay isolation center in Brgy Luz, a COVID-19 hotspot in Cebu City, educator Roy Genares turned to the Internet to lift the morale of his fellow COVID-positive patients. A principal in a mountain school in Cebu City, Genares hosted nightly movie…
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Enjoying pizza, pasta and other treats is now more convenient as Pizza Hut reopens more branches around the country and introduces new ways to take out your favorite dishes. Whatever Pizza Hut specialty you’re craving for, you can have it to-go from your nearest Pizza Hut Branch. With quarantine measures being loosened, Pizza Hut has…
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Smart cited for Best Video Experience and Best Games Experience, among other awards Smart Communications, Inc. offers the best mobile experience in Cebu and swept seven mobile experience award categories in the April 2020 Mobile Network Experience Report for the Philippines by independent mobile analytics firm Opensignal. For its independent analysis, Opensignal collected 659 million…
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The Cebu Chamber of Commerce and Industry (CCCI) is appealing to the Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) to provide more leeway to businesses and taxpayers in the cities of Cebu and Mandaue. The appeal comes in light of BIR regulations extending the deadlines for tax filings and payments during the extended Enhanced Community Quarantine (ECQ)…
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The Department of Transportation (DOTr) and the Land Transportation Franchising Regulatory Board (LTFRB) have tapped digital financial services leader PayMaya to provide additional livelihood opportunities to drivers as well as access to cashless payment options to drivers and operators of Public Utility Vehicles (PUVs) as quarantine restrictions begin to ease in some parts of the…
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Technology not only helps in the preservation of heritage, it can also do wonders in reinventing how we experience it. The Cebu Archdiocesan Commission for the Cultural Heritage of the Church (CACCHC) in partnership with start-up tech company InnoPub Media, and Smart Communications Inc. (Smart), have started working on a mobile application that would facilitate…
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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 resiliency. The solution is Project: CORaiL, an initiative the three organizations created in 2019. It has been deployed in a reef in the Philippines since last year.
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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 with good, clean and fairly priced food. However, with the Enhanced Community Quarantine in place, they have been unable to meet physically. But this has not stopped the Cebuano group…
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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 Officer Raul Lucero said the utility company is always ready to respond to the needs of the community that it serves.
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With Internet usage rising due to the COVID-19 pandemic, PLDT wireless subsidiary Smart Communications, Inc. is further upgrading its mobile data service by boosting the capacity of its 4G/LTE network throughout the country. This month, Smart is reallocating its assigned 1800 MHz frequencies from 2G to 4G/LTE. This shift will impact on a large share…
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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. With the Enhanced Community Quarantine (ECQ) implemented nationwide, regular church activities such as public celebration of masses have been temporarily suspended. Thus, churches have turned to digital means to sustain…
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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 his fellow pastors in this largely Catholic country, he is holding “virtual masses” this Holy Week amid the COVID-19 pandemic which has made public gatherings in churches a serious health…
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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 Philippines (AFP) and the Philippine General Hospital (PGH). To provide for their connectivity needs during the enhanced community quarantine, Smart is donating free Smart and TNT SIMs and load cards…
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Landers Superstore Cebu is implementing strict social distancing measures and has adjusted its store hours to 9 a.m to 6 p.m daily in compliance with orders released by the Cebu City Government as part of efforts to fight the spread of COVID-10. Grocery carts are disinfected after use of each shopper, while checkout counters are…
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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 digital donation facility available online or through its app is part of #OneAgainstCOVID19 drive that PayMaya launched with various partners to help raise funds for frontliners and the most vulnerable…
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As many educational institutions are facing or planning for temporary campus closures due to COVID-19, Google is providing distance learning tools, training, and resources to help them stay connected through G Suite for Education. G Suite for Education is a set of free productivity tools built for teaching and learning, which includes Hangouts (for video…
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The Cebu People’s Multi-Purpose Cooperative (CPMPC) launched 55 modern jeepneys or PeoplesJeep units last March 16 at the Blessed Sacrament Subdivision on Kagudoy Road in Barangay Basak Lapu-Lapu City. The PeoplesJeep units are air-conditioned and equipped with GPS, speed limiter, front and rear cameras, CCTV for security, and TV for passenger entertainment. The units will…
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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 unit, Smart Communications, and Huawei Technologies Philippines (Huawei), are collaborating to pilot test an Internet of Things (IoT) solution that taps mobile technology to detect and record rainforest sounds that…
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This year, love is in the water. Lovebirds in search of a novel romantic dinner date can look forward to Cebu’s first underwater dining experience, Depths of Love by Cebu Ocean Park. Bask in the wonder and watch the graceful eagle rays swim by as you enjoy gastronomic delights inspired by local coastal flavors.