Category: Community
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The Philippines’ largest integrated telecommunications network PLDT, Inc. and its wireless unit Smart Communications, Inc. have been tapped as the exclusive telco partner of the SCROL (Safety For Children and Their Rights Online) Project by Terre des Hommes Netherlands in Asia, and the Cebu-based Bidlisiw Foundation, Inc., to combat online child sexual exploitation.
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The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Cebu, through its social action arm Cebu Caritas Inc., turned over 150 houses to families in Boljoon who lost their homes during Typhoon Odette. The turnover was held last February 14. The Archdiocese turned over 100 Core Progressive Shelters in Sitio Kalumboyan, Barangay Granada, Boljoon, Cebu to selected beneficiaries. “During…
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As The New Star of the Holidays, NUSTAR Resort and Casino is introducing an island of new celebrations. Throughout the Christmas season, the region’s first premier integrated resort is creating the merriest of moments for guests through engaging holiday-themed events and enchanting experiences.
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PLDT Inc. and its wireless arm Smart Communications, Inc. (Smart) have launched a partnership under its digital health and wellness banner program Better Today PH with the Archdiocese of Cebu’s Commission on Youth and university-based Psychology Center, Kauban—facilitating community-based digital and mental health programs reaching Cebu’s various grassroots communities.
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State University students win the SAP x ASEAN Data Science Explorers PH National Finals A proposal to help promote sustainable food production through community gardens and vermiculture hubs impressed the panel of judges at this year’s ASEAN Data Science Explorers (ASEAN DSE) Philippines National Finals, in collaboration with SAP SE held last month.
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PLDT and its wireless unit Smart Communications, Inc. have turned over Ligtas Kits to three municipalities in Bantayan Island, Cebu. The coastal municipalities of Bantayan, Santa Fe, and Madridejos are among the first recipients of the group’s Ligtas Kits.
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Every child deserves a chance to grow. In Cebu City, Philippines, there are 2,888 children that are considered malnourished, according to the Operation Timbang Plus 2022 Report of the Cebu City Nutrition Council.
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Cebu Pacific resumes its Change for Good fundraising program for UNICEF in flight operations as travel restrictions ease up and more people take back to the skies. Passengers can now donate to help vulnerable children online at https://bit.ly/UNICEFChangeForGoodand while inflight through the Change for Good donation bags.
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PLDT’s wireless unit Smart Communications, Inc. extended additional support to communities in Central Visayas severely affected by super typhoon Odette. The city of Cebu, the municipality of Compostela in northern Cebu, and the municipalities of Loboc and President Carlos P. Garcia in Bohol have recently received generator sets from Smart to help provide electricity to…
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AboitizPower, through its coal business unit Therma Visayas, Inc. (TVI), will sponsor a series of Connected Women workshops on future-proofing the skills of women in disadvantaged communities. Staying true to its mission of creating sustainable communities and in celebration of Women’s Month, AboitizPower has partnered with Connected Women to train 60 women from Toledo City…
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Nine cooperatives in the Visayas region have started to benefit from the partnership of Smart and Aboitiz Foundation, aimed at enabling small businesses’ digital capacities.
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GMR MEGAWIDE Cebu Airport Corporation, in partnership with the Department of Health and the Lapu-Lapu City Government, has launched a COVID-19 Mobile Vaccination from March 9 to 11.
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PLDT Inc.’s wireless arm Smart Communications, Inc. (Smart) and the group’s social outreach arm PLDT-Smart Foundation (PSF) have extended additional assistance to provinces in Eastern Visayas heavily impacted by Super Typhoon Odette.
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Going the extra mile for customers has been 50-year-old Jonathan Dosdos’ long-time mantra ever since he started working in PLDT in 1995. He began as a cable splicer, which equipped him with profound knowledge of PLDT’s technology and equipment.
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PLDT, Inc. and its wireless unit Smart Communications, Inc. (Smart) have provided connectivity support to various free co-working and learning spaces in areas severely affected by Super Typhoon Odette in Bohol and Cebu. These initiatives aim to assist residents in work-from-home (WFH) setups but are still challenged by the unavailability of electricity and stable internet…
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Smart has extended support to the University of the Visayas via the provision of connectivity devices with 6 months’ worth of load allocation which will be distributed to students who have been severely impacted by Super Typhoon Odette. This initiative is part of Smart’s bigger program called “Smart Study Program” aiming to make distance learning…
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The Filipino spirit of giving remains in full force for the victims of Typhoon Odette as GCash, the Philippines’ leading mobile wallet, launched a donation drive to accelerate the fundraising for relief and recovery operations in areas devastated by the calamity. The company is also extending loan payment holidays to borrowers affected by the typhoon…
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Super Typhoon Odette may have disconnected communities in Visayas and Mindanao over Christmas and the New Year but PLDT and Smart engineers, displaying value for teamwork and community, have brought many of these communities online over the holidays.
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PLDT and wireless unit Smart Communications, Inc. (Smart) push through with repairs in the new year to reconnect more areas in the Visayas and Mindanao that were devastated by super typhoon Odette. On January 1, the group fully restored services in the provinces of Antique, Iloilo, Eastern Samar, Northern Samar and Western Samar in the…
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PLDT and wireless unit Smart Communications, Inc. ramped up repairs in Bohol and Cebu to restore affected services in the worst-hit areas by Typhoon Odette.