Newsletter: How Naga’s ‘Golden Mama’ found hope after storm, with PLDT and Smart

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For Salve San Juan, her entrepreneurial journey has always revolved around food. “I was gifted with a really good sense of taste, so even if I don’t have any professional cooking background or experience, somehow, the meals I cook turn out really good,” she jested.

Newsletter: PLDT, Smart Kids Learning Caravan empower Visayas vs OSAEC

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April Anne Correa, Project Coordinator of Save the Children Philippines, expounds on Republic Act No. 11930, or the Anti-Online Sexual Abuse or Exploitation of Children and Anti-Children Sexual Abuse or Exploitation Materials Act, during the second run of PLDT and Smart’s “Better Today For Kids: Bata, Bata, Kami ang Iyong Kasangga” learning caravan at the Municipality of Daanbantayan in northern Cebu.

PLDT Inc. and its wireless unit Smart Communications, Inc. (Smart) bolster their child online protection initiatives in Visayas by conducting the “Better Today for Kids: Bata, Bata Kami ang Iyong Kasangga” learning caravan, in the municipalities of Daanbantayan in Cebu and Miagao in Iloilo.

Newsletter: PLDT, La Union barangay team up for disaster preparedness

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PLDT engineers assigned at the company's La Union Cable Landing Station shared practical disaster preparedness tips with residents of Brgy Baccuit Sur in Bauang, La Union, to help the community safeguard their homes and families during emergencies.

Leading integrated telco network PLDT Inc (PLDT) and its wireless arm Smart Communications, Inc. (Smart) are expanding their disaster preparedness expertise to the barangay level as part of the company's push to help boost the country's culture of resilience.

Newsletter: PLDT, Smart, FHMoms upskill moms in need with digital skills

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PLDT and its wireless unit Smart, in partnership with social enterprise Filipina Homebased Moms (FHMoms), have concluded the fourth batch of their digital upskilling program for mothers in need, under the Group’s pioneering Inclusion, Diversity, Equity, Advocacy through Technology (IDEATe) initiative. The program aims to equip these women with the necessary digital skills to secure remote tech jobs and improve their livelihoods.

Newsletter: PLDT and Smart power 31st National Public Relations Congress

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PLDT and Smart, led by Maxine P. Loyola, PLDT Home AVP and Head of Public Relations and Influencer Management (3rd from left) reaffirmed their commitment to the PRSP through the group’s support to the 31st National PR Congress. Also shown in the photo is Ma. Luisa P. Sebastian, PRSP Internal Auditor (center)

PLDT Inc. and its wireless subsidiary, Smart Communications, Inc. (Smart) reaffirm their commitment to the Public Relations Society of the Philippines (PRSP) through their support to the recently concluded 31st National Public Relations Congress.

Newsletter: Puerto Princesa businesses boost MSMEs, tourism resilience efforts with help of PLDT and Smart

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Tourism in Palawan is on the path to recovery following the COVID-19 pandemic and onslaught of Typhoon "Odette" in 2021. In 2023, tourist arrivals in Puerto Princesa City climbed to 556,608—a significant increase from 2021's 32,170, and nearly half of 2019's 1.18 million. 

Newsletter: PLDT, Smart adopt hybrid learning for first aiders, boosting workplace safety

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In celebration of World First Aid Day in September, PLDT Inc. (PLDT) and its wireless unit Smart Communications, Inc. (Smart) boost workplace safety with the adoption of blended learning for first responders among its workforce. The PLDT Group has tapped the Philippine Red Cross (PRC) to provide Standard First Aid and Basic Life Support Training to the company’s emergency team through its online ‘elearnified’ platform.

Newsletter: Filipinos relish hard work behind Paris Olympic glory

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PLDT Inc. and Smart Communications, Inc. (Smart), in collaboration with Shangri-La Plaza, exclusively screened ‘Puso in Paris 2024’ at the newly renovated Red Carpet Cinema 1 in Mandaluyong for free. Produced by Smart Sports, the four-part documentary series looks into the training and other preparations of Filipino Olympians for the recently concluded Olympic Games Paris 2024.

Newsletter: PLDT, Smart upskill seniors in Carcar City, promoting digital inclusion, mental wellness

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Over 200 senior citizens from Carcar City in Cebu participated in the recent mental health awareness and digital literacy training session for the elderly conducted by PLDT Inc. and Smart Communications, Inc. (Smart), in partnership with Carcar City’s Office of the Senior Citizens Affairs (OSCA) and French non-governmental organization Passerelles Numériques Philippines (PNPh).

Newsletter: Honoring Super Dads | PLDT, Smart hold special talk with DadBudPH, fathers in the workplace

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DadBudPH founder Joey Ong recalls his experience as a dad during the pandemic at the “Connecting, Understanding and Guiding Everyday Parenting” workshop organized by PLDT and Smart’s People Group.

As part of its commitment to empower employees and make the workplace a happy space, PLDT Inc. (PLDT) and Smart Communications, Inc. (Smart) held a hybrid parenting workshop, particularly for dads in the company.

Newsletter: PLDT, Smart lead rehabilitative child protection initiative with FFH, first in Philippines

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PLDT and Smart, in partnership with Football for Humanity (FFH), hold a training-of-trainers Better Today Psychological First Aid training with the FFH coaches, who will serve as the first-line of psychological support for the children and youth survivors of Online Sexual Abuse and Exploitation of Children (OSAEC).  

Together with Football for Humanity (FFH), PLDT and Smart strengthen their child online protection initiatives and the multi-sectoral fight against Online Sexual Abuse and Exploitation of Children or OSAEC, by providing Psychological First Aid (PFA) training to football coaches. As a pioneering event in the Philippines, the PFA training for coaches is aimed at mobilizing these volunteers to be the first-aid responders of psychological care for the children and youth survivors of OSAEC.

Newsletter: PLDT, Smart enhance livelihood opportunities for MSMEs in Pangasinan, Baguio, Bicol

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Event attendees and representatives from PLDT, Smart, channel partners BLDV Telecom Mktg. and OS Tech Communications, Soprano, and TikTok pose for a group photo.

Over a hundred owners and managers of micro, small- and medium-sized enterprises (MSMEs) gained new learnings from a training series organized by PLDT Enterprise, aimed at helping MSMEs enhance their financial and market access, develop their skills, and adapt to tech innovations. The latest runs of the PLDT Enterprise series were held in Manaoag City, Pangasinan; Baguio City; and Legazpi and Naga in the Bicol Region.

Newsletter: PLDT, Smart enable Meranaw entrepreneurs to thrive, persevere through siege, pandemic

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Entrepreneur Aslia Ilian Dimaocom from Lanao del Sur regularly participates in PLDT and Smart’s eBizNovation program, helping their cooperative continue to thrive.

Meranaw entrepreneur Aslia Ilian Dimaocom leads the Pindoguan Farm Producers Cooperative (PFPC) in Lanao del Sur. The small cooperative produces rice and Maranao delicacies like konsiri, pabrot, and tamongkos, to benefit farmers, out-of-school youth, widows, and orphans. 

Newsletter: PLDT, Smart link up with Lanao del Sur LGU, boosting Maranao online entrepreneurship

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Over 100 Maranao entrepreneurs recently learned how to create engaging content and promote their businesses and products via e-commerce during a training organized by PLDT and its wireless unit, Smart Communications, Inc. (Smart), in partnership with the provincial government of Lanao del Sur.

Newsletter: PLDT, Smart empower youth at Nueva Ecija University of Science and Technology through mental health awareness initiative

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Nueva Ecija University of Science and Technology students work together in an activity during the session.  

As part of their broad program to promote digital wellness particularly among the youth, PLDT and Smart recently supported the mental health initiative of the Nueva Ecija University of Science and Technology (NEUST). Attended by over 400 youth participants, the uplifting conversations were part of NEUST’s student government-led effort entitled, “I Matter: Building One’s Mental Health Across Different Bridges”.

Newsletter: PLDT, Smart block more than 13 million SMShing messages to combat ‘hijack profile’ incidents

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Elijah Mendoza, Digital Communications Senior Manager at Smart, shares tips on how to avoid falling for phishing messages.

PLDT’s wireless unit, Smart Communications, Inc. (Smart), has blocked more than 13 million SMShing messages in the first quarter of the year. It has also blacklisted almost 200,000 mobile numbers involved in phishing activities as the Philippine National Police (PNP) raised the alarm on ‘hijack profile’ cases.

Newsletter: PLDT, Smart, ATRIEV hold digital training for persons with disabilities in Cebu

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PLDT Inc. and its wireless unit Smart Communications, Inc. (Smart) conducted an eight-day Digital Business Basics Training (DBBT) for persons with disabilities in Mandaue City, Cebu. The training was done in collaboration with non-profit organization ATRIEV, Voice Philippines, and the Mandaue City Persons with Disability Affairs Office (PDAO).

Newsletter: How local chocolate producer Kakaw Galleon made business sweeter with PLDT and Smart

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Chocolatier Isagani de Ocampo shares how eBizNovation has helped him expand his brand online.

The famous line from the 1994 hit movie Forrest Gump, “Life is like a box of chocolates. You never know what you're gonna get” has been true so far for Isagani de Ocampo, owner and chocolatier of Kakaw Galleon.

Newsletter: Customers enjoy bigger, more exciting rewards with PLDT, Smart, and Maya at SM Store

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Shoppers can enjoy bigger and more exciting rewards during all of SM Store’s 3-Day Sale schedules in 2024 nationwide from the country’s largest integrated network provider PLDT Inc. (PLDT), the fastest mobile network Smart Communications, Inc. (Smart), and the all-in-one money app Maya.

Newsletter: PLDT, Smart reinforce mental health well-being of Passerelles Numériques PH’s scholars and faculty

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PLDT Inc. and its wireless unit Smart Communications, Inc. (Smart) organized a psychological first aid (PFA) training for over 50 scholars and faculty of Passerelles Numériques Philippines (PNPh). The training session was facilitated by millennial psychologist Riyan Portuguez in-person at Smart’s Regional Office in Cebu.