Author: Team Orange

Five years since being one of the first Filipino companies to begin sustainability reporting on a voluntary basis, PLDT Inc. (PLDT), the country’s largest fully integrated telecommunications company, continues to show consistent progress in its environmental, social, and governance (ESG) undertakings, as presented during a forum organized by the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and the Global Reporting Initiative (GRI). The second session of the SEC-GRI forum was titled “Corporate Leadership and Governance” with the line-up of resource persons that included PLDT’s Melissa Vergel de Dios, Head of the Sustainability Office and Investor Relations; SEC Commissioner, Atty. Kelvin Lester Lee;…

Supergroup PANTHEPACK, featuring Jackson Wang, Karencici, ICE and J.Sheon, releases their debut project, The Pack, today on all streaming platforms and launches pre-orders for physical copies. The 10-track album includes PANTHEPACK’s previously released hit singles, “DNA,” “Transmit,” and “BUZZ,” which music video has amassed over 6.5M views. From the high-energy, party anthem “Pull Up,” to the lyrically driven “Shanghai Dream,” the sonically diverse project introduces PANTHEPACK’s unique voice and perspective to the world.

The Script launched their current single ‘I Want It All’ with a session for Zoe Ball on Radio 2, as widespread playlist support resulted in it quickly exceeding 2 million streams. The song features on their career-spanning greatest hits album ‘Tales From The Script’ which will be released on October 1st, and comes ahead of a huge UK and European Greatest Hits tour which runs from February to June 2022. Now, The Script continue to celebrate a journey that has included five UK #1 albums, six billion streams, and over two million ticket sales as they share the official video…

PLDT Enterprise extended the free connectivity service it provided to the municipality of Linamon, Lanao del Norte in aid of its COVID-19 vaccine rollout. The B2B arm of the country’s largest fully integrated telecommunications provider, PLDT, has installed fixed and broadband lines that would enable communication and data management for the Municipal Civic Auditorium vaccination site in Linamon for free. “This free internet access you have provided to us helps a lot in our government operation especially in this time of pandemic. Our frontliners and officers can transmit real-time data to oversight government agencies on COVID-19 monitoring and assist our…

One of the most valuable mantras we can apply in today’s world is to focus on what we can control. Part of this is to actively place ourselves only in situations and spaces where we feel thoroughly safe and secure. As demand rises for accommodating isolation spaces, a new option that merits consideration in the heart of the country’s financial capital is Somerset Central Salcedo Makati. Spacious and well-appointed rooms that provide modern comforts plus a carefully curated health and safety program make for the warmest and most welcoming home away from home. “Somerset Central Salcedo Makati offers a brand…

Stay safe at home and stock up on your essentials by ordering your groceries and having them delivered in as fast as twenty minutes to your doorstep with pandamart. Choose from the wide array of items to fill your pantry, beauty, and home aid needs and order them with just a few taps on the app. Get your fresh items and other ingredients without any hassle so you can plan your daily meals ahead or when you suddenly run out. You can also order your stash of snacks for the weekend or make sure that you don’t run out of…

Generation Hope, Inc. (HOPE), the pioneering social enterprise and makers of the bottled water brand Hope in a Bottle, and the first Certified B Corp in the Philippines, was recently honored as a Best for the World™ B Corp. This recognition is administered by B Lab, the global nonprofit organization that certifies and mobilizes Certified B Corps, and awarded to organizations in the top 5% of B Corps in its size group worldwide for their sustainable business practices. Certified B Corps are businesses that meet the highest standards of verified social and environmental performance, public transparency, and legal accountability to…

Wizards of the Coast will be releasing Innistrad: Midnight Hunt, the newest set for the world’s oldest and best trading card game, Magic: The Gathering (MTG). Revelling in Gothic horror and the introduction of powerful new Werewolves, Midnight Hunt releases on tabletop on 24 September 2021. The card theme returns to the world of Innistrad, MTG’s fan-favorite Gothic horror setting, which first made its debut in 2011. The immersive artwork on the cards illustrates the conflict between humans and supernatural threats, in a world where werewolves, vampires, ghosts, and zombies rule the night, while humans do their best to survive.…

Six months after international non-profit organization World Vision joined hands with Pascual Laboratories, Inc. (PascualLalb), the organization has been able to help 77 more children to enable themselves to choose their future via the program Chosen™ Chosen™ the campaign which was launched last year in various World Vision offices, has been changing lives around the world by empowering children to contribute to the course of their future by giving them the power to choose their sponsors. PascualLab, one of the top-of-mind pharma companies for health and wellness products and manufacturing services, known for its unwavering passion for health and life,…

The PLDT and Meralco Group are strengthening its collaboration to further uplift the country’s digital and power infrastructure, as the Philippines gets into the radar of global hyperscalers as the next prospective destination in Southeast Asia and the Asia Pacific region. Jovy I. Hernandez, ePLDT President & CEO and SVP & Head of PLDT and Smart Enterprise and International Business Groups, said that hyper-collaboration among industry enablers such as PLDT and Meralco is vital, to ensure that the elevated standards sought by these hyperscalers are met and complied with, and this has been evident between the PLDT and Meralco Group…

The ocean covers about 70 percent of the Earth’s surface, serving as a home to diverse and breathtaking underwater gardens and marine wildlife. Truly, there is much to be discovered in the vast underwater world, and 17-year old photographer Ganden Medved-Po will give us a glimpse of its beauty as he unveils his “Life Below Water” ocean photography book. A joint project with the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) – Philippines, “Life Below Water” is a compilation of photos featuring scenic seascapes and surreal marine life. The photos in the book were taken between 2020 and 2021 by Ganden…