The PR & Events Circuit

  Enjoy perks, rewards ,  and discounts when you load your Fiber Prepaid via GCash GLoad   PLDT Home has partnered with GCash to make Fiber Prepaid reloads more accessible and rewarding for Filipino households. Through GCash GLoad, customers can conveniently reload their Fiber Prepaid subscriptions while enjoying exclusive rewards, discounts, and promotional offers, helping support their everyday needs for work, learning, entertainment, and livelihood.    “As digital lifestyles continue to evolve,  PLDT Home makes fiber services   simpler , accessible ,  and adaptable to the changing needs of Filipino families .  Together with GCash, we aim to empower more Filipinos by making it easier to enjoy reliable internet with greater flexibility and convenience, while enabling more inclusive digital experiences for all ,” said  John Y. Palanca, PLDT Senior Vice President and Head of Consumer Business.   PLDT Home introduced Fiber Prepaid to ...

ILOILO CITY – The continuing thin power supply in the Visayas has affected electricity rates across distribution utilities in the region, prompting the National Grid Corporation of the Philippines (NGCP) to place the grid under several yellow alerts since May. In Iloilo City, MORE Electric and Power Corporation said it is hoping that power supply in the Visayas Grid will return to normal as soon as possible so that electricity rates may also go down. A yellow alert means available supply is not enough to meet demand, which may lead distribution utilities to implement manual load dropping or rotational power interruptions. Based on the latest data, MORE Power recorded around 428,308.60 kWh in power losses from May 13 to June, affecting 177,727 consumers. NGCP said the tight supply situation in the Visayas was caused by the outage of three major coal-fired power plants: Units 1 and 2 of Aboitiz Power Therma Visayas Inc., which have a capacity of 169 MW each, and Panay Energy Development ...

SM Supermalls is bringing more giant-sized fun, immersive experiences, and memorable moments to communities across the Visayas and Palawan with the expansion of the SM Giant Squad to SM City Iloilo, SM City Roxas, SM City Bacolod, and SM City Puerto Princesa. As part of SM Supermalls' commitment to creating meaningful and engaging experiences for Filipino families, the country's most loved mall continues to grow its roster of larger-than-life characters designed to inspire fun, discovery, and community connection. Through the Giant Squad, mallgoers can enjoy more shareable moments and "Gala to the Max" experiences that make every visit more exciting and memorable. Leading the newest wave of Giant Squad characters is Lilo, the Lovable Bear of SM City Iloilo. Innovative, warm, and always bringing people together, Lilo inspires exciting adventures and unforgettable moments for mallgoers. At SM City Roxas, Roxy, the Bubbly Octopus, brings playful energy and endless surpri...

Today's connected households rely on the internet to keep life moving -- whether it's a virtual meeting, an online class, a movie marathon, or a competitive gaming session. As digital activities become deeply woven into everyday routines, reliability has become more important than internet speeds.   Addressing this need, PLDT Home has introduced  Fiber Always On , a breakthrough broadband innovation designed to keep households connected even during unexpected fiber outages. PLDT Home is the first and only internet service provider in the Philippines to offer a hybrid modem that seamlessly combines fiber and LTE connectivity in a single device. The innovative solution automatically switches to its built-in LTE backup whenever fiber service becomes unavailable, helping minimize disruptions without requiring customers to manually activate a mobile hotspot, maintain a secondary connection, or subscribe to a separate backup service.   Unlike conventional broadband setups that ...

CBS China Bank Savings sustained its growth momentum in the first quarter of 2026, posting a net income of P631.2 million, up 11.5% year-on-year (YoY), driven by continued strength across its core businesses. Net interest income increased by 20.4% YoY to P2.8 billion, supported by sustained growth in the Bank’s lending business. Total assets stood at P217.3 billion, backed by a growing customer base of more than one million. Net loans expanded by 11.5% YoY to P155.5 billion, driven mainly by the continued growth of the Bank’s salary loan and business loan segments. Deposits likewise increased by 12.0% to P191.4 billion, reinforcing the Bank’s liquidity position and funding stability. CBS President James Christian T. Dee is confident in the bank’s ability to sustain the momentum. “CBS prides itself in maintaining strong relationships with its customers, and they have rewarded the Bank with loyalty. There is no substitute for trust and dependability, and the Bank provides that in spades ...