PLDT is like a Knight in Shining Armor Saving Damsel in Distress Liza Soberano

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"LAG? I DON'T KNOW HER."

Two days after actress Liza Soberano aired her complaints on social media about her internet provider Converge, rival telecommunications company PLDT went to her house and installed a 300 Mbps internet connection.

"Okay so PLDT came to my house yesterday and hooked me up with the best internet I have ever experienced in my whole 5 years of living in this house. 300 MBPS. What a lifesaver. Lag? I don’t know her."- Liza Soberano

"Black Ops amputa!

Liza - Kulang sa pansin Girlfriend
Converge - Long Distance Boyfriend
PLDT - Abangers na Bestfriend.

Comfort comfort kuno!"


For a big telecom company like PLDT to be the one to offer their service to Liza with out her applying means that she is a super influencer. When she complained about Converge, PLDT grabbed a good promo opportunity.

This telco is simping to celebrities when they complain about their internet speed. Meanwhile regular and "loyal" customers complaining day in, day out, are still not getting what they paid for.

Sana all! Grabe ka PLDT. ang lupet mo! sa susunod papapuntahin ko si Liza Soberano dito sa bahay para ma witness niya kung gaano kabagal ang internet connection ninyo dito sa amin. Lag? Lag-lag kami lagi sa connection!

Sana all si Liza para ganyan ang  pag-aasikaso nila ....kasi kapag hindi kilalang tao ay aabutin ng kalahating taon bago ninyo kabitan. Yes, I'm exaggerating but it seems that long...because you are too slow.

Suwerte naman. Samantalang yung mismong dalawang dekadang subscriber na is getting measly speeds and has nevervreached the maximum speed as advertised, would have to wait for 3-4 hours on the phone for a ho-hum customer service and still not get the issue fixed. We have to wait for several days more, do regular follow-ups and even curse the Customers Service Representative for taking weeks to fulfill the request. Sana all talaga.

Invite ko kaya si Liza sa bahay at baka sakaling mging 300mbps din. or pwede na kahit kalahati lang na 150mbps.

Really now PLDT? You've stooped down to a record low. Tsk tsk tsk... If there is any bit of truth to this, then shame on you. It's a slap on the faces of those who's been waiting for months just to have their connection either fixed or even done.

Its a prank liza. Wait few more days. Naku, di ba obvious naman na ads lang din nila ito? Free advertising sa PLDT..or was this a scripted marketing strategy?

Mas maganda pa din Converge. Sumpong lang yung lag. Pero sa PLDT? Yun na yung connection nila yung lag mismo.

Kaya people are waiting for DITO telco na kahit China company ay baka patulan namin kaysa umasa sa poor service ng Philippine telcos. Yes, kasama Globe Telecom sa blog rant na ito.

Kahit mag-spy pa si China sa mga posts ko ay OK lang kaysa ma-stress ako sa poor performance ng Internet connection ko.

PLDT is no knight in shining armor who swooped down from his horse and quickly grabbed actress Liza Soberano from the fiery dragon called Converge.  It was just after the clout it will get once Liza tweets how it saved the day.

But I guess all this promotional gimmick is backfiring on PLDT since it has rarely given satisfaction to its "regular" customers.

It was also sort of an insensitive tweet coming from Liza. A lot of Pinoys are suffering from poor internet connection so they can't WFH or attend their online school even if they are paying the same amount.....or has PLDT sponsored her lifetime?

The moral of the story: PLDT does not treat their customers equally.

Muntinlupa City: DOTr commits to help boost COVID-19 response efforts

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Department of Transportation (DOTr) Secretary Arthur P. Tugade has committed to help improve the response efforts of the local government of Muntinlupa against COVID-19 during the conduct of the Coordinated Operations to Defeat Epidemics (CODE) Team visit in the city on 04 September 2020.

The visiting CODE Team was composed of Secretary Tugade, BCDA President and CEO and National Task Force Deputy Chief Implementer Vince Dizon, and officials from the Department of Health (DOH) and Department of Interior and Local Government (DILG).

The visit was held to conduct a dialogue between the national government with the local government of Muntinlupa, under the leadership of Mayor Jaime Fresnedi, on how to improve and implement key measures and strategies to address the COVID-19 situation at the community level.

To recall, in August, Cabinet Secretaries were assigned to act as “big brothers” to local officials, who shall aggressively pursue the government’s National Action Plan against COVID-19 in high-risk areas in Metro Manila and nearby provinces. Secretary Tugade was assigned in Muntinlupa.

In his assessment and remarks at the event, Secretary Tugade lauded Muntinlupa’s existing response efforts, including its systematic processes, facilities, and efficient people and leaders, as essential factors in combating the dreaded disease. This, as the Muntinlupa LGU has effective local initiatives for testing, contact tracing and treatment, such as the establishment of molecular laboratory, crematorium facilities, and isolation facilities.

To intensify the said initiatives, the transportation chief has committed to help boost the isolation measures being enforced by the city. This will be carried out by tapping the resources of hotels, pension houses, and resort houses to accommodate patients who need isolation.

Secretary Tugade also shared that an additional isolation facility will be built within the city through the help of Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) Secretary Mark Villar.

Moreover, through the CODE Team, other necessary COVID-19 efforts are being amplified, such as the fast-tracking of Muntinlupa’s molecular laboratory accreditation, providing the additional PCR machine in the molecular laboratory in Ospital ng Muntinlupa, and following-up of additional five (5) ambulances from the Health Department.

On 20 August 2020, Muntinlupa City also received a fully-equipped ambulance, which was a donation from Foton Motors PH Inc. that was facilitated by Secretary Tugade.

Moreover, the Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory has also recently approved several jeepney and UV Express routes in Muntinlupa.

"Marami pa po ang dapat gawin. Ngunit itong mga ginagawa natin ngayon ang magbibigay-tibay sa puso at liderato ng administrasyong Duterte na tutulong at tutulong sa isang siyudad na kagaya ng Muntinlupa," Secretary Tugade said.

"Dito natin nakita ‘yung pagsisikap ng National Government, lalo na po sa pamamagitan ni Secretary Tugade na [tulungang] tumayo ang Muntinlupa. Maraming-maraming salamat po,” Muntinlupa City Mayor Jaime Fresnedi said.

Nanay Teting: A Mother of Many Ways

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Teting Purma, 37, also known as Nanay Teting of Sitio Gaang, Brgy. Panaytayan in Mansalay, Oriental Mindoro, is known by her peers as a woman of many ways. Her family belongs to the Hanunuo-Mangyan Indigenous Group who can produce good quality agricultural crops.

Wearing different hats every day

Nanay Teting sells walis tingting (coconut midrib broom). She makes it by herself and sells it to the nearest public market. Once a week, her husband, Tatay Lino climbs up to coconut trees to check if which fronds can be harvested. Cost ranges from Php 20.00 to Php 50.00, depending on the bundle size. Their profit, however, will still depend on how many brooms they can sell in a day.

Nanay Teting recognizes very well that selling walis tingting is not enough to sustain their big family, so she thought of another enterprise. Her second business venture is piggery. She currently owns native pigs – one sow and three piglets. Once the piglets have grown, she plans to buy another sow to produce more pigs.

Apart from making walis tingting and raising pigs, Nanay Teting is also into farming particularly in planting avocado trees. She sells avocado along with her walis tingting. Nanay Teting’s initial profit in selling avocado turned out well. She realized that planting fruit trees poses the potential to be a profitable enterprise that is why she decided to explore other crops to plant.

When the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD), in partnership with other government agencies, conducted skills training on dragon fruit propagation, Nanay Teting was one of the recipients of the initiative. After receiving skills training and farm inputs through DSWD’s Sustaining Support Services Intervention (SSI) project for the Modified Conditional Cash Transfer (MCCT) beneficiaries, she started to capitalize on planting dragon fruit trees.

New doors for Nanay Teting

Admittedly, she said that it is hard to propagate such a type of cutting.  Nanay Teting encountered a lot of challenges -– from the type of soil, source of water, and the fact that she has never even seen a dragon fruit in her life. But she never lost hope. She recognized that what she needs is more information in propagating dragon fruits. That is why she and her tribe requested for another skills training on dragon fruit propagation, product development, and management from DSWD. On this training, they were provided with additional cuttings of dragon fruit trees and more in-depth knowledge on how to manage it. Nanay Teting applied it to her farm and strictly followed what she learned. She eventually reaped what she sowed.

“Masaya at namangha ang mga anak ko…dahil noon lamang kami nakakita ng bunga ng dragon fruit”, excitedly told by Nanay Teting when she saw the first fruit from their farm. After weeks of waiting, it was in August 2020 when she proudly harvested 52 kilos of dragon fruits from her 100 sqms. farm. She was able to sell it and earned Php 5,200.00. Her children also gained an interest in farming. After school, they help Nanay Teting in maintainingheir farm. Their experience in growing this crop made Nanay Teting’s family closer and provided wider opportunities for them. This convinced her and Tatay Lino to expand their farm operation by investing another 100 sqms lot dedicated for dragon fruit production.

Just like her experience in putting up her many enterprises, she also went through trial and error.  Some may seem hard to do but with determination and patience, nothing is impossible. At the end of the day, a mother is truly tested based on how she weathers every storm. For Nanay Teting, the center of her life is her family and she will do everything to secure a better living condition for them. She believes that her “many ways”, her walis tingting, piggery, avocado fruits, and now, the dragon fruit production, with conviction and perseverance, will surely help reach her goal.