{"id":51277,"date":"2022-09-08T11:35:04","date_gmt":"2022-09-08T03:35:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.upgrademag.com\/web\/?p=51277"},"modified":"2022-09-08T11:35:06","modified_gmt":"2022-09-08T03:35:06","slug":"pldt-smart-back-the-return-of-cebus-pasigarbo-sa-sugbo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.upgrademag.com\/web\/2022\/09\/08\/pldt-smart-back-the-return-of-cebus-pasigarbo-sa-sugbo\/","title":{"rendered":"PLDT, Smart back the return of Cebu&#8217;s &#8216;Pasigarbo sa Sugbo&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>PLDT Inc. and its wireless subsidiary Smart Communications Inc. (Smart) extended full support for the in-person return of the Province of Cebu\u2019s \u201cPasigarbo sa Sugbo\u201d last August 28, 2022.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Dubbed as the \u201cFestival of Festivals\u201d, Pasigarbo sa Sugbo (Pride of Cebu) was first staged in 2008 to celebrate the founding anniversary of the province. After its two-year hiatus due to the pandemic, a grander celebration was organized with the active participation of Cebu\u2019s fifty municipalities and component cities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">To connect more audiences to the celebration, PLDT through its Enterprise group provided fiber connectivity to the organizers, which enabled seamless livestreaming of the dance and cultural presentations by the contingents.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWe at PLDT and Smart are thankful for the opportunity to support this year\u2019s Pasigarbo sa Sugbo. We are one with the Provincial Government of Cebu in its goal of keeping Cebu as one of the top provinces in the country and PLDT\u2019s continued fiber and wireless network expansion in the province supports this goal,\u201d said Kent De La Calzada, Head of PLDT Enterprise Visayas.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Additionally, Smart also distributed free SIM cards with load allocation to the Provincial Government of Cebu to support the communication and connectivity needs of all participating local government units.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWe are happy to share our municipality\u2019s pride through the Pasigarbo sa Sugbo Grand Showdown of Festival Dances. Some of our loved ones and friends couldn\u2019t join and witness our performance in-person, but I am assured that they are supporting us by watching the livestreamed video,\u201d shared Queen Aria, one of the performers representing the Municipality of Liloan\u2019s Rosquillos Festival.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Aside from the judges\u2019 scores, members of the audience were also able to cast their votes online to support their favorite contenders. Online votes constituted 20% of the tally. Also, one lucky online voter will be awarded a brand-new Toyota Hilux which will be announced soon. PLDT and Smart\u2019s support for the Province of Cebu\u2019s Pasigarbo sa Sugbo forms part of its commitment to assist local government units in their goals to boost the country\u2019s tourism industry in the post-pandemic New Normal.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>To connect more audiences to the celebration, PLDT through its Enterprise group provided fiber connectivity to the organizers, which enabled seamless livestreaming of the dance and cultural presentations by the contingents.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":51278,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[19],"tags":[379,343,96,2727,1656],"class_list":["post-51277","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-headlines","tag-pldt","tag-smart-communications","tag-technology","tag-technology-adaption","tag-technology-investment"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.upgrademag.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/51277","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.upgrademag.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.upgrademag.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.upgrademag.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.upgrademag.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=51277"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.upgrademag.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/51277\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.upgrademag.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/51278"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.upgrademag.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=51277"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.upgrademag.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=51277"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.upgrademag.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=51277"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}