{"id":65052,"date":"2024-08-02T14:14:20","date_gmt":"2024-08-02T06:14:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.upgrademag.com\/web\/?p=65052"},"modified":"2024-08-02T14:14:23","modified_gmt":"2024-08-02T06:14:23","slug":"manuel-v-pangilinan-welcomes-newly-crowned-queens-of-mobile-legends-bang-bang-arena","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.upgrademag.com\/web\/2024\/08\/02\/manuel-v-pangilinan-welcomes-newly-crowned-queens-of-mobile-legends-bang-bang-arena\/","title":{"rendered":"Manuel V Pangilinan welcomes newly crowned queens of &#8216;Mobile Legends: Bang Bang&#8217; arena"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>PLDT Inc. and Smart Communications, Inc. Chairman and CEO Manuel V Pangilinan welcomes the newly crowned queens of the Mobile Legends: Bang Bang (MLBB) arena, Smart Omega Empress to the PLDT headquarters following their impressive win at the MLBB Women\u2019s Invitational 2024 in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWe are proud of our women esports athletes who are thriving in this highly competitive scene. We hope to see more of them in the global stage carrying not only our brand, but more importantly, our flag,\u201d said Pangilinan.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Smart-backed all-Cebuana all-female Mobile Legends Bang Bang champion team Smart Omega Empress comprising of Team Captain Mery Christine \u201cMeraaay\u201d Vivero, Rica Fatima \u201cAmoreee\u201d Amores, Sheen \u201cShinoa\u201d Perez, Kaye Maerylle \u201cKeishi\u201d Alpuerto, Gwyneth \u201cNot Ayanami\u201d Diagon and Coach Salman \u201cKing Salman\u201d Macarambon dominated the arena in a 3-0 series win against three-time winner Team Vitality.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Smart has long supported the fastest growing esports scene in the country with its products, programs, and services that are geared to help in nurturing the passion and talent of all Filipino gamers. Smart has also supported numerous tournaments \u2013 from the grassroots to casual gamers to the national level to encourage Filipinos to showcase their gaming skills, aligned with the broader PLDT commitment to support and promote sports and Filipino athletes.&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Smart-backed all-Cebuana all-female Mobile Legends Bang Bang champion team Smart Omega Empress comprising of Team Captain Mery Christine \u201cMeraaay\u201d Vivero, Rica Fatima \u201cAmoreee\u201d Amores, Sheen \u201cShinoa\u201d Perez, Kaye Maerylle \u201cKeishi\u201d Alpuerto, Gwyneth \u201cNot Ayanami\u201d Diagon and Coach Salman \u201cKing Salman\u201d Macarambon dominated the arena in a 3-0 series win against three-time winner Team Vitality.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":65060,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[23,19],"tags":[379,343,96,2727],"class_list":["post-65052","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-gaming","category-headlines","tag-pldt","tag-smart-communications","tag-technology","tag-technology-adaption"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.upgrademag.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/65052","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=65052"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.upgrademag.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/65052\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.upgrademag.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/65060"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.upgrademag.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=65052"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.upgrademag.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=65052"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.upgrademag.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=65052"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}