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PLDT Enterprise launches Tech Week PH 2025

Launched this March, Tech Week Philippines 2025, builds on the PLDT Group’s nine-year legacy of the Philippine Digital Convention (“PH Digicon”). Tech Week PH 2025 delivers the next evolution of PLDT Enterprise’s commitment to digital transformation.

The event is a celebration of progress and innovation, bringing together visionary leaders, the latest technologies, and the brightest minds from the Philippines and beyond. Launched in the regions of Mindanao and the Visayas, Tech Week PH 2025 underscores PLDT’s commitment to equip regional businesses with advanced transformative digital solutions and strategies for a thriving future.

An investment in the future of every Filipino

PLDT has unveiled the Philippines’ first AI-ready hyperscale data center in the Laguna region’s fast-growing tech corridor.

President Ferdinand R Marcos Jr. and PLDT Chairman Manuel V Pangilinan led the inauguration of VITRO Sta. Rosa (“VSR”), data center on 23 April 2025. VSR sets a new standard for secure, high-performance, AI-eady infrastructure in the Philippines, boosting the country’s bid to become a regional hub for digital innovation.

Indofood sparks inspiration

Indofood drew the crowds for Jakarta’s SIAL Interfood from 13 - 16 November 2024, at Southeast Asia’s biggest food and beverage exhibition, which attracts approximately 90,000 visitors with exhibitors from more than 25 countries.

The Indofood booth was designed as an inspiring garden-style space with the theme “Kumpul Nyaman di Rumah Indofood” (A Comfortable Gathering at Indofood Home). The space offers a variety of engaging activities, live product demos, and creative food presentations using Indofood’s diverse product range.

Indofood aims to foster closer connections with food industry players from Indonesia and abroad, sparking business conversations, sharing inspiration, and exploring new possibilities for sustainable business development in the ever-evolving world of food and beverage.

Maynilad’s Blue Bond scoops Alpha Southeast Asia Awards

Maynilad Water Services, Inc. (“Maynilad”) issued a ₱15 billion Blue Bond in July 2024 - the first SEC-registered blue bond in the Philippines. This February, the Blue Bond won two top awards - Best Blue Bond in Southeast Asia and Most Innovative Deal of the Year 2024 - at the Alpha Southeast Asia Awards. This prestigious awards program honors excellence in the financial sector across Southeast Asia.

The Blue Bond also received a special citation at the 2025 Philippine Dealing System Annual Awards, for being the pioneer issuer of ASEAN Blue Bonds in the Philippines.