Globe free call centers for flood victims

Globe Telecom, through its corporate social responsibility program Globe Bridging Communities, has increased the number of Libreng Tawag facilities for flood victims.

Globe Telecom, through its corporate social responsibility program Globe Bridging Communities, has increased the number of Libreng Tawag facilities for flood victims.

Smart Communications, Inc. has set up free call stations in Metro Manila and Cavite.

The business process outsourcing (BPO) sector is covered by the work suspension order issued by Executive Secretary Paquito Ochoa Jr. early Tuesday, Malacañang said.

Several concerned citizens used the social networking site Twitter to call for help for flood victims and to give situationers in affected areas.

Somewhere in the Internet is a website devoted to “Obandonado” (a play on the Filipino word abandonado, meaning abandoned or forsaken), which is an online crusade by Obando residents to discourage others from leaving town to escape the seasonal floods in this coastal Bulacan town.
Students and workers alike turned to social networks to share their stories about Thursday and Friday’s floods.