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title: "Managing COVID-19 in the Philippines [S2]: First Cut"
description: "Managing COVID-19 in the Philippines: Challenges and Lessons on BCM Practices for Now and the New Normal"
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# Managing COVID-19 in the Philippines \[S2\]: First Cut
Session 2 of the webinar provides an overview of BCM professionals on the challenges faced while implementing and sustaining your business continuity during COVID-19.
This is a summary of the speaker and the key takeaways of the Meet-The-Experts Webinar
[Moh Heng Goh](https://blog.bcm-institute.org/meet-the-expert/author/moh-heng-goh) Mar 18, 2022
#### Managing Business Continuity During and Post COVID-19 for a Telecommunication Company
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##### Synopsis
This session provides an overview of BCM professionals on the challenges faced while implementing and sustaining your business continuity during COVID-19.
[](https://cta-redirect.hubspot.com/cta/redirect/3893111/4d56f2a8-253b-41e9-a49e-006ae7f9f099)Miguel E. Gutierrez, BCCE, CMCS is the Senior Manager and Head of Business Continuity, Tactical Response Engineering Division at PLDT spoke on this topic. *Click the photo (above) to find out more about Miguel.*
The talk will discuss how PLDT, the leading telecommunications company in the Philippines, responded to the Covid 19 pandemic. It will discuss what brought about the initial responses, and the succeeding actions taken by the company. How the company navigated through the pandemic will also be discussed, as well as sharing some of the best practices that the company did.
The Business Continuity Initiatives of the company will also be discussed – together with the challenges that come with implementing these initiatives. There will also be a discussion on how the company continues to respond to various threats, both internal and external, aside from the pandemic.
Finally, the ways forward will be discussed as well.
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| "**Managing COVID-19 in the Philippines: Challenges and Lessons on BCM Practices Now and the New Normal" presented** on 28 April 2022 by Miguel E. Gutierrez, Senior Manager and Head of Business Continuity, Tactical Response Engineering Division at PLDT. | |
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