San Miguel Corporation (SMC) reported that it has started providing meals for some 274 passengers currently stranded and forced to camp out at the Manila North Harbor. The passengers were stranded due to inter-island travel restrictions under the Modified Enhanced Community Quarantine (MECQ) in...
San Miguel Corporation (SMC) is investing in massive dredging of garbage to contribute to Metro Manila’s flood mitigation efforts ahead of the construction of its P734-billion Manila International Airport, which is feared to worsen Bulacan’s flood woes. SMC president and chief operating officer...
Trade and Industry Secretary Ramon M. Lopez yesterday categorically said there is no reason for the EU to withdraw the duty-free privilege on the Philippines 6,274 export products. Trade and Industry Secretary Ramon M. Lopez “There is no reason to withdraw EU-GSP Plus,” said Lopez during...
Together with non-profit groups San Miguel Corporation (SMC) has started the distribution of free nutribuns to disadvantaged communities via feeding kiosks at identified Petron service stations. This fulfills the conglomerate’s commitment to continue helping the urban poor cope with the...
It is almost back to the old normal but new ways of operating with only a minority of 6 percent of businesses have remained closed, according to the latest survey by the Department of Trade and Industry. DTI Secretary Ramon M. Lopez reported that only 6 percent of companies have remained...
Trade and Industry Secretary Ramon M. Lopez has ordered the setting up of the general guidelines for online consumer complaints resolution system to address mounting complaints by consumers against traders on various issues ranging from trade malpractices, substandard, and hazardous products. Trade...
San Miguel Corporation (SMC) has launched a quarterly blood and convalescent plasma donation drive across its facilities nationwide in response to the urgent need to replenish blood supply at the Philippine Red Cross and contribute to the treatment of COVID-19 patients. SMC, which is marking its...
Sumitomo Wiring Systems, Ltd., a subsidiary of Sumitomo Electric, is investing in a wiring harness manufacturing facility in Pangasinan that would generate 10,000 jobs. Trade and Industry Secretary Ramon M. Lopez said the project is located in the Northluzon Aero Industrial Park (NAIP). The...
Diversified conglomerate San Miguel Corporation (SMC) has provided life insurance coverage for about 5,000 medical front liners from 18 hospitals across Cebu, insuring them for P2 million each. SMC president and chief operating officer Ramon S. Ang “We started this initiative several months...
Billionaire Ramon S. Ang, President and Chief Operating Officer San Miguel Corporation (SMC) is looking to build a state-of-the-art hospital that will focus on research on infectious diseases. SMC president and COO Ramon S. Ang To be built on a 3-5 hectare property in the southern part of Luzon,...
Barcelona's Argentinian forward Lionel Messi (AFP) The first indication of how determined Lionel Messi is to leave Barcelona and how ugly this dispute could become will be gauged at the club's training ground on Sunday. Barca's greatest ever player is due at the Ciutat Esportiva on Sunday...
Lionel Messi (Photo by Josep LAGO / AFP) Lionel Messi informed Barcelona coaches he was not going to turn up to training on Wednesday, according to Barcelona's newly-appointed sporting director Ramon Planes. Messi asked Barca Tuesday to leave the club he has been with for 20 seasons, since he was...
