San Miguel Corporation (SMC) has begun constructing the train depot for its P77-billion Mass Rail Transit 7 (MRT-7) on a 20-hectare property in San Jose del Monte, Bulacan, the conglomerate announced Tuesday, May 31. The depot, a key element of SMC Infrastructure’s first mass rail project, will...
media Starting April 1, public utility buses and closed van delivery trucks can use the elevated Skyway system again, San Miguel Corporation (SMC) subsidiary Skyway O&M Corporation (SOMCO) announced March 21. All Class “2” vehicles--primarily buses and closed vans exceeding 7 feet in height...
SMC, SunAsia to challenge 850MW Razon-Leviste solar bid By MYRNA M. VELASCO A subsidiary of top-tier power producer SMC Global Power Holdings Corp of the San Miguel Group and a consortium led by SunAsia Energy will challenge the unsolicited proposal lodged by the joint venture of Prime...
SMC agri-project is empowering support staff one seed at a time Every week, armed with scissors and crates, around 25 maintenance and security staff at San Miguel Corporation’s (SMC) head office complex in Ortigas trudge muddy paths behind the company’s iconic, Manosa-designed building, their...
Partido Reporma standard-bearer Panfilo "Ping" Lacson has assured Filipino farmers a wider state-funded program that would install solar-powered irrigation systems (SPIS) on their paddy fields and plantations. Senator Ping Lacson (Facebook) Lacson revealed this plan in a dialogue with farm leaders...
SMC SLEX inaugurals P14-B SLEX elevated extension launched By Emmie V. Abadilla San Miguel Corporation (SMC) has formally inaugurated its completed P14-billion South Luzon Expressway (SLEX) Elevated Extension project meant to solve traffic congestion in Metro Manila. President Rodrigo Roa Duterte,...
The bid of South Premiere Power Corporation, a subsidiary of SMC Global Power, has been declared the "winning offer" in the 170-megawatt supply procurement of Manila Electric Company (Meralco) that will satiate its peaking power needs especially during the summer months. According to the third...
San Miguel Corp. (SMC) reported that its group-wide reforestation initiative nationwide has resulted in the planting of 3.8 million trees since 2019 to date. The conglomerate said in a statement that it has recently completed planting over 26,000 trees in Angat, Bulacan together with the town’s...
The P68.2-billion Metro Rail Transit Line 7 (MRT-7) is 62.1 percent complete and will partially operate this year, two decades after the project's unsolicited proposal was submitted, according to a statement from the Department of Transportation (DOTR). media The unsolicited proposal for the MRT-7...
SMC Global Power Holdings Corp. has retained its highest Issue Credit Rating of PRS Aaa, with a Stable Outlook, from Philippine Rating Services Corporation for its outstanding bond issuances amounting to P73.85 billion. Obligations rated PRS Aaa are of the highest quality with minimal credit risk....
San Miguel Corporation (SMC) power unit SMC Global Power Holdings Corp’s Battery Energy Storage Systems (BESS) technologies will stabilize power supply nationwide; it also ushers the next stage for renewable power in the country. Even as power companies work to avert a looming power crisis in the...
House Assistant Majority Leader and Cebu Representative Eduardo Gullas on Friday rejected the offer of San Miguel Corporation chief executive Ramon Ang to sell Petron Corp. back to the government through a five-year installment payment scheme. "Thanks, but no thanks. Business tycoon Ramon Ang can...
