San Miguel Corporation (SMC) announced that it is starting to clean and widen the Pasig River in April with the arrival of two new dredging equipment capable of pulling out 600,000 tons of silt and solid waste a year for the next five years. “Through the years, Pasig River has become...
San Miguel Corporation is building its first urban farm within its sprawling head office complex in Ortigas to help build self-sufficiency among its support staff and help put agriculture back into the spotlight. Under the program, interested employees and workers doing support jobs will be...
San Miguel Corporation (SMC) wants its staff to become food self-sufficient and is even willing to convert certain spaces in its head office to small urban farms. In a statement, SMC said it is building its first urban farm within its head office complex in Ortigas to help build self-sufficiency...
German firm Siemens Energy is projecting that economies in the Asia Pacific region will immensely propel energy demand growth within the stretch of two decades or until year 2040. Brian Byrne, senior vice president of Siemens Energy Asia Pacific Hub, said “Asia Pacific’s growth aspirations will...
The number of vehicles with Autosweep Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) tags have doubled to 2.7 million todate and still increasing, San Miguel Corporation (SMC) Wednesday, (Feb. 24) announced. From 2015 to 2019, motorists with RFID tags numbered 1.3 million, by comparison. “More and more...
State-run Power Sector Assets and Liabilities Management Corp. (PSALM) has rejected the new condition offered by South Premiere Power Corp. (SPPC) in paying ahead its obligations for administering a power plant in Batangas. In a statement released by the Department of Finance (DOF), it said the new...
The P63 billion MRT-7 is halfway complete, with civil works now 51.73 percent finished and electrical/mechanical (E&M) works 55.31 percent done. At last, almost two decades after the project's unsolicited proposal was submitted, the MRT-7 is opening next year. SMC president and COO Ramon...
To speed up work on the Skyway Extension project, San Miguel Corporation (SMC) will close off the Alabang southbound exit toll plaza starting Saturday midnight, February 20, 2021. The Skyway Extension project is a key feature of the 38-kilometer elevated Skyway system, extending it from Skyway Main...
Life, at times, would bring existential twists. And once you are usurped by Divine prerogatives, you can either be knocked down or you can take that injunction of helping others – so they too may live on and thrive. That became the guiding light for billionaire and San Miguel Corporation...
Although cash lanes continue to operate, cashless electronic toll collection for motorists using both the Skyway and the South Luzon Expressway surged 85 per cent, San Miguel Corporation (SMC) today (February 16, 2021) reported. Better yet, Autosweep RFID toll collection improved traffic throughput...
(MARK VILLAR FACEBOOK / MANILA BULLETIN) San Miguel Corporation today (February 11) opened two more ramps on Skyway Stage 3 to ease travel within the metropolis. These are the A. Bonifacio northbound off-ramp, just before the Cloverleaf Mall in Balintawak, and the E. Rodriguez southbound off-ramp...
San Miguel Corporation (SMC) is setting the wholesale prices of its pork and chicken products for wet markets at “least cost” to allow distributors and resellers to still make reasonable profits while adhering to government’s 60-day price ceiling in Metro Manila. The company will also...
