SMC Infrastructure on Thursday, December 1, 2022, implemented its “Seamless Southern Tollways” program to eliminate multiple toll stops for northbound and southbound motorists. For years, Southern Luzon-bound motorists stop for toll and encounter traffic buildups at the South Luzon...
Trans-Asia Shipping Lines, Inc. (TASLI), a subsidiary of Dennis A. Uy’s Chelsea Logistics and Infrastructure Holdings Corp., has launched its Facebook Messenger chatbot for passengers book trip and access information. In a disclosure to the Philippine Stock Exchange, Chelsea said the chatbot,...
Her Royal Highness Tuanku Hajjah Haminah of Malaysia just got a glimpse of the country's Build Build Build infrastructure program as she received a copy of the book Night Owl during a courtesy call with an official of the Department of Information and Communications Technology (DICT). (Contributed...
The Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) announced on Friday, Nov. 25, that it had completed two road connectivity projects for the rural communities in Tarlac City. Photo by DPWH Photo by DPWH DPWH Secretary Manuel M. Bonoan said the newly-completed roads provided safer and more...
The P23.3 billion NLEX-SLEX Connector road should be operating midway into the first quarter of 2023, according to urban development advocate Atty. Rafael J. dela Torre. The NLEX-SLEX Connector, an eight-kilometer, four-lane, all elevated tollway extending the alignment of the North Luzon...
SMC Infrastructure started issuing toll fee refunds Wednesday, Nov. 23, for all motorists affected by an unexpected disruption of its electronic toll collection (ETC) system last week. The refunds will cover all vehicles that passed through affected tollways, including the South Luzon Expressway...
Aboitiz Infra Capital, the infrastructure arm of the Aboitiz Group, is investing about P2 billion to expand its economic estates, primarily for its Lima Estate in Lipa and Malvar, Batangas. Aboitiz InfraCapital First Vice President Rafael Fernandez de Mesa said during the Laging Handa Public...
A newly-completed revetment wall project in Manapla, Negros Occidental now shields coastal communities and safeguards farmlands from perennial flooding, the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) said on Friday, Nov. 18. Photo by DPWH The new structure is located at Barangay Punta Mesa and...
SMC Infrastructure apologized yesterday Nov. 17, to all motorists affected by traffic jams along portions of the South Luzon Expressway (SLEX), Skyway, NAIAx and STAR Tollway yesterday morning, resulting from a momentary network outage in its electronic toll collection system. “Our IT teams...
The San Miguel Corporation (SMC) Infrastructure waived the toll fees for around 84,000 motorists affected by the traffic jams in parts of the South Luzon Expressway (SLEX), Skyway, NAIAX (NAIA Expressway) and the STAR (Southern Tagalog Arterial Road) Tollway on Thursday, Nov. 17. The SMC...
ILOILO CITY—An estimated P1.78 billion is needed to repair various infrastructure damaged by severe tropical storm "Paeng" in Western Visayas. TROPICAL cyclone 'Paeng' damaged the Paliwan Bridge, which connects Laua-an and Bugasong towns in Antique province. (Antique PIO) The Committee on...
The most awaited creation of the multi-million-dollar, sea-crossing bridges in Western Visayas (Region 6) will commence in the first quarter of 2023, the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) declared on Friday, Nov. 11. Photo courtesy of DPWH In his report to DPWH Secretary Manuel M....
