San Miguel Corporation (SMC) announced that it has distributed over 70,000 “nutribuns” to poor communities as part of its ongoing efforts to provide food aid for Filipinos struggling to cope with the impact of the pandemic. “It’s been almost a year since the pandemic started,...
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...
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...
San Miguel Corporation (SMC) is continuing its pandemic response efforts with its food assistance program for families in the poorest districts of Tondo having reached 55,000 kilos of staple goods. The program, which distributes goods weekly to families since the health crisis struck in March last...
Leading oil firm Petron Corporation rescued the country’s only petroleum refining facility from near-shutdown after securing approval on its application as registered enterprise of the Authority of the Freeport Area of Bataan (AFAB). The non-closure of its refinery business was confirmed by...
San Miguel Corporation (SMC) will charge no toll fees on all its expressways for Christmas and New Year as part of its toll holiday tradition, president and chief operating officer Ramon S. Ang today ( Dec. 23) announced. On these two days, the operator grants motorists temporary free access to its...
The employees of Petron Corporation are pleading for support from the local government of Limay, Bataan so they can save their jobs; and they are likewise pushing for the re-classification of the 180,000 barrels-per-day refinery to become part of the Freeport Area of Bataan (FAB). The latest plan...
San Miguel Corporation (SMC) today (Dec. 1) reported "generally smooth" traffic along its expressways and toll plazas on the first morning of their 100% cashless toll collection. As of 10:45 AM, traffic at the STAR Tollway, Southern Luzon Expressway, the Skyway System, NAIA Expressway, and the...
The collapsed girder of the Skyway extension project in Cupang, Muntinlupa (MCDDRM Rescue Team / MANILA BULLETIN) San Miguel Corporation (SMC), the head of concession holder of the Skyway Extension construction project has vowed to care for the victims of the recent accident that occurred in Bgy....
Uy-led UC Malampaya Philippines Pte. Ltd. is seeking resolution of the P27.3-billion dispute on capacity payments for the 1,200-megawatt Ilijan gas-fired power project; and it formally lodged this concern in a Senate hearing as one of the major issues that the company wants to be accorded with...
San Miguel Corporation (SMC), through its food division San Miguel Foods, has ramped up its local corn purchases, now up 20 percent from September, as part of its commitment to source its raw materials locally. As of now, the company’s total year-to-date corn purchases stand at 524,155 metric...
Diversifying conglomerate San Miguel Corporation (SMC) will install a 200-megawatt solar farm to underpin the energy requirements of its P740-billion Bulacan airport project. The company said it wants that mammoth infrastructure venture to become the showcase of ‘clean energy’ investment...
