After providing free use of its 18-kilometer P80-billion Skyway Stage 3 project for nearly seven months, San Miguel Corporation (SMC) starts collecting toll on its new elevated expressway on Monday, July 12. However, the operator will charge lower than the original proposed toll fees, particularly...
San Miguel Corporation (SMC) said that it will start collecting toll fees on Skyway Stage 3 starting July 12, nearly seven months after providing free use of the elevated expressway to the public. SMC Skyway 3 (File photo/ MANILA BULLETIN) In a statement on Tuesday, July 6, SMC said it will use a...
Another soldier died from the tragic military plane crash in Patikul, Sulu last Sunday, July 4, raising the death toll to 53. The Philippine Red Cross sends a response team after a Philippine Air Force C-130 transport plane crashes in Patikul, Sulu on July 4, 2021. (Photo from Philippine Red Cross)...
Two soldiers who were critically wounded when a Philippine Air Force (PAF) C-130 cargo plane crashed in Patikul, Sulu on Sunday, July 4, succumbed to their injuries on Monday, July 5, raising the death toll to 52. BURNING AIRCRAFT. An aircraft carrier, said to be a Philippine Airforce C-130H,...
Tropical storm (TS) "Dante" has claimed two more lives, pushing the total death toll to six as a result, the National Disaster Risk Reduction Management Council (NDRRMC) reported on Friday, June 4. PAGASA tracking of tropical storm Dante (Courtesy of PAGASA) The NDRRMC said a 49-year-old man was...
San Miguel Corp. (SMC) President Ramon Ang will accomplish more as a private individual than if he becomes president of the country, Foreign Affairs Secretary Teodoro Locsin Jr. said on Saturday, May 22. SMC President Ramon Ang and Foreign Affairs Secretary Teodoro Locsin Jr. (PCOO/FILE PHOTO/...
A full year since the COVID-19 pandemic hit the country, San Miguel Corporation (SMC) has waived P190.7 million worth of toll fees for medical front liners passing through its expressways. SMC operates the Southern Tagalog Arterial Road (STAR), the South Luzon Expressway (SLEX), the Skyway system,...
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) has waived P156 million toll fees for doctors, nurses, laboratory technicians, and other medical workers using its expressways in the past 10 months. Now, the toll operator will allow 10,400 medical frontliners to use the newly-opened Skyway 3 for free indefinitely,...
Over the holidays, many drivers got to experience the benefit of having an elevated road that bypasses most of Metro Manila. While currently toll free until Feb. 1, 2021, our honeymoon phase with Skyway Stage 3 is nearing its end as a toll fee could be implemented by the next month. A toll matrix...
San Miguel Corporation (SMC) has reached its target 156 Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) stations a week ago (December 29) and will have 100 per cent cashless toll collection on Monday, January 11, SMC president and chief operating officer Ramon S. Ang today (Jan. 5) announced. “Back in...
(NLEX Corporation / MANILA BULLETIN) Motorists passing through NLEX, SCTEX, CAVITEX, C5 Link, and CALAX will enjoy toll-free travel on Christmas and New Year. No toll fees will be collected on all Metro Pacific Tollways Corporation (MPTC) expressways from 10:00 p.m. of December 24 to 6:00 a.m. of...
