Tag: San Miguel Corporation

DOLE suspends work on Skyway extension project, assures thorough probe

SMC President Ang vows to help victims, apologizes for incident   (Eagle News) — The Department of Labor and Employment suspended work in the ongoing construction of the Skyway Extension project in Muntinlupa City following Saturday’s incident where a steel girder fell, along with a crane, crashing onto passing vehicles below. One person was killed on Saturday, Nov. 21, while several others were injured after steel girder fell on six vehicles. The suspension of the […]

House approves 50-year franchise to SMC for New Manila Int’l Airport in Bulacan

(Eagle News) – Voting 218–6, the House of Representatives has overwhelmingly approved on third and final reading House Bill 7507 granting a 50-year franchise to San Miguel Aerocity Inc., to construct, operate and maintain the New Manila International Airport in Bulacan. The ultra modern and world-class domestic and international airport in Bulacan with a total cost of P735.63 billion under a build-operate-transfer arrangement sill span some 2,500 hectares. It is envisioned as an alternative gateway […]

Part of Skyway gives in as huge blaze engulfs San Miguel warehouse in Pandacan, Manila

  (Eagle News) — A portion of the Skyway in Pandacan, Manila which is still under construction collapsed because of the huge blaze that engulfed a plastic factory warehouse of San Miguel Corporation on Saturday, Feb. 1. The fire started at past 10 a.m. and was placed under Task Force Bravo at 11:05 a.m. The warehouse security personnel assured that the workers inside the factory were able to go out of the premises as soon […]

Three int’l firms that built, designed world-class airports to help SMC build new int’l airport in Bulacan

  (Eagle News) – International engineering firms which either built or designed world-class airports in the United States, France, Singapore and other countries have been tapped by San Miguel Corporation (SMC) to assist in the construction of the New Manila International Airport (NMIA) in Bulacan. These firms are Meinhardt Group, the Jacobs Engineering, and the Groupe ADP (Aeroports de Paris) which built and manages the Paris-Charles de Gaulle, Paris-Orly and Paris-Le Bourget airports. The Meinhardt […]

Easing EDSA traffic: San Miguel pushes 10-lane 22-kilometer ‘elevated EDSA’ proposal

  (Eagle News) – There might still be hope for decongesting the heavy traffic along EDSA, with the proposal of San Miguel Corporation (SMC) to build an “elevated EDSA” — a 10 lane elevated 22 kilometer expressway that will run fro Macapagal Avenue in Pasay City to Samson Road in Balintawak. Ramon S. Ang, President and Chief Operating Officer of San Miguel Corporation (SMC) has already submitted partial documents on the proposal to the Department […]

Construction of new int’l airport in Bulacan to start in December after deal inked with SMC

  (Eagle News) – A modern international airport will soon rise in Bulacan. This was after Transportation Secretary Arthur Tugade signed the concession agreement with San Miguel Corporation (SMC) on Wednesday officially awarding the ₱734-billion deal to SMC unit San Miguel Aerocity Inc. Tugade issued the notice to proceed with the project, as he authorized SMC to build, operate, and maintain the New Manila International Airport in Bulacan, “We may be able to do groundbreaking […]