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SMC SPENDS P1B TO VACCINATE 70K-STRONG WORKFORCE

San Miguel Corporation (SMC) is spending close to a billion pesos for a program to vaccinate all its 70,000 employees and extended workforce for free and help the country in its effort to build a collective defense against COVID-19, which has claimed millions of lives worldwide. The company has secured COVID-19 vaccine doses from various […]

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Hobbies & Advocacies

RAMON ANG LEADS SMC EMPLOYEES IN NATIONWIDE BLOOD DRIVE

In response to the urgent need to replenish the blood supply at the Philippine Red Cross–and contribute to the treatment of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) patients–San Miguel Corporation (SMC) has launched a quarterly blood and convalescent plasma donation drive across its facilities nationwide. SMC, which is marking its 130th anniversary, is the first private company in […]

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Business & Economy

6 MONTHS INTO PANDEMIC, OVER 10K MEDICAL FRONTLINERS BENEFIT FROM SMC FREE TOLL

Six months since it was first implemented at the start of the Enhanced Community Quarantine (ECQ) in March, San Miguel Corporation’s (SMC) free toll assistance to medical frontliners has already reached P72.4 million in free toll and has served over 10,000 medical frontliners in Metro Manila and in nearby provinces. The program, which is in […]

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Politics

HOUSE PANEL APPROVES SMC INT’L AIRPORT IN BULACAN – SALCEDA

The House Ways and Means Committee has approved the draft substitute bill for the franchise granting permission to the leading conglomerate San Miguel Corporation’s plan to put up an international airport in Bulacan.To be dubbed the “New Manila International Airport,” the new airport will be built in the coastal areas of Bulakan, Bulacan, around 30 […]

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Politics

DANDING COJUANGCO WAS A FORCE OF NATURE – ZUBIRI

Following the passing of Eduardo “Danding” Cojuangco, Jr. at the age of 85, Senate Majority Leader Migz Zubiri paid his respects for the business and political powerhouse. “Danding Cojuangco was a force of nature and His passing is a huge, huge loss — to the world of business, to the world of politics, even to […]

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Politics

SORSOGON PROV’L GOV’T PARTNERS WITH BAKERIES FOR FREE BREAD DURING ECQ – ESCUDERO

The provincial government of Sorsogon has launched a partnership project with over 200 bakery owners in the province to give free bread to the poor affected by the Luzon-wide enhanced community quarantine (ECQ) due to the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) health crisis. Sorsogon Governor Chiz Escudero said he had met with bakery owners to propose […]