Diversified conglomerate San Miguel Corporation (SMC) reported that it has waived toll fees for medical workers amounting to P230.7 million as of June 2, as part of its support for front liners against the COVID-19 pandemic. The free toll program, which regularly benefits more than 10,000 medica
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TRECE MARTIRES CITY, Cavite May 25 (PIA) The Toll Regulatory Board (TRB) recently inspected the operational segments and upcoming section of the Cavite Laguna Expressway (CALAX), one of the road infrastructure projects of the MPCALA Holdings, Inc. (MHI), a subsidiary of the Metro Pacific Tollways Corporation (MPTC) in partnership with the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH).
TRB s newly appointed Executive Director Atty. Alvin A. Carullo led the inspection team together with TRB Chief of Regulation Division Joz Carlos G. Ordillano, TRB Communication Head and Spokesperson Julius Corpuz, and Department of Transportation Representative for TRB BGen. Melquiades V. Ordiales, Jr., and TRB audit and inspectorate team.
SMC President Ramon Ang and Foreign Affairs Secretary Teodoro Locsin Jr. (PCOO/FILE PHOTO/ MANILA BULLETIN)
In a Twitter post, Locsin hinted at the difficulty of doing things when one is the country’s highest elected official.
“He is not rebuilding the Philippines, there is nothing to rebuild; he is instead building it from the ground up ex nihilo as no one else has done. Period,” he said.
“Should he be president? If he is he’ll get nothing done,” the country’s top diplomat added.
Locsin was reacting to a news post about the extension of the South Luzon Expressway to Quezon province. SMC is constructing the 66.7-kilometer SLEX Tollroad-4 (SLEX-TR4) despite issues such as the “unsettled” right of way and COVID-19 restrictions.
Despite unsettled Right of Way (ROW) issues and pandemic restrictions, San Miguel Corporation (SMC) is speeding up work on its P13.1 billion, 66.74-kilometer, South Luzon Expressway Tollroad-4 (SLEX-TR4) from Sto. Tomas, Batangas to Lucena City, Quezon. "Despite the limitations, we’re moving forwa