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Danding Cojuangco, tycoon and political kingpin, dies at 85
(UPDATED) The businessman built food and beverage giant San Miguel Corporation and was a key ally of Ferdinand Marcos

San Miguel to buy excess carabao milk from farmers’ cooperatives
'By buying their excess milk, we are hoping to help not only our farmers stay in business but also get these produce to food banks and communities,' says SMC president and chief operating officer Ramon S. Ang

With no PCC nod, San Miguel cancels Holcim PH takeover
The Philippine Competition Commission earlier raised concerns that the deal would lead to monopoly in the grey cement industry

Ramon Ang donates coronavirus kits as PH struggles with testing
San Miguel Corporation says the donation doubles the government's testing capacity to 11,000 per day

San Miguel employees to receive full pay during lockdown
San Miguel Corporation says it has so far released 'full compensation with benefits amounting to over P3 billion for all its 66,557 employees, consultants, and contract workers'

San Miguel to buy P500 million worth of protective wear for health workers
San Miguel Corporation president Ramon Ang also urges local companies to retool their facilities and produce personal protective equipment

Ramon Ang's San Miguel supports frontliners vs coronavirus
A facility of Ginebra San Miguel switches from liquor to rubbing alcohol for hospitals to use

Welding work on Skyway caused fire in Pandacan – San Miguel
The latest findings of the Bureau of Fire Protection dismiss initial reports that the fire originated outside the construction yard of San Miguel's contractor, DM Consunji

San Miguel open to MRT7 redesign as QC stops construction
San Miguel Corporation president Ramon Ang says no aboveground structure has been built yet at the planned Quezon Memorial Circle Station of the Metro Rail Transit Line 7

After fire, San Miguel plans 24/7 construction of Skyway Stage 3
(UPDATED) The target opening of the Skyway Stage 3 is moved to July from the initial schedule of April, since a portion of it collapsed in the Pandacan fire

Antitrust body slams San Miguel-Holcim deal, raises monopoly concerns
(UPDATED) The Philippine Competition Commission says San Miguel’s planned acquisition of Holcim Philippines will weaken competition in the grey cement market

LIST: Traffic management schemes during Skyway Extension construction
Construction works for the southbound section of the Skyway Extension Project start on February 16

'Give Bulacan fisherfolk hope by standing for truth and integrity' – church leaders
Religious leaders and members of various faiths offer their 'continued moral support' for the fisherfolk communities threatened by San Miguel Corporation's aerotropolis project

DOTr, San Miguel ink construction deal for Manila International Airport
Groundbreaking for the new airport is set for December

San Miguel gets Bulacan airport project without bid challengers
(UPDATED) Without any challengers for its unsolicited airport proposal, San Miguel Corporation is set to build the New Manila International Airport in Bulacan

FALSE: San Miguel issued P500-M check to Senator Trillanes via BDO
This is a rehashed claim. BDO certified that the bank account number indicated in the check does not exist and that San Miguel has no bank account in its Tandang Sora branch.

San Miguel acquires 85.7% of Holcim Philippines for $2.15B
'The acquisition of HPI will increase the foothold of the San Miguel Group in the cement business, and will provide the opportunity to implement its plan to expand its cement business nationwide,' says San Miguel

SMC South highways will be toll-free on Christmas Eve, New Year’s Eve
Fees won’t be collected at the toll gates of the following highways: NAIAx, Skyway, SLEX, and Star Tollway

Right-of-way issues may delay MRT7 completion
Transportation officials are appealing the 800% raise in zonal valuation of the 33-hectare lot intended for the Metro Rail Transit Line 7 depot
New judge to handle San Miguel Holdings' case vs Indonesian partners
The Court of Appeals says Marikina City judge Alice Gutierrez 'displayed more than a hint of bias and partiality' in the proceedings

PBA, San Miguel Corp, MVP Group combine for P46M donation to POC
The local Olympic committee is gearing up for the country's 2019 hosting of the Southeast Asian Games and the Asian Games campaign this August
Ramon Ang: SMC can self-finance proposed P700-B Bulacan airport
'If you look at [our] balance sheet and cash flow, we can easily do the airport alone,' says Ssn Miguel Corporation President Ramon Ang

Petron is main income driver of San Miguel in 2017
Petron ends 2017 with a 30% higher net income at P14.1 billion on strong sales volumes from the Philippines and Malaysia

Appetite for chicken, fresh meat boosts San Miguel Pure Foods' income
But its milling business remains affected by the continued deceleration of global wheat prices

PCC approves San Miguel's $1.9-B Masinloc coal power plant acquisition
The Philippine Competition Commission finds that the deal does not result in substantial lessening of competition in the power generation and retail electricity markets

San Miguel raising P30 billion to fund obligations, invest more
The conglomerate has been refinancing its dollar-denominated debts as the peso continues to weaken against the dollar and interest rates rise

Legal battles further delay turnover of coco levy funds to farmers
The Sandiganbayan rules in favor of UCPB and Cocolife's request to be heard despite an earlier Supreme Court decision that there is no need for further hearings

San Miguel to start building Southeast Metro Manila Expressway in April
The Department of Transportation expects travel from Batasan, Quezon City to FTI, Taguig City to take just 35 minutes once the expressway is completed

San Miguel buys Masinloc coal power plant for nearly $2 billion
San Miguel Corporation tops other major power players in the Philippines for the facility, which has an installed capacity of 630 megawatts and is set to add another 300 by mid-2019

TPLEX now extended to Pozorrubio in Pangasinan
The new 10.10-kilometer segment is expected to cut the Tarlac-Pozorrubio travel time from 2 hours and 30 minutes to just 45 minutes

Foreign firms eyeing piece of San Miguel's food, beverage unit
This is amid the San Miguel subsidiary's plan to sell up to 30% of its shares, earmarked at $3 billion, mainly through private placements

San Miguel buys Australian firm Best Bottlers
Best Bottlers is the 3rd Australian bottler acquired by San Miguel, after Barossa Bottling and Portavin

San Miguel to merge food, beverage businesses
Shares of San Miguel Pure Foods surge by 50% to P462 apiece on Monday, November 6, following San Miguel Corporation's decision to consolidate its traditional businesses

San Miguel awaits gov't OK for 3-year toll road network expansion
SMC will expand and extend SLEX, the Skyway system, the NAIA Expressway, and the Southern Tagalog Arterial Road in a bid to decongest traditional chokepoints

Each Marawi hero's family to get P2-M livelihood aid
San Miguel Corporation's Ramon Ang says this is the least the conglomerate can do for the 165 soldiers and policemen who died fighting terrorists in Marawi City

Alibaba's Jack Ma: PH internet 'no good'
Rather than pointing fingers, the Chinese tycoon urges the private sector to grasp the opportunity and invest in better internet infrastructure for guaranteed returns

The Sumilao farmers, a decade after they marched for their rights
'Gusto din namin pakita yun progress din namin... Eto 'yung mangyayari kapag ang mga magsasaka ay may kanilang sariling lupa.'

After a decade, construction of MRT-LRT Common Station to begin in September
The coveted project has seen 3 transportation secretaries come and go. Finally, the construction will start on September 29.
San Miguel to build industrial estate in Cebu
The industrial estate in Mandaue City will house a processed foods plant feed mill and port terminal

Youth orchestra eyed to keep kids off Lipa streets
This pitch by a youth group – Project Gifted – wins P25 000 at the Office of the Vice President s Angat Buhay Youth Summit

San Miguel completes new STAR Tollway bridge
The new bridge replaces the 231 meter long bridge along the STAR Tollway which was damaged due to the onslaught of Typhoon Nina Nock ten last December

Top 10 companies 'Filipinos want to work for' in 2017
Jobstreet asks 3 658 Filipinos which company they want to work for Here are the top 10

How Ramon Ang became Philippines' 10th richest man in 2017
In just a year s time the chief of the country s most diversified conglomerate San Miguel Corporation nearly doubles his fortune to 2 3 billion

Forex, telco assets drag San Miguel net income in 1st half of 2017
The diversified conglomerate feels the impact of the Philippine peso depreciation and the absence of the one time gain from its telco assets sale

San Miguel unit eyes 500-MW hydro plant in Tarlac
This comes after the Department of Energy gave Strategic Power Development Corporation the go signal for 3 other projects

Meet Ramon Ang, Filipino billionaire and Duterte's friend
As Ramon Ang aggressively expands his businesses he stays on the good side of President Rodrigo Duterte through his philanthropy and campaign donations

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San Miguel's latest venture: BMW vehicles
San Miguel Corporation sets up a new unit called SMC Asia Car Distributors Corporation marking its entry into the motoring business

NEDA reviews San Miguel's proposed airport in Bulacan
The NEDA chief however says it is not a priority because they will focus on projects that can be finished within President Rodrigo Duterte s term

San Miguel to venture into electronics manufacturing, clean energy
Ramon Ang says the next step is to produce microchips and other electronics as well as get involved in hydro solar and tidal energy sources
