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MPTC raising up to P50 billion ahead of merger with SMC unit

MPTC raising up to P50 billion ahead of merger with SMC unit

By Elijah Felice Rosales | 3 days ago
Expressway giant Metro Pacific Tollways Corp. may sell new shares this year to secure as much as P50 billion, as it looks...
Business
fbtw
Metro Pacific pitches new big-ticket tollway projects

Metro Pacific pitches new big-ticket tollway projects

By Elijah Felice Rosales | September 30, 2024 - 12:00am
The Metro Pacific Group has started to explore its next big-ticket projects to the south of Luzon as it is close to finishing...
Business
fbtw

Unwise

By FIRST PERSON | By Alex Magno | July 20, 2023 - 12:00am
Imagine trying to use any of our tollways by issuing a promissory note to the tellers guarding the gates. It will not happen. The barriers will not rise.
Opinion
fbtw

Emergency cash lanes sa tollways hiling panatilihin

By Angie dela Cruz | November 24, 2020 - 12:00am
Hiniling ng Lawyers and Commuters Safety and Protection na panatilihin ang emergency cash lanes sa tollways hangga’t wala pang inter-operability ang Autosweep at Easytrip.
Bansa
fbtw
Cashless, contactless transactions in tollways required soon

Cashless, contactless transactions in tollways required soon

By Richmond Mercurio | August 25, 2020 - 12:00am
The Department of Transportation will soon require tollway users to engage in cashless or contactless transactions “to...
Headlines
fbtw

NLEX to spend P19 billion for tollway projects in 2018

By Louella Desiderio | January 12, 2018 - 12:00am
Metro Pacific Investments Corp. unit NLEX Corp. is alloting P19 billion in capital expenditures for tollway projects this year.
Business
fbtw
EDITORIAL - Captive taxpayers

EDITORIAL - Captive taxpayers

July 24, 2010 - 12:00am
The administration that promised no new taxes is set to impose a 12 percent value-added tax on tollway operations.
Opinion
fbtw

Metro Pacific submits bid to operate SCTEX

September 17, 2009 - 12:00am
Metro Pacific Tollways Corp. (MPTC) has submitted an unsolicited proposal to the Bases Conversion Development Authority (BCDA) for the right to operate, maintain, and collect toll from the Subic-Clark-Tarlac Expressway...
Business
fbtw

A Funny Thing Happened On the Way to…

By MOTORING TODAY By Lester Dizon | June 14, 2006 - 12:00am
This may sound like an overused cliché’ but a funny thing happened on the way to Manila.
Motoring
fbtw

Editoryal - Toll fee increase: Maagang pahirap

January 4, 2002 - 12:00am
HINDI maganda ang pasalubong ng Citra Metro Manila Tollways Corp. (CMMTC) at Tollway Regulatory Board (TRB) sa mga motorista sa pagpasok ng Bagong Taon. Itinaas nila ang singil sa mga motoristang dumadaan sa North...
PSN Opinyon
fbtw
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