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Trial period for automated LRT fare system over

By Louella Desiderio | December 17, 2015 - 9:00am

The trial period for the Automated Fare Collection System (AFCS) for the country’s light rail transit has been completed with over one million beep cards sold as of December.

Headlines

3-in-1 card now live at MRT, LRT

September 21, 2015 - 12:00am

Starting today, commuters can enjoy PayMaya VISA card with beep, the first live three-in-one card in the market that...

Headlines

3-in-1 PayMaya Visa card pwede sa LRT/MRT

September 20, 2015 - 10:00am

Simula ngayon, mae-enjoy na ng mga Pilipino ang PayMaya VISA card with beep na unang live three-in-one card na magagamit sa...

Bansa

MAILBOX: No partnership

October 4, 2014 - 12:00am

With reference to The Philippine STAR article entitled “MPIC to further expand tie-up with Spain’s Indra” (Business, page 4) published Monday, 29 September 2014, we would like to call your attention...

Business

MPIC-Ayala allots P35 B for LRT 1 Ext

By Lawrence Agcaoili | September 16, 2014 - 12:00am

The tandem of infrastructure giant Metro Pacific Investments Corp. (MPIC) and conglomerate Ayala Corp. has committed to invest P35 billion to undertake the largest public private partnership (PPP) project awarded...

Business

ALI plans malls in LRT stations

By Neil Jerome C. Morales | July 3, 2014 - 12:00am

Property giant Ayala Land Inc. (ALI) stands to benefit from a P65-billion mass transit infrastructure project that will be awarded to conglomerates Metro Pacific Investments Corp. (MPIC) and Ayala Corp. (AC).

Business

Government by default?

By Boo Chanco | June 20, 2014 - 12:00am

Last month, a top Ayala executive boasted to The Business Times of Singapore that Ayala had become a de facto government essentially because of government’s lack of an urban planning or development agency....

Business

Ayala –Aboitiz tandem tops CALAX bid

By Lawrence Agcaoili | June 14, 2014 - 12:00am

The tandem of Ayala Corp. and Aboitiz Equity Ventures submitted yesterday the highest bid for the P35.4-billion Cavite Laguna expressway project.

Business

Golden age of financing will help roll out more projects

By Neil Jerome C. Morales | May 25, 2014 - 12:00am

Governments in Southeast Asia, which includes the Philippines, should be more proactive in providing infrastructure projects to solve wide income disparity and prevent social unrest, industry experts said in a panel...

Business

Banks ready to fund PPP projects

By Neil Jerome C. Morales | April 14, 2014 - 12:00am

Philippine banks are ready and capable of funding capital-intensive public-private partnership (PPP) projects, the flagship...

Business