By Adriano Flores | Inquirer Golf | July-August 2014 issue Worldwide attention beckons for Manila Southwoods when it hosts the country's first $1 million event, the Resorts World Manila Masters presented by 918.com. Renowned agent Andrew "Chubby" Chandler, in an interview with Golf Digest, three years ago, expects that in 15 years, 50 percent of the names on the leader boards in the biggest events are going to be Asians. Chandler, founder of the International Sports Management Compa...

By Mike Frialde | philstar.com | Updated October 3, 2014, 7:55pm MANILA, Philippines - An executive of the Metro Rail Transit Corporation (MRTC) on Friday expressed support for the plan of the Department of Transportation and Communications (DOTC) to upgrade and rehabilitate the MRT-3 system. In a statement, Robert John Sobrepeña, chair of the Fil-Estate group - one of the shareholders of the Metro Rail Transit Holdings (MRTH II), the company that owns the Metro Rail Transit Corporation (M...

ABS-CBNnews.com | Posted at 10/01/2014 12:58 PM | Updated as of 10/01/2014 4:36 PM MANILA, Philippines - The former chairman of MRT Corp. told senators the company had repeatedly proposed the procurement of new trains as early as 1999, but the government failed to act on its proposals. At a Senate hearing on the MRT-3, Robert John Sobrepeña said the MRTC's last proposal to the government was in 2007, but the Department of Transportation and Communications had begun to request for second-ha...

By Maila Ager | inquirer.net | October 1, 2014 MANILA, Philippines—To address the problem of long lines in the Metro Rail Train 3 system, the government had considered buying second-hand rails from Spain, Transportation Secretary Joseph Emilio Abaya told a Senate hearing on Wednesday. Abaya admitted this during the hearing of the Senate sub-committee on transportation after the chairman of Fil-Estate group, Roberto Sobrepeña, told the body that the Department of Transportation and Communic...

By Louie Logarta | The Daily Tribune September 18, 2014 The Indian federal government is reportedly finalizing a controversial plan to evict some 90,000 squatters living in shanties around Chhatrapati Shivaji International Airport in Mumbai, India amid reports of terrorist attacks being readied by the Taliban. According to wire reports, assistants of Prime Minister Narendra Modi have fired off a letter to the Maharashtra state government to immediately relocate and rehouse those living by ...

By Lorenz S. Marasigan | Business Mirror | September 16, 2014 The owner of the Metro Rail Transit Line 3 (MRT 3) is calling on the government to coordinate with the private owners of the MRT 3 to provide a safer and more efficient railway system for the public. Robert John Sobrepeña, the former chairman of MRT Corp. (MRTC), said private companies that own the MRT are open to a dialogue with the Department of Transportation and Communications (DOTC) on how to address technical issues, as we...

By abs-cbn news Posted at 09/16/2014 12:59 PM It takes two to tango but the private company which owns the MRT-3 complains government has been keeping it in the dark about plans to improve the system. Karen Davila reports. ANC Dateline Philippines, September 16, 2014  Watch video here http://www.abs-cbnnews.com/video/business/09/16/14/mrtc-govt-never-acted-any-our-proposals Karen Davila's Instagram Post iamkarendavila: FIRST LIVE TV interview - MRTC's Chairman Bob Sobrepena (the c...

By Olmin Leyba (The Philippine Star) | Updated July 24, 2014 - 12:00am MANILA, Philippines - Organizers look forward to a bigger, more exciting second edition of the Resorts World Manila Masters which sets out to be the richer ever on Philippine soil with a whopping $1-million in prize money. Coming on the heels of the successful maiden edition that came down to a thrilling playoff last time, the Asian Tour-sanctioned tourney gets a million dollar boost from Resorts World Manila and new presen...

By Bong Pedralvez | Malaya Business Insight | July 24, 2014 WITH a bigger prize pot of $1 million and world ranking points at stake for the 2016 Rio Janeiro Olympic Games, the second edition of the Resorts World Manila Masters promises to more competitive and action-packed when it tees off on from Nov. 20-23 at the Manila Southwoods Golf and Country Club. “Together with the Asian Tour and our new presenting sponsor 918.com, we look forward to making the 2nd Resorts World Manila Masters eve...