By Arra B. Francia, Reporter METRO PACIFIC Investments Corp. (MPIC) is on track to end the year with around P15 billion in core net income, a single-digit increase from year-ago figures due to the expected slower growth in the fourth quarter. "We're saying that we think that fourth quarter will be pretty flat, and so you can see our core net income now is about P12 billion. And the last quarter added on to that you'll get a number that's roughly about P15 billion," MPIC Chief Finance Officer David J. Nicol said in a press briefing in Makati City on Wednesday. If realized, this would be a 6% increase from MPIC's core net income of P14.1 billion posted in 2017. "I expect minimal growth in Q4 core net income compared with the same quarter last year.