The next administration should pursue the Public-Private Partnership (PPP) or Build-Operate-Transfer (BOT) aggressively as a chance to continue with the infrastructure development to spur the country’s economic recovery after a two-year fight with the COVID-19 pandemic, former senator and...
With a power supply crisis jolting the next administration, the team of Presidential frontrunner Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. is seriously weighing options to push for the repowering of the mothballed 620-megawatt Bataan Nuclear Power Plant (BNPP) so it can eventually augment the country’s...
PPP CENTER As the pandemic widened the country's infrastructure gap, the Public-Private Partnership (PPP) Center this year added five more projects worth P22.91 billion to its pipeline, bringing the grand total to 63 projects worth P7.243 trillion. The additional projects include the Tourism...
The Duterte administration will amend the the implementing rules and regulations (IRR) of the build-operate-transfer (BOT) law to remove the “onerous,” “excessive,” and “undue” terms, the National Economic and Development Authority (NEDA) said. In a statement, the NEDA said on Tuesday,...
A proposed legislative measure is pushing for a public-private partnership (PPP) investment model that shall be carried out in the development of waste-to-energy (WTE) facilities in the country. Win Gatchalian Photo2 Senate Committee on Energy Chairman Sherwin T. Gatchalian stated that Senate Bill...
Now that former President Benigno Aquino III is gone, Vice President Leni Robredo on Sunday, June 27, said his friends and supporters are now “obligated” to tell the truth about his accomplishments. Vice President Leni Robredo and her two daughters—Aika and Tricia—attend the final funeral...
The provincial government of Cavite (PGC) yesterday ( February 15, 2021) issued its second invitation for new bidders for the $10-billion Sangley Point International Airport (SPIA) after ditching previous bid awardee, Lucio Tan's MacroAsia Corp. and China Communications Construction Co. (CCCC)...
The local government of Cavite has cancelled its award of the $10 Billion Sangley International Airport (SIA) project to the consortium of tycoon Lucio Tan's MacroAsia Corp. and China Communications Construction Co. (CCCC), which the US blacklisted for militarizing islands in the West Philippine...
The daunting logistical challenge presented by the transport and storage of COVID-19 vaccines, which the Philippine government is set to procure needs a public-private partnership to ensure its successful roll-out. Amb. Benedicto V. Yujuico, president of the Philippine Chamber of Commerce and...
The Philippine public-private partnership (PPP) program remains bullish, expanding its pipeline with 14 new projects in 2020, despite the COVID-19 pandemic. To date, PPP projects total 233 with 176 under implementation, amounting to P1.289 trillion and 57 projects in the pipeline, amounting to...
