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Infra projects pump up prime Iloilo City’s economy

Infra projects pump up prime Iloilo City’s economy

ILOILO CITY – The construction of various infrastructure facilities in this regional hub of Western Visayas (Region 6) has highlighted the accomplishments of the administration of this highly urbanized city (HUC) amid the threat and uncertainties due to the health crisis. The big projects helped pump up prime the region’s economy by providing jobs, opening... continue reading

Big-ticket hospital PPPs up for bids in 2022

Big-ticket hospital PPPs up for bids in 2022

Big-ticket health-care public-private partnership (PPP) projects are coming in 2022, paving the way for the construction of needed hospital capacity in Metro Manila. According to the PPP Center, it was readying the bidding for a new Philippine General Hospital (PGH) in Diliman, Quezon City, and a 300-bed PGH cancer center in Manila. The two projects,... continue reading

P23 billion PPP projects added

P23 billion PPP projects added

MANILA, Philippines — The government has added five new projects worth P22.9 billion in its infrastructure pipeline amid the gap worsened by the pandemic. The Public-Private Partnership Center said the five new projects bring the total number of PPP projects in the pipeline to 63, with overall project cost amounting to P7.24 trillion. These new... continue reading

PPP Center adds 5 infra projects worth P22 B

PPP Center adds 5 infra projects worth P22 B

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 Infrastructure and Enterprise Zone Authority (TIEZA) Clark Tourism Enterprise Zone (TEZ), San Pablo City... continue reading

MRT 7 on course to start operations in a year’s time

MRT 7 on course to start operations in a year’s time

The San Miguel Corp. (SMC)-backed Metro Rail Transit Line 7 (MRT 7) from Metro Manila to Bulacan has reached an overall progress rate of 62 percent and is on track to begin passenger operations by the end of 2022. Transportation Secretary Arthur Tugade provided updates as project proponent SMC on Thursday unveiled the first 18... continue reading

MRT-7 gets new train sets

MRT-7 gets new train sets

THE Metro Rail Transit Line 7 (MRT-7) project is due for test runs in April and for full passenger operations in December next year, Department of Transportation said yesterday. The DOTr presented the rail line’s brand-new train sets yesterday following their arrival from South Korea in September. At present, six train sets or 18 rail... continue reading

LRT-1 kiosks accepts beep payments, load

LRT-1 kiosks accepts beep payments, load

IN a bid to make commuting more convenient and seamless, LRT-1 private operator Light Rail Manila Corp. (LRMC), in partnership with AF Payments Inc. (AFPI), announced recently the pilot implementation of LRT-1 merchants as new channels for beep payment and loading services. Under this project, LRT-1 merchants will have a portable stand-alone payment and loading... continue reading

PPP rule changes eyed to cap rising contingent liabilities

PPP rule changes eyed to cap rising contingent liabilities

The economic team remains on the lookout for rising contingent liabilities to be borne by the government from public-private partnership projects (PPP), estimated to reach P456.2 billion this year. In a text message, Socioeconomic Planning Secretary Karl Kendrick Chua said moves to amend the implementing rules and regulations (IRR) of the Build-Operate-Transfer (BOT) Law will... continue reading

‘Clark airport to transform Pampanga’

‘Clark airport to transform Pampanga’

The newly built Clark International Airport (CIA) will back up the development of the Pampanga Golden Triangle into the next megalopolis in Luzon, according to former President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo. Arroyo, who also served as Pampanga Second District congresswoman and speaker of the House of Representatives, said the rise of the new aviation facility as a... continue reading

MPT South partners with USAID Sibol for greening CALAX

MPT South partners with USAID Sibol for greening CALAX

To turn the Cavite-Laguna Expressway (CALAX) into a ‘green highway’, operator Metro Pacific Tollways South Management Corporation (MPT South), partnered with the United States Agency for International Development (USAID)’s Sustainable Interventions for Biodiversity, Oceans and Landscapes (SIBOL). MPT South and USAID SIBOL, a natural resources management and biodiversity conservation project, are collaborating on a biodiversity... continue reading