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LRT1 Dasmarinas Extension auction slated for next year

LRT1 Dasmarinas Extension auction slated for next year

Interaksyon, 25 December 2014 By: Darwin G. Amojelar MANILA – The government plans to auction off next year the project extending the LRT1 all the way to Dasmarinas, Cavite. Transport Secretary Joseph Emilio Abaya last week said the feasibility study for the LRT1 Extension to Dasmarinas is ongoing, adding that the bidding would likely be held... continue reading

Passage of BOT law amendments set in 2015–Canilao

Passage of BOT law amendments set in 2015–Canilao

Business Mirror, 23 December 2014 THE national government is keen on passing the proposed amendments to the build-operate-transfer (BOT) law in the first quarter of 2015. In a briefing on Tuesday, Public- Private Partnership (PPP) Center Executive Director Cosette V. Canilao said the government is keen on having the amendments passed to institutionalize a number of... continue reading

Lawmaker backs P123-B Laguna lakeshore project

Lawmaker backs P123-B Laguna lakeshore project

Philippine Star 28 December 2014 MANILA, Philippines – An administration lawmaker is supporting the proposed P123-billion Laguna Lakeshore Expressway-Dike Project that is expected to reduce flooding in coastal communities along Laguna Lake. Pasig City Rep. Roman Romulo said the project that is being pushed by the Department of Public Works and Highways through Public-Private Partnership... continue reading

PPP director expects 9 projects for rollout by 2015

PPP director expects 9 projects for rollout by 2015

Business World, 23 December 2014 AT LEAST nine public-private partnership (PPP) projects could be rolled out by next year, the head of the PPP Center said on Tuesday, after three of these gained approval from a government economic planning panel earlier in the week. PPP Center Executive Director Cosette V. Canilao told reporters during the... continue reading

Govt to roll out 9 PPP projects in 2015

Govt to roll out 9 PPP projects in 2015

GMA News, 23 December 2014 At least nine projects worth over P700 billion will be rolled out next year under the administration’s flagship public-private partnership (PPP) program, the PPP Center announced on Tuesday. PPP executive director Cosette Canilao, in a press briefing, said “more or less nine projects as of today” will be rolled out... continue reading

PPPC Year-End Press Conference 2014

PPPC Year-End Press Conference 2014

Filinvest, Megawide submit bids for Southwest terminal

Filinvest, Megawide submit bids for Southwest terminal

The Philippine Star, 23 December 2014 By Lawrence Agcaoili   MANILA, Philippines – Filinvest Land Inc. of taipan Andrew Gotianun and a group led by Filipino-owned Megawide Construction Corp. have submitted bids for the P2.5 billion integrated transport system (ITS) – Southwest terminal. Jose Perpetuo Lotilla, undersecretary of the Department of Transportation and Communications (DOTC),... continue reading

Megawide, Filinvest vie for PPP deal

Megawide, Filinvest vie for PPP deal

Business World, 23 December 2014 By Chrisee J.V. Dela Paz   TWO companies that slugged it out for an airport deal auctioned off last year and awarded last April under the Public-Private Partnership (PPP) program have found themselves in opposing camps anew, vying this time for the contract to build and operate an integrated transport... continue reading

2 firms bid for transport hub PPP

2 firms bid for transport hub PPP

Philippine Daily Inquirer, 23 December 2014 By Miguel R. Camus   MANILA, Philippines—The Department of Transportation and Communications drew two offers for its first transportation hub public private partnership (PPP) deal to be located in southern Metro Manila even as most of the potential bidders snubbed the P2.5-billion project. Transportation department spokesperson Michael Sagcal said... continue reading

GMR JV ties up funds for Philippines airport project

GMR JV ties up funds for Philippines airport project

The Hindu, 22 December 2014   A joint venture of GMR Infrastructure Ltd. and Megawide Construction Corporation of Philippines that will construct, develop, renovate, expand and operate the Mactan Cebu international airport in the Philippines has achieved financial closure for the project. Announcing the financial closure on Monday, GMR Infrastructure said the “financing will fund... continue reading