Public-Private Partnership Center

29 July 2012, Business World Online by Cliff Harvey Venzon   TERMS FOR soliciting counter offers to Metro Pacific Investments Corp.’s (MPIC) proposed road link between two Luzon expressways are nearly drawn up, a Cabinet official said, noting however that kickstarting the process will still depend on bagging clearance to use the airspace above an... continue reading

20 July 2012, Philippine Embassy in London, United Kingdom   (LONDON, 17 July 2012) – The Philippines received a boost from speakers at a recent forum held at the House of Lords in London on 17 July 2012, who lauded the country’s robust economic performance and its prospects for the future. Entitled “The Philippines and... continue reading

20 July 2012, Philippine Exporters Confederation, Inc. (PHILEXPORT) by Danielle Venz   Developing countries including the Philippines can explore the public-private partnership (PPP) model in a bid to ensure success of trade facilitation and enhance export competitiveness. This recommendation was contained in a chapter of the book on trade policy for export success titled “Move goods... continue reading

Embassy of the Philippines, 27 July 2012 Madrid, Spain Madrid PE reported to the Department that the Manila Metro Line 1 Extension, Maintenance and Operations Project Investors´ briefing was successfully held in Madrid on 23 July 2012 at the CEOE headquarters (Spanish Confederation of Business Organizations) with about 50 participants from about 27 Spanish companies in... continue reading

25 July 2012, Business World Online   THE PHILIPPINES needs to attract investments in infrastructure, manufacturing and energy in order to sustain strong growth in the face of a slowing global economy, speakers at a forum yesterday said. Roberto F. De Ocampo, vice-chairman at the Makati Business Club, said such investments can be channelled to... continue reading

24 July 2012, Global Airport Cities by Dominic Welling   The Lucio Tan group of companies has announced it is eyeing investment opportunities in the Philippines’ major airports, under the government’s Public-Private Partnership (PPP) programme. Lucio Tan’s group of companies wants to participate in a number of airport projects due to be bid out under... continue reading

24 July 2012, Business World Online   REVISED IMPLEMENTING rules and regulations (IRR) governing the Build-Operate-Transfer (BOT) Law have been issued by the Aquino administration in a bid to provide more impetus to its signature public-private partnership (PPP) program. The amended IRR for Republic Act (RA) 6957, published in a newspaper last week, details changes... continue reading

23 July 2012, The Construction Index, UK   The Philippines National Economic & Development Authority (NEDA) has approved plans for a PhP43.319bn (£659m) expressway and PhP4.799bn (£73m) airport. The Cavite-Laguna Expressway (Calax) project involves the financing, design and construction of a new four-lane 47km expressway that stretches 47.018 kilometers from the end of Cavite Expressway ... continue reading

24 July 2012, Malaya Business Insight by Angela Celis   The National Economic and Development Authority’s (NEDA) Investment Coordination Committee (ICC) has approved two transportation-related projects worth P48.118 billion to improve transportation efficiency in Luzon. The NEDA ICC’s Cabinet Committee (CabCom) approved the P43.319 billion Cavite-Laguna Expressway (CALAX) Project and the P4.799 billion Bicol International... continue reading

23 July 2012, The Philippine Star   MANILA, Philippines —The National Economic and Development Authority (NEDA) Investment Coordination Committee-Cabinet Committee (ICC-CabCom) approved two new transportation projects and four requests for scope and cost adjustments and loan extension, the state agency said Monday. The ICC-CabCom approved the Cavite-Laguna Expressway (CALAX) project and the Bicol International Airport... continue reading