Public-Private Partnership Center

Source:  Philippine Daily Inquirer By Guillermo M. Luz Over the last year, we advocated that transparency can lead to competitiveness and that good governance is good for the economy. Our basic hypothesis is that transparency and good governance basically build trust in an economy and society. Trust creates some benefits, among them the ability to... continue reading

Source:  PhilConstruct, Inc 20 March 2012   Department of Foreign Affairs Secretary Albert Del Rosario urged Russian investors to invest in public-private partnership (PPP) projects in the Philippines during the 35th anniversary celebration of the Philippine-Russia diplomatic relations. Del Rosario met with Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov in Moscow from March 12 to 14 to make... continue reading

Source:  Manila Bulletin, 19 March 2012 CATARMAN, Northern Samar — Northern Samar Governor Paul Daza is urging the national government to include Eastern Visayas in its public-private partnership (PPP) school building projects to be implemented this year. Daza, in an press conference here, told local media that national government should include Eastern Visayas, especially Northern... continue reading

Source: Philippine Star, 19 March 2012   MANILA, Philippines – Foreign Affairs Secretary Albert F. del Rosario has invited Russian businessmen to invest in priority sectors of the Philippines. Del Rosario addressed over a hundred Russian businessmen, government officials, diplomats and Filipino expatriates and community leaders in Moscow on Philippine economic diplomacy at a dinner... continue reading

Source:  Business Mirror, 18 March 2012   FOREIGN Secretary Albert del Rosario has invited rich Russian businessmen to invest in the government’s Public-Private Partnerships (PPP) Program. He also encouraged all Russians to enjoy summer in the Philippines amid the winter chills in Europe. Speaking before a gathering of Russian government officials, key Russian and Armenian businessmen,... continue reading

Source:  Manila Bulletin, 12 March 2012 MANILA, Philippines — Visiting top Japanese business leaders are pushing for concrete ways of cooperation with the Philippines on infrastructure, power situation, regional economic integration and development plans. This was expressed during the visit of the Keidanran (Japan Business Cooperation), an umbrella organization of Japan’s key business conglomerates and... continue reading

Source:  Malaya, 12 March 2012   JAPAN’S biggest business group is looking for concrete steps to cooperate with the Philippines in the areas of infrastructure, power, regional economic integration and development plans. Officials from the Keidanren (Japan Business Cooperation), an umbrella organization of Japanese industry associations and businesses, were in the Philippines over the weekend... continue reading

Source:  Malaya, 12 March 2012 THE Aquino government has allotted additional funding worth P810 million to the Project Development and Monitoring Facility (PDMF), the funding facility that can be used to help implementing agencies to structure, prepare and competitively tender bankable PPP projects. Cosette Canilao, PPP Center executive director, added that development partners have committed... continue reading

Source:  Business Mirror, 11 March 2012   WITH only a few weeks remaining, the Public Private Partnership (PPP) Center estimates that two more projects may be bid out before the first quarter this year ends. PPP Center Executive Director Cosette Canilao told reporters that when the National Economic and Development Authority (Neda) Board meets and... continue reading

Source:  SunStar, 08 March 2012   MANILA — Lawmakers from Western Visayas are calling on President Benigno Aquino III to prioritize the construction of trans-link bridges to connect the islands of Panay, Guimaras and Negros. In House Resolution 2018, Western Visayas congressmen said President Aquino, together with the Philippine Public-Private Partnership Center, the Department of... continue reading