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PHL to start bidding out LRT-1 extension, says Mar Roxas

PHL to start bidding out LRT-1 extension, says Mar Roxas

Source: GMA News, 10 April 2012 The Philippines will invite investors to bid for the Light Railway Transit Line 1 (LRT-I) extension project under the public-private partnership program starting this month. The bidding will likely start at the end of April, Transportation and Communications Secretary Manuel Roxas II told reporters at the sidelines of Qatar... continue reading

Rise in domestic demand to fuel GDP growth

Rise in domestic demand to fuel GDP growth

Rise in domestic demand to fuel GDP growth PPP projects to start showing positive impact Source: Inquirer Business, 9 April 2012 By Ronnel W. Domingo   Domestic demand is seen to push the growth of gross domestic product in 2012 as progress in public-private partnership (PPP) projects is expected to show impact on investments by the... continue reading

13 new PPP projects await NOD

13 new PPP projects await NOD

Source: Business Mirror, 08 April 2012 THIRTEEN new projects are awaiting funds from the Public-Private Partnership (PPP) Center to help finance their costly pre-investment studies. PPP Center Executive Director Cosette Canilao told the BusinessMirror the projects included five that would be undertaken by the Department of Health (DOH) and eight by the Department of Transportation... continue reading

Gov’t Disburses P141B For Infra

Gov’t Disburses P141B For Infra

Source:  Manila Bulletin, 07 April 2012 MANILA, Philippines — The government has disbursed P141.8 billion for infrastructure projects under the enacted General Appropriations Act of 2012. Socio-economic Planning Secretary Cayetano Paderanga, Jr. said the 2012 budget is 25.6 percent higher than the 2011 allocation and represents 1.6 percent of the country’s gross domestic product (GDP)... continue reading

Daang Hari-SLEx Link Road concession agreement signed

Daang Hari-SLEx Link Road concession agreement signed

Source: Philippine Star, 08 April 2012 MANILA, Philippines – A concession agreement was entered last April 3, 2012 between the Philippine government through the Department of Public Works and Highways and the Ayala Corporation for the construction, operation and maintenance of the Daang Hari-SLEx Link Road. The four-kilometer Daang Hari-South Luzon Expressway Link Road Project... continue reading

DAANG HARI-SLEx LINK ROAD CONCESSION AGREEMENT SIGNING

DAANG HARI-SLEx LINK ROAD CONCESSION AGREEMENT SIGNING

Source:  DPWH, 03 April 2012 A concession agreement was entered today between the Philippine government through the Department of Public Works and Highways and the Ayala Corporation for the construction, operation, and maintenance of the Daang Hari-SLEx Link Road. The four-kilometer Daang Hari-South Luzon Expressway Link Road Project bagged by the Ayala group during the... continue reading

DPWH, Ayala Corp. sign Daang Hari-SLEX road deal

DPWH, Ayala Corp. sign Daang Hari-SLEX road deal

Source:  Business World, 03 April 2012 THE DEPARTMENT of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) on Tuesday signed the agreement with Ayala Corp. for the P1.96-billion Daang Hari-South Luzon Expressway (SLEx) Link road which will be implemented under the government’s public-private partnership (PPP) program. Ayala won the deal in December, outbidding San Miguel Corp. consortium. The... continue reading

Ayala, DPWH ink P2-B Daang Hari Project

Ayala, DPWH ink P2-B Daang Hari Project

Source:  Business Mirror, 03 April 2012   The Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) and Ayala Corp. on Tuesday formally signed the contract for the construction of the Daang Hari-South Luzon Expressway (Slex) Link Road project. Public Works Secretary Rogelio Singson said the project, which will cut travel time to Cavite from Metro Manila... continue reading

PPP deal inked; tollway opening seen in late 2013

PPP deal inked; tollway opening seen in late 2013

Source: Business World, 03 April 2012 THE FIRST public-private partnership (PPP) project awarded by the government, the P1.96-billion Daang Hari-South Luzon Expressway (SLEx) link, could be operational late next year after the Public Works department yesterday signed a contract with winning bidder Ayala Corp. “We will need about four months to finalize the detailed design.... continue reading

RDC Oks Central Luzon component of DepEd’s school infra project

RDC Oks Central Luzon component of DepEd’s school infra project

Source:  Philippine Information Agency CITY OF SAN FERNANDO, Pampanga, April 2 (PIA) — Regional Development Council (RDC) 3 have passed a resolution endorsing the Central Luzon component of the Public-Private Partnership for School Infrastructure Project (PSIP) of the Department of Education (DepEd). RDC said, “The project seeks to address the estimated classroom shortage of about... continue reading