Public-Private Partnership Center

Source:  Philippine Star Published on April 9, 2011 MANILA, Philippines – The Government Service Insurance System (GSIS), the state-owned pension fund for government employees, is eyeing to invest in the administration’s public-private partnership program for infrastructure, Finance Secretary Cesar Purisima said yesterday. Purisima said that infrastructure financing is one of the options GSIS has to grow... continue reading

Source:  Philippine Daily Inquirer MANILA, Philippines—The Philippines’ public-private partnership (PPP) road show delegation got a “positive response” and “strong interest” from Chinese government and business leaders, according to the Philippine Embassy in Beijing. In a report to the home office, the embassy said that during a meeting on Tuesday in the Chinese capital, Vice Premier... continue reading

Source: Philstar MANILA, Philippines – The Aquino administration is on track with its much-touted public-private partnership program for infrastructure, according to the newly-created PPP center. In a press briefing yesterday, PPP Center Deputy Executive Director Cosette Canilao said that the bidding for the first project under the PPP program would be implemented within the first... continue reading

Source:  BusinessWorld Online PROPERTY GIANT Ayala Land, Inc., along with parent firm Ayala Corp., is looking to bid for public-private partnership (PPP) projects. Infrastructure ventures, officials said during the company’s stockholders’ meeting yesterday, will improve accessibility to the property firm’s commercial and residential developments. The statements came as a government official said more PPP deals... continue reading

Source:  Inquirer MANILA, Philippines—The government, which is set to bid out 10 major Public-Private Partnership (PPP) projects this year, is looking into projects in the health and education sectors for possible inclusion in the PPP lineup. Cosette V. Canilao, deputy executive director of the PPP Center, told reporters that “10 or more” projects would be... continue reading

Source:  BusinessMirror Finance Secretary-designate Cesar Purisima is leading a group of Philippine economic managers in Beijing for a series of meetings with Chinese government officials, as well as leaders of China’s business community, to brief them on the Aquino administration’s private-public partnership (PPP) projects, the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) reported on Monday. The DFA... continue reading

Project to showcase country’s cultural heritage Source:  Inquirer MANILA, Philippines—The Department of Tourism (DoT) plans to offer for potential public-private partnership (PPP) a master-planned redevelopment of the five-hectare “Walled City” of Intramuros, the oldest district in the Philippine capital of Manila built during the Spanish colonial period. In a roundtable forum with the Inquirer business... continue reading

Source:  Asian Development Bank ADB, Australia Support Philippines’ Drive for Better Infrastructure Through Public-Private Partnerships MANILA, PHILIPPINES (6 April 2011) – The Asian Development Bank (ADB) and Australia, with support from Canada, are helping the Philippines clear obstacles to public-private partnerships (PPP), paving the way for increased private investment in infrastructure. Grants of $1.5 million from... continue reading

Source: BusinessMirror Cai Ordinario March 24, 2011 THE government is now formulating the guidelines for the public-private partnership (PPP) program to help line agencies and local government units (LGUs) avail themselves of the projects under it. The task is being undertaken by the PPP Center. Director General Cayetano W. Pade-ranga, National Economic and Development Authority,  said... continue reading

Source: Philippine Star By Iris C. Gonzales March 26, 2011 MANILA, Philippines – Finance Secretary Cesar Purisima will lead a government team to China to entice investors to the Aquino administration’s public-private partnership program. “We’ll be asking investors to look into PPP projects. We’re eyeing China investors,” Purisima said yesterday. As such, the Finance chief... continue reading