Public-Private Partnership Center

PRESS RELEASE 04 July 2014 More than a hundred Board of Trustees and Directors from fifty-five (55) Government Owned and Controlled Corporations (GOCCs) attending the Orientation Seminar on Public Sector Governance organized by the Development Academy of the Philippines (DAP) were briefed about the PPP Program and its legal and institutional framework, in separate sessions... continue reading

PHOTO RELEASE 01 July 2014 PPP Center Executive Director Cosette V. Canilao talks about the PPP program during a radio interview with former Senator Joey Lina, host of “Sagot Kita” aired last June 29, 2014 through DZMM.  

UK-based Partnerships Bulletin, recognized the Public-Private Partnership Center, the lead coordinating and monitoring agency of the Philippine PPP Program, as the Gold Award winner for the Best Central Government PPP Promoter during its annual Partnerships Awards, held last June 5, 2014 in London. This is the first for the country and the first in Southeast... continue reading

The Department of Transportation and Communications and Megawide Construction Corp.- GMR-India signed today the Php 17.52 billion contract for the construction of a new passenger terminal for the Mactan-Cebu International Airport (MCIA).  This is the 7th PPP project under the Aquino administration and is the first airport project of the DOTC under a PPP arrangement.... continue reading

PRESS RELEASE 07 April 2014   The much awaited awarding of the 7th PPP project under the Aquino administration finally pushed through after months of intense deliberation. The 17.5 Billion Mactan Cebu International Airport project of the Department of Transportation and Communications was awarded to the consortium of Megawide Construction Inc. and GMR Infrastructure which... continue reading

PRESS RELEASE 02 April 2014 The Government of the Republic of the Philippines, through the Department of Transportation and Communications (DOTC), and AF Consortium of the conglomerates Metro Pacific Investment Corporations (MPIC) and Ayala Corporation signed on Monday, 31 March 2014, the ten-year concession agreement to build and implement the new single ticketing system for... continue reading

The Department of Transportation and Communications (DOTC) held a contract signing ceremony for its Automated Fare Collection System (AFCS) at the EDSA Shangri-La last March 31, 2014. Signing for the DOTC is Secretary Joseph Emilio Abaya, together with Metro Pacific Investments Corporation Chairman Manuel Pangilinan, Ayala Corporation Chairman & CEO Jaime Augusto Zobel de Ayala... continue reading

Photo Release 25 March 2014   Representatives of Spanish companies expressed their interest to participate in the various infrastructure and development projects under the Philippine Public-Private Partnership Program. A Business Delegation joined by high-ranking Spanish government officials visited the PPP Center on 25 March 2014 to get updates on the PPP Program. The Spanish Delegation... continue reading

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PRESS STATEMENT 21 March 2014   The much awaited awarding of the Mactan Cebu International Airport has sparked speculations on which bidder will get the contract and when this will be awarded. In the light of these speculations, several news articles pinpointed PPP Center Executive Director Cosette V. Canilao as stating that, “… the DOTC... continue reading