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DOTC Receives Favorable Financial Bids for AFCS PPP Project

DOTC Receives Favorable Financial Bids for AFCS PPP Project

PRESS RELEASE 10 December 2013 The Philippine government received favorable deals from bidders for the P1.72-Billion MRT-LRT common ticketing system under the Public-Private Partnership (PPP) Program. During the financial bid opening on 09 December 2013 for the Contactless Automatic Fare Collection System (AFCS) project of Department of Transportation and Communications (DOTC), it was revealed that... continue reading

PPP Center Joins Indonesia’s Biggest Infra Conference

PPP Center Joins Indonesia’s Biggest Infra Conference

Photo Release 22 November 2013 The Public-Private Partnership (PPP) Center Deputy Executive Director Jose Emmanuel P. Reverente shared the Philippine PPP experience to the Indonesian business community during the National Development Planning Agency of Indonesia (Bappenas) PPP Book 2013 book launch on 15 November 2013. The launch was part of the Indonesia Infrastructure Conference and... continue reading

DPWH Meets Four Prequalified Bidders for P35.42-Billion CALAX Project

DPWH Meets Four Prequalified Bidders for P35.42-Billion CALAX Project

PHOTO RELEASE 21 November 2013     The Department of Public Works and Highways met with the four prequalified bidders for the P35.42-Billion Cavite-Laguna Expressway (CALAX) Project during the Pre-Bid Conference held today, 21 November 2013, at the DPWH Office in Manila. The four groups vying for the CALAX Project are Alloy MTD Philippines Inc.;... continue reading

5 FIRMS SUBMIT BIDS FOR AUTOMATED FARE COLLECTION SYSTEM

5 FIRMS SUBMIT BIDS FOR AUTOMATED FARE COLLECTION SYSTEM

PHOTO RELEASE 19 November 2013   Another PPP project gets off the ground with five (5) firms vying to operate and maintain a state of the art contactless-based smart card ticketing system to collect fares from passengers of the LRT Line1, LRT Line 2 and MRT trains operating within the Metro. Bidding for the Php... continue reading

BIDDING FOR OTHER PPP PROJECTS ON TRACK DESPITE POSTPONEMENT OF NEDA BOARD MEETING

BIDDING FOR OTHER PPP PROJECTS ON TRACK DESPITE POSTPONEMENT OF NEDA BOARD MEETING

PRESS RELEASE 14 November 2013   With government focusing its energies and resources to respond to the mammoth needs of those devastated by Typhoon Yolanda, the scheduled NEDA Board meeting set for this week was postponed. The NEDA Board is chaired by the President which approves PPP projects. Despite the postponement, several PPP projects remain... continue reading

AON Conference on Philippine PPP Opportunity

AON Conference on Philippine PPP Opportunity

PHOTO RELEASE 13 November 2013 The Public-Private Partnership (PPP) Center presented the Philippine PPP Program’s progress and opportunities to project sponsors, financial institutions, consultants, and other stakeholders during the Conference entitled “The Philippines’ Public-Private Partnership (PPP) Opportunity: Mitigating Risks and International Best Practices” organized by the AON Insurance & Reinsurance Brokers Philippines Inc. held at the Peninsula... continue reading

2nd PPP Governing Board Meeting

2nd PPP Governing Board Meeting

PHOTO RELEASE 12 November 2013   The PPP Governing Board, created through Executive Order No. 136, met on 12 November 2013 at the PPP Center to discuss strategic policy directions for the Philippine PPP Program. Socio-Economic Planning Secretary Arsenio Balisacan is the Chairperson of the PPP Governing Board with Finance Secretary Cesar Purisima as the... continue reading

500 COMPLETED PPP CLASSROOMS TURNED OVER TO DEPED

500 COMPLETED PPP CLASSROOMS TURNED OVER TO DEPED

PPP Center 25 October 2013 Amidst an air of festivities and high spirits, Citicore-Megawide Inc.  led by Louie Ferrer, turned over some 500 completed classrooms to Education Secretary Bro. Armin Luistro under the country’s first PPP Social Infrastructure project, the PPPs for School Infrastructure Project Phase 1. The turnover ceremony was held in San Jose... continue reading

The Asset 8th Philippine Forum

The Asset 8th Philippine Forum

PHOTO RELEASE 24 October 2013     PPP Center Executive Director Cosette V. Canilao delivers her keynote address before participants of the 8th Philippine Forum organized by The Asset. In the photo (L-R): Noel Kintanar, Ayala Corp., DOTC Undersecretary Rene Limcaoco, PPP Center Executive Director Cosette Canilao, Frederico “Fritz” Ocampo, Deutsche Bank, and Daniel Yu,... continue reading

Four Groups Submit Qualification Docs for P35.42-B CALAX

Four Groups Submit Qualification Docs for P35.42-B CALAX

Press Release 24 October 2013   Four groups submitted today their pre-qualification documents to the Department of Public Works and Highways’ Special Bids and Awards Committee(DPWH-SBAC) formalizing their interest to bid for the P35.42-Billion expressway project that will connect the provinces of Cavite and Laguna. The four groups that submitted their pre-qualification documents for the... continue reading