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PPP orientation for PhilHealth

PPP orientation for PhilHealth

The Public-Private Partnership (PPP) Center held an online orientation on PPPs for the Philippine Health Insurance Corporation (PhilHealth) on December 17, 2021 via Microsoft Teams. A total of 25 participants composed of PhilHealth officials and technical staff attended the activity which covered PPP concepts and legal frameworks and overview of PPP processes.

DENR, PPPC Center lead kick-off meeting for Risk Resiliency Program

DENR, PPPC Center lead kick-off meeting for Risk Resiliency Program

The Risk Resiliency Program (RRP) for the remaining 12 provinces and 4 major urban areas has officially started through an online kick-off meeting led by the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) and the Public-Private Partnership (PPP) Center on December 17, 2021 via Microsoft Teams. The RRP is DENR’s program for selected climate-vulnerable local... continue reading

PPP Center launches E-Learning platform, boosts capacity building program

PPP Center launches E-Learning platform, boosts capacity building program

To meet the consistent demand for introductory knowledge on public-private partnerships (PPPs) in the Philippines, the PPP Center is expanding its suite of capacity building offerings through the launch of its E-Learning Modules this December. The E-Learning platform is seen to complement the Center’s Online Capacity Building Activities (OCBA) and in-person training program and is... continue reading

MRT 7 on course to start operations in a year’s time

MRT 7 on course to start operations in a year’s time

The San Miguel Corp. (SMC)-backed Metro Rail Transit Line 7 (MRT 7) from Metro Manila to Bulacan has reached an overall progress rate of 62 percent and is on track to begin passenger operations by the end of 2022. Transportation Secretary Arthur Tugade provided updates as project proponent SMC on Thursday unveiled the first 18... continue reading

PPP Center, Infrastructure Asia, and ADB conduct OCBA on water PPP projects

PPP Center, Infrastructure Asia, and ADB conduct OCBA on water PPP projects

The Public-Private Partnership (PPP) Center, in partnership with Infrastructure Asia and the Asian Development Bank (ADB), conducted an online capacity building activity (OCBA) titled Special Topic on Sectoral PPPs: Water PPP Projects on December 10, 2021 via Zoom. Among the 38 participants to the OCBA are general managers, technical, and administrative officers, and staff from... continue reading

MRT-7 gets new train sets

MRT-7 gets new train sets

THE Metro Rail Transit Line 7 (MRT-7) project is due for test runs in April and for full passenger operations in December next year, Department of Transportation said yesterday. The DOTr presented the rail line’s brand-new train sets yesterday following their arrival from South Korea in September. At present, six train sets or 18 rail... continue reading

LRT-1 kiosks accepts beep payments, load

LRT-1 kiosks accepts beep payments, load

IN a bid to make commuting more convenient and seamless, LRT-1 private operator Light Rail Manila Corp. (LRMC), in partnership with AF Payments Inc. (AFPI), announced recently the pilot implementation of LRT-1 merchants as new channels for beep payment and loading services. Under this project, LRT-1 merchants will have a portable stand-alone payment and loading... continue reading

PPP rule changes eyed to cap rising contingent liabilities

PPP rule changes eyed to cap rising contingent liabilities

The economic team remains on the lookout for rising contingent liabilities to be borne by the government from public-private partnership projects (PPP), estimated to reach P456.2 billion this year. In a text message, Socioeconomic Planning Secretary Karl Kendrick Chua said moves to amend the implementing rules and regulations (IRR) of the Build-Operate-Transfer (BOT) Law will... continue reading

‘Clark airport to transform Pampanga’

‘Clark airport to transform Pampanga’

The newly built Clark International Airport (CIA) will back up the development of the Pampanga Golden Triangle into the next megalopolis in Luzon, according to former President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo. Arroyo, who also served as Pampanga Second District congresswoman and speaker of the House of Representatives, said the rise of the new aviation facility as a... continue reading

MPT South partners with USAID Sibol for greening CALAX

MPT South partners with USAID Sibol for greening CALAX

To turn the Cavite-Laguna Expressway (CALAX) into a ‘green highway’, operator Metro Pacific Tollways South Management Corporation (MPT South), partnered with the United States Agency for International Development (USAID)’s Sustainable Interventions for Biodiversity, Oceans and Landscapes (SIBOL). MPT South and USAID SIBOL, a natural resources management and biodiversity conservation project, are collaborating on a biodiversity... continue reading