Public-Private Partnership Center

Business World, 05 April 2013 THE PUBLIC-PRIVATE partnership (PPP) center signed a contract on Friday for a water supply system and sanitation feasibility study for El Nido, Palawan. “Contract signing between PPP Center and Woodfields Consultants, Inc. for the conduct of Feasibility Study for El Nido’s PPP Project ongoing,” PPP Center said via its Twitter... continue reading

GMA News Online, 5 April 2013 First Philippine Holdings Corp. (FPHC) has joined the bidding for the P17.5 billion Mactan-Cebu international airport project scheduled this year, the Lopez-led firm told the Philippine Stock Exchange (PSE) on Friday. FPHC chief information officer Francis Giles Puno said they will participate “through a consortium, in the pre-qualification and bidding... continue reading

Rappler, 5 April 2013 MACTAN AIRPORT. The Lopez group joins the contest for this Mactan-Cebu airport expansion project. Photo courtesy of the PPP Center MANILA, Philippines – The Lopez family’s listed holdings firm, First Philippine Holdings Corp. (FPHC), is eyeing a return to infrastructure projects. In a disclosure to the stock exchange on Friday, April 5, FPHC... continue reading

Inquirer, 05 April 2013 MANILA, Philippines—The Lopez-led First Philippine Holdings Corp. plans to join the bidding for the P17.5-billion Mactan-Cebu International Airport passenger terminal redevelopment project. Awash with proceeds from the sale of shares in Manila Electric Co., FPH also disclosed on Friday that had it had chalked up a net income of P9.6 billion... continue reading

Manila Bulletin,01 April 2013 The country’s first public-private partnership (PPP) social infrastructure project will be the only entry from the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean) in the internationally acclaimed Partnerships Awards 2013, the Philippine PPP Center announced. It explained that the Department of Education’s (DepEd) PPP for School Infrastructure Project Phase I (PSIP I)... continue reading

Department of Education, 04 April 2013 The Department of Education’s Public-Private Partnership (PPP) for School Infrastructure Project (PSIP), which aims to address shortages in public school classrooms through partnerships with the private sector, has made it as the lone entry from the ASEAN to the internationally-acclaimed Partnerships Awards 2013. The PSIP is a qualifier for... continue reading

Business World, 04 April 2013 FOUR GROUPS have qualified to bid for the second phase of a priority state project that aims to cut the country’s public school classroom shortage. The Department of Education (DepEd), which is implementing the public-private partnership (PPP) project, yesterday issued a statement naming the qualified parties as: • Megawide Construction... continue reading

GMA News Online, 02 April 2013 The government has moved for the fourth time the deadline for the submission of prequalification documents for the P17.5-billion Mactan-Cebu international airport project from April 5 to April 22. This time, no further extension will be entertained, according to Transportation Undersecretary Rene Limcaoco in General Bid Bulletin No. 08-2013.... continue reading

Philippine Star, 03 April 2013 MANILA, Philippines – The Department of Transportation and Communications (DOTC) said there would be no further extension in the deadline for the submission of prequalification documents for the controversial P17.5 billion Mactan-Cebu international airport project. DOTC undersecretary Rene Limcaoco issued General Bid Bulletin 08 – 2013 notifying the bidders about... continue reading

Inquirer, 02 April 2013 Amid financial difficulties in Europe, Spanish companies are “betting” on the Philippines not only for profit but also for social returns, Spanish Ambassador to Manila Jorge Domecq told the Inquirer in an interview. “Even in these trying times of financial restrictions all over Europe, we have made a bet on the... continue reading