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by INQUIRER.net, 26 Dec 2019 MANILA, Philippines — “New Clark City will provide a modern, livable space for more than one million people, easing pressure on Manila,” the Asian Development Bank (ADB) said in its video entitled “How Public-Private Partnership Is Building A New Smart City in the Philippines.”

By Iris Gonzales (The Philippine Star), May 24, 2017 MOSCOW – Filipino businessmen are quietly raising concerns over the government’s proposed hybrid approach for public-private partnership (PPP) infrastructure projects which President Duterte is expected to present during his official visit here.

The author attended this year’s EAHF Annual Conference in Kigali, Rwanda, where stakeholders engaged in a bold and direct dialogue with private and public sectors on health.

From the Public-Private Partnership Center The Philippines has been recognized as most improved country in Asia-Pacific for PPP readiness in the recent report by The Economist Intelligence Unit last April entitled “Evaluating the environment for public-private partnerships in Asia-Pacific, The 2014 Infrascope.”

I like P-Noy’s chutzpah when he told a business conference last week that, we “ain’t seen nothing yet” in terms of the country’s economy. Then again, at the risk of sounding negative, I would like to echo the sentiment of a large part of the business community: we are still waiting to see much of…

MANILA, Philippines (Xinhua) – The government approved today a number of key Public Private Partnership (PPP) projects, mainly on infrastructure construction, in a bid to boost the country’s economic development.

Administration insiders I have talked to in recent days open the conversation by saying that they are now in catch up mode, specially in the infrastructure area. I shouldn’t worry too much about DOTC, some of them reassured me, because P-Noy is already on their case.

MANILA, Philippines – President Aquino approved on Wednesday six public-private partnership projects with a combined total of P76.5 billion among five government agencies, but two of the National Economic Development Authority-approved projects carried “conditions.”

AN AUCTION for a second public-private partnership (PPP) project has been deemed a success by the government, which yesterday named two groups as the winners of contracts to build classrooms in three Luzon regions.

Here is a portion of a report on a survey of education done in 2001 by the RAND Corporation: “RAND’s analysis identified key system strengths and weaknesses, most of which were already well-known. A key problem was the rigidity of the Department of Education, whose insular, bureaucratic structure discouraged innovation and limited communication both within…

With additional funds for public-private partnership (PPP) projects from three donors expected in the next few months, the National Economic and Development Authority (Neda) said more projects may be rolled out this year.

PRESIDENT Aquino has ordered the National Economic and Development Authority (Neda) to speed up the processing of the project proposals for the Public-Private Partnership (PPP) Program to accelerate its implementation.

STATE AGENCIES have been ordered to hasten infrastructure project approvals this year in a bid to take advantage of increased investor appetite, President Benigno S. C. Aquino III yesterday said, and also prepare for fierce economic competition from neighboring countries.

PRESIDENT Aquino has ordered the National Economic and Development Authority (Neda) to speed up the processing of the project proposals for the Public-Private Partnership (PPP) Program to accelerate its implementation.

The Aquino government allocated P19.6 billion in counterpart funds for the government’s Public-Private Partnership (PPP) program this year, registering a 56.8-percent increase from 2011’s P12.5-million counterpart budget.

MANILA, Philippines – The Social Security System (SSS), the state-owned pension fund for private employees, is ready to invest as much as P50 billion in the government’s Public-Private Partnership (PPP) program for infrastructure, its top official said.

THE Aquino administration plans to accelerate the implementation of its public-private partnership (PPP) program, targeting to bid out eight to 16 projects this year. In a briefing, Cosette Canilao, PPP Center executive director, told reporters on Wednesday that the indicative cost of the eight to 16 projects to be rolled out this year amounts to…

A change in the political wind particularly the transfer of power after President Aquino’s term to a political rival is the greatest fear cited by investors in committing investments to flagship projects of Aquino under the Private-Public Partnership (PPP) scheme, representatives from the private sector said at a recent PPP Breakfast Forum sponsored by PricewaterhouseCoopers…

MANILA, Philippines – Vice President Jejomar Binay urged yesterday local businessmen to enter into Public Private Partnership (PPP) with local government units (LGUs) in order to develop infrastructure and other projects.

THE government on Wednesday said it may offer at least two projects to investors under the so-called public-private partnership starting this quarter, scaling down from an earlier plan for 10 proposals this year.

A NEW York-based think tank said the Philippine economy would likely slow down until next year on expectations the Aquino administration’s public-private partnership (PPP) scheme would fail to take off in the near term.

In September, Alliance of Concerned Teachers Rep. Antonio Tinio questioned the practicality of the Philippines engaging in public-private partnerships (PPPs) as they would become a burden on taxpayers. The UK parliament, he said, had concluded that the system is inefficient.

MANILA, Philippines – The local business community is urging the Aquino administration to spend more and speed up projects under the public private partnership (PPP) program to boost the economy.

THE Aquino administration may ditch its stalled public-private partnership (PPP) scheme and instead go it alone in pursuing key infrastructure projects, according to the Department of Transportation and Communications (DOTC).

With the more than P12 billion government counterpart funds for the public-private-partnership projects for 2011 still intact, a senior member of the minority bloc in the House of Representatives yesterday suggested that a portion of the 2012 PPP budget be realigned for infrastructure and State Universities and Colleges (SUCs).

MANILA, Philippines – The government is aggressively campaigning for its Private-Public Partnership program as the centerpiece of its economic development strategy. Those projects include big-ticket infrastructure projects such as two airports, extension of the Metro-Manila light rail system, a highway that connects the north and south superhighways which have been lined up for bidding by…

MANILA, Philippines – The much-awaited launching of the Aquino government’s public private partnership (PPP) scheme would pave the way for the strong recovery in foreign direct investment (FDI) inflows into the Philippines, an official from the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) said.

THE Aquino government is looking at allocating P22.1 billion of its P1.816 trillion national budget to fund the pubic-private partnership (PPP) program next year.

In spite of the current controversy surrounding the LTO and its technology partner, Stradcom, drivers’ licenses continue to be renewed in Land Transportation Offices located in malls and other public places. NBI clearances, prior to the current situation, were also issued in many satellite facilities around the country. Similarly if one needed an authenticated birth…

PAST public-private partnership (PPP) projects in the Philippines were “unsuccessful” mostly because of lack of transparency, competition and preparation, according to a study by the Asian Development Bank.