Rappler's latest stories on PPP Center
Lone bidder qualifies for P84-million Baggao Water Supply Project
The public-private partnership deal is seen to benefit 24 barangays in Baggao, Cagayan

Clark airport maintenance among PPP projects set for rollout in 2018
The PPP Center is also eyeing 5 to 8 water projects under some local government units

PPP Center rebuilds pipeline with new focus: LGUs
The Public Private Partnership PPP Center of the Philippines promises to add more local government unit LGU projects to the pipeline

DOTr keen on removing Davao airport rehab from PPP pipeline
Transportation Secretary Arthur Tugade says the government is considering funding the rehabilitation of the airport in President Rodrigo Duterte s hometown

Addressing myths of PPPs
PPPs offer alternative financing solutions to the country’s massive infrastructure needs But despite the success of PPPs in the Philippines certain misconceptions continue to undermine the PPP program’s accomplishments

1st PPP rolled out under Duterte: 5 regional airports
Even if these regional airport PPP deals were unbundled they continue to lure big investors

South, southwest bus terminals to be opened in 2018
These terminals will be the end point for about 1 642 provincial buses currently entering Metro Manila daily effectively decongesting main thoroughfares

Ex-Holcim exec Pecson named new PPP Center chief
Ferdinand Pecson worked as a vice president at Holcim Philippines for almost 7 years and taught at UP s mechanical engineering department for 11 years

Duterte admin to roll out stalled PPP deals by 2017 – NEDA chief
This administration will not do what the last administration did Finance Secretary Carlos Dominguez III says

5 failed, shelved PPP projects under Aquino admin
The Philippines public private partnership thrust faces a stern test Will the Duterte administration continue these stalled projects?

Postponing 7 PPP deals means delaying public service – PPP chief
Getting PPP projects from advertisements to the tarmac seems to take ages

Aquino admin gift to successor: $6.6B 'jumpstarted' PPP deals
We will gift wrap these projects for the next administration and expect these [deals] to be honored even beyond June 30 says PPP Center chief Andre Palacios

Aquino appoints Andre Palacios as new PPP Center chief
Palacios a technical adviser for the PPP Center since January 2015 moves up next week

PPP Center's Canilao: Include PPP chief in Cabinet
Outgoing PPP Center head Cosette Canilao also says the next administration should adopt what her office has started and hit the ground running with policies and institutional arrangements

PPP Center head Cosette Canilao resigns
Canilao cites pressing family concerns as reason for her resignation

PPP Center to next admin: Prioritize airports, trains, subway
Decongesting Metro Manila and other urban areas should be the main goal says the PPP Center

Ayala to start building ITS-South terminal by September
Ayala Land s group signs 35 year concession agreement to build and operate Integrated Transport System South Terminal

NEDA 2016 budget increase set to sustain reforms
The 2016 budget is up by 8 to P7 06 billion led by a P2 billion proposed funding for the Public Private Partnership Center

Cebu Action Plan to boost PPP share of infra projects
The private sector is expected to contribute about 40 of the Philippines infrastructure financing gap until 2020
Ayala Land offers better bid for P4B ITS-South terminal project
The Philippine government says it wants the winning concessionaire to start the construction of the terminal in the second quarter of 2016

Filinvest, Ayala battle for P4B ITS-South terminal project
Datem the consortium of Megawide and WM Property Management opts out of the bidding for the Integrated Transport System ITS South terminal Project

Aquino: No promises to make PPP implementation faster
Instead of discussing actions to prevent delays in the implementation of public private partnership projects President Aquino asks for public s understanding in his last State of the Nation Address

Iloilo pitches massive infrastructure plan for the city
A seamless railway an intelligent transport system and a government center may soon be built in Iloilo City through public private partnerships

Rappler Talk: How public-private partnerships work in infra projects
Infrastructure underspending is one of the culprits of lower than expected Philippine economic growth in the first quarter of the year

PH's PPP thrust: Work in progress
UPDATED After 5 years since its kickoff in 2010 did the flagship public private partnership program of President Benigno Aquino III meet expectations?

NEDA Board approves IT PPP project
UPDATED The P1 16 billion public private partnership deal will computerize the Philippine Statistics Authority’s civil registry operations and make this available nationwide

PH bids out biggest PPP: P171-B North-South railway deal
Once the North South Railway is operational in 2020 there will be 10 daily trips with 7 train sets passing through 66 stations

San Miguel, DMCI, Megawide eye regional prison in Nueva Ecija
The winning bidder will finance design build and maintain the prison facility for 23 years

PH sticks to bundled plan for 5 regional airports project
Some of the top Philippine conglomerates and world s aviation experts have partnered to bag the bundled regional airports PPP deals
Gov’t pursuing Mega Manila subway line along EDSA
‘I strongly believe that we cannot just rely on road expansion or increasing road capacity We need mass transit ’ DPWH secretary Rogelio Singson says

San Miguel, Megawide eye regional prisons PPP project
Other interested firms for the P50 2B facility have until May 6 to submit pre qualification documents

5 groups interested in regional airports projects
The usual players in the public private partnerships in the country are joining the bid for the P108 2B regional airports projects

Orthopedic Center for modernization, not privatization
A modernized Philippine Orthopedic Center will be returned to the government after 25 years but poor patients will continue to have access to ‘world class’ trauma and orthopedic care there the PPP Center says

Modernize, enhance public-private partnership law – senator
‘We must learn from successful and failed projects in the past as well as global best practices in PPP ’ Senator Sonny Angara says

15 PH PPP projects crucial to ASEAN connectivity – World Bank
World Bank’s Singapore Infrastructure Hub tags P495 84B worth of critical projects to help realize the master plan for ASEAN connectivity

Gov't seeks investors for $1-B water projects
The 3 water infrastructure projects aim to improve water security for Metro Manila and surrounding provinces

SMC, Ayala, MPIC eye P2.5B terminal project
The project deals with the creation of a Southwest terminal connecting passengers coming from Cavite to other transport systems in Metro Manila
Aquino to end term with 7 completed PPP projects
50 other PPP projects are still in the pipeline says the PPP Center
Govt considers P2-B subsidy for LRT-1 Cavite
The DOTC seeks the approval of NEDA for government to shoulder some costs for the LRT1 Extension project
Daang Hari-SLEx PPP 30% complete — Ayala exec
Two years since the 1st project under the Aquino government s PPP scheme was awarded the Daang Hari SLEx road is only 30 complete
MVP group lone bidder for LRT-1 extension
Three other prequalified groups withdraw from the race for the country s largest PPP
MVP, SMC, Ayala groups eye CALA expressway
Eleven companies led by the country s biggest conglomerates signify interest to bid for the P35 4 billion expressway project that will link the provinces of Cavite and Laguna
Deadline for Cebu airport contractor licenses set
DOTC announces bidders have until July 15 to secure necessary licenses for construction contractors
4 firms prequalify for classroom PPP bidding
The firms will undergo mock up test in Pampanga that will help determine their technical capability to undertake the project
MVP v SMC: Who will win NAIA Expressway?
It s a battle between Pangilinan s MPIC and Ang s San Miguel
MPIC, Ayala, SMC, Sy vie for MRT-LRT ticketing system
The 9 business groups advancing to the next stages of project bidding include Andrew Gotianun Lucio Co and partners that include retailers banking and telecommunication units and technology firms
34 firms keen on LRT, MRT fare collection project
The firms buy pre qualification documents for the bidding of the P1 72 B project
MPIC, San Miguel bid for NAIA Expressway
Financial bids will be opened on April 15 says the PPP Center
'PPPs key to agriculture growth'
The government says private sector can fund agriculture projects through PPPs
MPIC, JG Summit trim list of possible Cebu airport partners
The groups are choosing among only 4 airport operators from Singapore Kuala Lumpur and Europe