Proprietors/Authorized Managing Officers (AMO) of construction firms are all invited to attend the AMO Orientation Seminar on February 20-21, 2012 at the Ballroom of Baseline Restaurant and Recreation Center, Juana Osmena St., Cebu City. The seminar will be conducted by the Philippine Contractors Accreditation Board in Compliance with RA 4566.

The Philippine Contractors Accreditation Board (PCAB) gives unlicensed contractors, developers and project owners ample time to undertake their own projects sans the services of a general contractor as it extends the deadline for the filing of application for license under its Amnesty Program for Unlicensed Contractors from December 31, 2011 to January 31, 2012.

A Filipino-Korean consortium submitted an unsolicited proposal to the government for the $144-million development and operation of a second terminal at the Diosdado Macapagal International Airport (DMIA), to be implemented under the public-private partnership (PPP) scheme.

JG Summit Holdings earlier expressed its interest in four airport projects in the Philippines which will be auctioned off under the public-private partnership (PPP) scheme.

In line with the commemoration of the 63rd anniversary of diplomatic ties between the Philippines and Thailand, President Benigno S. Aquino III had a bilateral meeting with Thailand Prime Minister Yingluck Sinawatra where he took the opportunity to invite all participating Thai companies to invest in the public-private partnership (PPP) program of the Philippine government.

Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) Undersecretary Cristino L. Panlilio disclosed that an investment team from Qatar arrived at the country early this month to forge partnerships in line with the country's bid to invest $1 billion here in the Philippines.

Delegates from the Philippine Constructors Association (PCA) flew to Las Vegas, Nevada, USA yesterday morning for a formal invitation from the World of Concrete, the industry's annual international event dedicated to the commercial concrete and masonry construction industries.

The Philippine Constructors Association, Inc. (PCA) had a meeting with the Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC) to thrash out the rehabilitation and reconstruction of about 220-kilometer road in Western and Eastern Samar, which falls under the Secondary National Roads Development Project of the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) and is among the projects approved and selected by the Investment Coordination Committee (ICC).

The Philippine Constructors Association (PCA) made headway as it held its annual Strategic Planning yesterday, January 11, at the Oakwood Premier Joy-Nostalg Center Manila in Ortigas Center, Pasig City.

The Philippine Constructors Association, Inc. (PCA), through its consultant, Research, Education and Institutional Development (REID) Foundation, has come up with the first draft of the position paper on capacity building of local contractors to expand and accelerate the growth of the local construction industry.

Japanese firm Tiger Resorts, Leisure and Entertainment Inc. is set to invest $2 billion for a casino resort development project in a 45-hectare reclamation land in Manila.

Metro Pacific Investments Corp. (MPIC) opposed the government's plan to bid out the contract to operate and develop the Metro Rail Transit 3 (MRT3).

The Department of Transportation and Communications (DOTC) has extended the contract of Japanese firm Sumitomo Corporation for the maintenance of the Metro Rail Transit (MRT) 3.

The Manila North Tollways Corp. (MNTC), operator of the Subic-Clark-Tarlac Expressway (SCTEX) under an interim operations and management contract, is waiting for President Benigno S. Aquino II's approval of the terms for it to take full control of the toll road.