The  Department of Transportation and Communication (DOTC) has prequalified all seven consortia that submitted bid documents for the country’s second largest airport , Mactan-Cebu International Airport. The project is estimated to cost  P 17.5 billion.

.The government considers establishing a contingent liability fund worth at least P30 billion to ensure the sustained financing of public-private partnership (PPP) project

The Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH), recently issued its Notice of Award (NOA) to Optimal Infrastructure Development Inc., a subsidiary of San Miguel Corp. for the Ninoy Aquino International Airport Expressway Project (NAIA). SMC recently seized the deal to build and operate the 7.5-kilometer elevated Ninoy Aquino International Airport Expressway.

The Department of Transportation and Communications (DOTC) and the Light Rail Transit Authority (LRTA) shortlisted five consortia which sought to qualify for the P1.72-billion Automatic Fare Collection System (AFCS) Project.

A string of credit rating upgrades will attract more investments to the Philippines but the government's much-touted public-private partnership (PPP) program may not be able to keep up, consultancy Global Source Partners yesterday said.

The Public-Private Partnership (PPP) Center and the Department of Transportation and Communications (DOTC) signed on May 3 a consulting contract with CPCS Transcom Ltd. of Canada for the preparation of the feasibility study for the proposed P2.5-billion upgrading of Luzon's railway system, which was previously tagged among the most ambitious PPP proposals of the government.

The Department of Transportation and Communications (DOTC) remains optimistic that they will be able to complete the P82-billion worth of major infrastructure projects under the public-private partnership (PPP) program before the end of the term of President Benigno S. Aquino III in 2016.

With no previous investment cycle to speak of, the Philippines' first boom is being portended by increased interest in the country's public-private partnership (PPP) program, Christopher Wood, an equity strategist for Hong Kong brokerage and investment firm Credit Lyonnais Securities Asia told Rappler, a local online media group.
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Seven of the country's largest conglomerates have partnered with foreign aviation groups and placed bids for the $430-million Mactan-Cebu International Airport Expansion Project, disclosed the Department of Transportation and Communications (DOTC).

The Department of Transportation and Communications (DOTC) has short-listed five firms that can join the bidding for the P350-million consultancy services for the civil works of the P9.7-billion Light Rail Transit (LRT) Line 2 east extension project.
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