Infrastructure News
[OPINION] Financing the Philippine golden age of...
1 June, 2017 at 17:00
In recent years, the Philippines has enjoyed strong and sustained economic growth founded on sound macroeconomic fundamentals.
[OPINION] Is anyone in charge?
1 June, 2017 at 15:25
A Facebook friend posted that it took him a miraculous 30 minutes from Quezon City to NAIA, three minutes to check in and one hour and forty five minutes to clear immigration.
PLDT, Globe complete purchase of SMC’S telecommunications...
31 May, 2017 at 14:54
Industry giants PLDT Inc. and Globe Telecom completed their acquisition of San Miguel Corp.’s telecommunications unit, making their final joint payment to SMC Tuesday while defying the Philippine antitrust body’s request to hold off until the courts make a final ruling.
5 regional airports removed from PPP
25 May, 2017 at 16:13
The Public-Private Partnership (PPP) program, already suffering from the perception its projects are being sidelined in favor of government loans overseas, received another blow yesterday after the Department of Transportation (DOTr) canceled…
Clark airport expansion gets Neda-ICC approval
23 May, 2017 at 18:00
The National Economic and Development Authority’s Investment Coordination Committee (Neda-ICC) last week approved the proposal of state-run Bases Conversion and Development Authority (BCDA) to expand the annual capacity…
MRT-3 maintenance exec skips Senate probe anew
23 May, 2017 at 16:51
An incorporator of three separate firms that won bids to maintain MRT-3 since 2012 remains elusive despite efforts of the Senate to make him appear before an inquiry into the ongoing inefficiency mess at the railways.
[OPINION] Dual airport strategy
23 May, 2017 at 15:00
When the Duterte administration took over, there was this low hanging fruit begging to be harvested. This is the NEDA-approved privatization of NAIA’s operations and maintenance.
[OPINION] Duterte and the oligarchs
23 May, 2017 at 12:04
I heard an interesting story in the coffee shop about an ambitious Chinoy from Davao who supposedly approached Bobby Ongpin and offered to buy PhilWeb for a ridiculous sum.
MAP airs support for NAIA upgrading
23 May, 2017 at 11:03
The Management Association of the Philippines (MAP) has expressed full support to the plan to upgrade Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA) while the Clark International Airport is undergoing redevelopment.
[OPINION] White elephant watch: Infrastructure politics
18 May, 2017 at 17:30
The One Belt One Road Summit in Beijing has provided us with another occasion to look at the pay-off in the president’s friendly approach to our relations with China.
[OPINION] A dragon’s gifts
18 May, 2017 at 15:30
Let’s get things straight from the start. The railway and other projects China is offering us are not really gifts in the sense that we get these for free.
Solon seeks to give more powers to...
18 May, 2017 at 14:36
A senator is seeking to give more teeth to the regulations governing the telecommunication industry.
12M new jobs in next 6 years
18 May, 2017 at 10:39
Labor and Employment Secretary Silvestre Bello III said there would be 12 million new jobs by the end of the Duterte administration in light of the government’s infrastructure development program.
State think tank bats for ‘reboot’ of...
16 May, 2017 at 14:39
The Philippine Institute for Development Studies (PIDS) is urging the strengthening of the country’s regulatory framework for the telecommunications industry, saying fostering competition alone is not enough to strengthen the industry.
