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BACOLOD CITY - Negros Occidental's provincial government is looking for investors for its proposed bulk water supply project through a public-private partnership (PPP) scheme. "We really need a PPP. We're hoping that there will be willing investors from the private sector. (Though) we have not finished the study yet," Governor Eugenio Jose Lacson told reporters Friday. The province is conducting a study for the proposed project, which is eyeing to use surface water from two maj...

BACOLOD CITY - The Negros Occidental provincial government is proposing the establishment of a bulk water supply project along two major rivers through a public-private partnership (PPP). As of Friday, the plan includes the setting up of the first facility along the Imbang and Malogo Rivers in Silay City to help meet the water supply requirements of the province. Governor Eugenio Jose Lacson said the provincial government is taking the lead in the development of a bulk water supply project to en...

The next administration, whose fiscal space will be restricted by a swelling budget deficit and national debt, could face a fiscal crisis and may have to return to public-private partnerships to complete big-ticket projects.

The government is looking at developing public-private partnership projects in Negros Occidental in a bid to boost the local economy.

BACOLOD CITY - The Negros Occidental provincial government has formalized an engagement with the Public-Private Partnership (PPP) Center for the implementation and development of water supply projects in the province. Governor Eugenio Jose Lacson and PPP Center Executive Director Ferdinand Pecson signed a memorandum of agreement outlining the commitment of both parties to the partnership during the Provincial Water Summit held at Nature's Village Resort in Talisay City on Thursday. "(T)...

The government is looking at developing public-private partnership projects in South Cotabato in a bid to boost the local economy.

The NEDA said the amendments aim to facilitate the development of “well-structured PPPs that deliver high quality services to the people, protect the public from excessive payments and undue guarantees arising from PPP projects, and promote the interests of Filipinos, who ultimately pay for the costs and returns of private proponents of PPP projects.”

Socioeconomic Planning Secretary andBOT IRR Committee chairmanKarl Kendrick Chua (file photo) MANILA - The Duterte administration seeks to amend the implementing rules and regulations (IRR) of the build-operate-transfer (BOT) law. To pursue the amendments of the BOT IRR, President Rodrigo R. Duterte designated Socioeconomic Planning Secretary Karl Kendrick Chua as the chairman of the BOT IRR Committee. This committee is composed of the National Economic and Development Authority (NEDA), the Depa...