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Multinational group bags $11-B Sangley airport project

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Sep 15 06:50 PM

Sangley Airport will serve as an alternative to the congested Ninoy Aquino International Airport, which will be designed to meet the demand for air transport in the next 30 to 40 years. Read more »

NEDA vows balance, transparency in PPP projects

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Sep 14 10:27 AM

Public-private partnerships will be balanced and transparent to ensure that projects will contribute to post-pandemic growth, a NEDA official said. Read more »

NIA eyes PPP to raise P800-B for irrigation

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Aug 23 08:41 PM

NIA Administrator Benny Antiporda said thousands of lands in the country have not been irrigated due to funding woes. Read more »

NEDA: PPP can maximize demographic dividend with more higher-quality jobs

Wena Cos, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Aug 19 07:39 PM

The country's working-age group now makes up 63.9 percent of the population, from 59.1 percent in 2000, data from the PSA said. Read more »

SM, Iloilo LGU team up to redevelop city’s public markets

PARTNER FEATURE
Posted at Aug 08 07:41 PM

The MSMEs and vendors would be selling more, said SM’s Steven Tan, “as the markets will be a convergence zone for the growth of micro, small and medium businesses.” Read more »

Reforms to business, investment laws eyed by Marcos

Art Fuentes, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jul 25 09:46 PM

The measures include amendments to several laws including the Build-Operate-Transfer (BOT) Law, the Electric Power Industry Reform Act (EPIRA), and the E-Commerce Law. Read more »

DILG to LGUs: Seek public-private partnerships for projects

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jul 16 05:07 PM

Abalos said LGUs could look into a build-operate-transfer (BOT) scheme that they could 'use in resource generation.' Read more »

DBCC further narrows 2022 PH economic growth target

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jul 08 08:51 PM

Philippine economic managers on Friday said they remain optimistic on growth despite further narrowing the target for 2022. Read more »

Diokno says Marcos admin to tax digital services

Job Manahan, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jul 06 11:06 PM

As the Marcos administration faces record debt, Finance Secretary Ben Diokno said they are eyeing taxes on digital services. Read more »

Infrastructure likely to stay at 'forefront' under Marcos: Fitch Solutions

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jun 09 12:23 PM

Fitch Solutions Inc said the incoming administration of President-elect Ferdinand Bongbong Marcos Jr. is likely to focus on infrastructure. Read more »

Pangilinan says bigger LRT-1 stake on hold until poll victor seen

Jekki Pascual, ABS-CBN News
Posted at May 04 08:23 PM

MPIC chairman and president Manny Pangilinan also said the conglomerate's plans will depend on who will win the presidency next week. Read more »

Makati inks joint venture deal to finish, operate Ospital ng Makati 2

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Apr 27 08:36 PM

Makati has signed a joint venture deal with a hospital builder to complete the unfinished Ospital ng Makati 2, the city government said on Tuesday.  Read more »

ALAMIN: Batayan para sa itatakdang toll sa Skyway 3

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jan 18 05:27 PM

Ito'y kahit mapaso na ang sinabi ng SMC na 30 araw na libreng pagdaan sa expressway o hanggang Enero 29. Read more »

TIMELINE: Skyway Stage 3, the highway that links north to south metro

Jauhn Etienne Villaruel
Updated as of Jan 14 11:42 PM

The project is envisioned to decongest major Metro Manila thoroughfares and ease hellish traffic on EDSA, while creating new transport routes. Read more »

Public-private partnership sought in PH vaccine rollout

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Dec 24 03:34 PM

The Philippines' vaccination program is "doable" in 2 years if government partners with the private sector, the Philippine Disaster Resilience Foundation said Thursday. Read more »

Pista ng Pelikulang Pilipino nominees: ‘Cleaners’ leads with 10 nods

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Dec 08 06:12 PM

The Film Development Council of the Philippines on Monday announced the entries in the 4th Pista ng Pelikulang Pilipino up for awards, to be handed out on December 12. Read more »

PPP 2020 reviews: 'Kintsugi,' 'Blood Hunters,' 'The Helper'

Fred Hawson
Posted at Nov 29 06:57 AM

Because of the COVID-19 pandemic, this year's version of FDCP's annual flagship event, the 4th Pista ng Pelikulang Pilipino will be held online via an exclusive FDCP-sponsored platform (FDCPchannel.ph), from November 20 to December 6, 2020.  Read more »

Docu-drama on National Artist Nick Joaquin streams again at this year’s PPP

Totel V. de Jesus
Posted at Nov 02 05:12 PM

With proper funding and all, filmmaker-professor Sari Dalena said she would do a Part II of “Dahlin’ Nick,” a docu-drama on the life and works of National Artist for Literature Nick Joaquin.  Read more »

FDCP bats for reopening of more movie theaters by November

Mario Dumaual, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Oct 28 04:29 PM

After the reopening of several theaters of the SM Cinema chain, the Film Development Council of the Philippines (FDCP) is pushing for the reopening of more moviehouses in the country by November, in time for the fourth edition of the Pista ng Pelikulang Pilipino (PPP4).  Read more »

Kidlat Tahimik vows to finish dream movie about first Filipino to circumnavigate the world

Mario Dumaual, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Oct 08 09:19 PM

Kidlat Tahimik’s “Balikbayan #1 Memories of Overdevelopment Redux III,” dubbed as the never-ending film-in-progress of Tahimik, will be shown at the classics section of the Pista ng Pelikulang Pilipino 2020. Read more »