Tuesday, 15 September 2026
1 day ago
INSIDER VIEW | Protester risk: A challenge PPPs cannot ignore
By: Alberto Agra
Public-Private Partnerships (PPPs) are long-term arrangements. A project may be carefully studied, competitively awarded, and legally compliant, yet encounter serious difficulties after the contract has been signed.
6 days ago
INSIDER VIEW | Strengthening internal governance before external oversight
The Coast Guard’s continued growth offers an opportunity to strengthen the professional systems within it—because external oversight works best when it reinforces a strong internal foundation.
7 Sep 2026
10:08AM
INSIDER VIEW | What’s behind the Visayas, Mindanao red alerts?
Newspaper reports have highlighted outages at Therma South Unit 2 and GNPower Kauswagan Units 1–2 in Mindanao, and TVI Unit 1 in the Visayas, putting the Mindanao and Visayas grids in a precarious situation.
1 Sep 2026
10:11AM
INSIDER VIEW | Waste-to-energy projects: Public funding or PPP?
By: Alberto Agra
The mounting solid waste problem confronting our cities and municipalities, particularly in the aftermath of typhoons and amid inadequate flood control infrastructure, requires us to look beyond traditional methods of waste collection and disposal.
20 Aug 2026
11:49AM
Telcos in the monsoon season
By: Froilan Castelo
Just like any other industry, the telco and digital industries bear the brunt of severe monsoons. Heavy rains and winds may topple the sturdiest of cell towers.
13 Aug 2026
9:17AM
INSIDER VIEW | The Bane of unsolicited PPP proposals
By: Alberto Agra
Unsolicited proposals have become an established feature of the Philippine Public-Private Partnership (PPP) framework. Under Republic Act No. 11966, or the PPP Code, they are lawful and can serve as an important avenue for innovation, allowing the private sector to propose projects that the government has not yet identified or prioritized.
12 Aug 2026
4:46PM
INSIDER VIEW | Line rentals: How to shield power consumers
In June and July 2024, electric cooperatives in Western and Eastern Visayas were hit with line rental charges of as much as P5.67 per kilowatt-hour, according to a resolution filed in the House of Representatives by power sector party-list representatives. Three years earlier, when an NGCP submarine cable failed, Iloilo’s power distributor owed P66 million in a single month, about P1.54 per kilowatt-hour landing on households that had nothing to do with a broken cable.
8 Aug 2026
10:09AM
INSIDER VIEW | We’ve been thinking about Islamic banking all wrong
When people hear 'Islamic bank', many assume it serves Muslims alone or belongs mainly in Mindanao. That is the first thing we need to change. Islamic finance is open to everyone. It is built on fairness, transparency and shared risk. Financing must be tied to something tangible, such as a business, a home, equipment or infrastructure.
1 Aug 2026
8:16AM
INSIDER VIEW | Police power and the limits of PPP regulation
By: Alberto Agra
Public-Private Partnerships (PPPs) are designed to harness private sector resources, expertise, and innovation in delivering infrastructure and services for the public. While the government possesses broad regulatory authority over PPP projects through its police power, that authority is not without constitutional limits.
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