Tuesday, 24 June 2025
8 hours ago
INSIDER VIEW | Building PPP-ready cities: Naga and Pasig
By: Alberto Agra
What makes a city ready to pursue Public-Private Partnerships (PPPs) as an alternative -- or even as the primary -- development strategy?
6 days ago
INSIDER VIEW | Challenging public perceptions about mining
Having covered the mining sector as a journalist and now working for a company with some of the largest mines in the country, I’d say mining companies are partly to blame for how people developed their perception about the industry.
9 Jun 2025
11:47AM
INSIDER VIEW | What the private sector fears most in long-term contracts with gov’t
By: Alberto Agra
Why are private firms wary of long-term PPPs with the government? This column examines successor risk, its legal implications, and how to design contracts that survive leadership transitions.
2 Jun 2025
11:08AM
INSIDER VIEW: June 30 ushers in fresh local PPP opportunities
By: Alberto Agra
With fresh mandates in hand, newly elected local government units (LGUs) set to begin their term on June 30 are expected to act decisively in delivering results that reflect the aspirations of their constituents — from better infrastructure and digital connectivity to improved public services.
2 Jun 2025
7:37AM
INSIDER VIEW | The magic of rate setting: Why power rates are high
The "magic" behind the purported "scientific" CAPM, the Building Blocks Approach (BBA), and the Performance-Based Rate (PBR) setting methodology are financial and accounting instruments that tend to confuse and obfuscate the public but ultimately lead to higher power rates.
26 May 2025
10:19AM
INSIDER VIEW | How to calculate the least cost of equity?
ERC’s use of the Capital Asset Pricing Model (CAPM) in calculating the cost of equity of utilities will result in an arbitrary number. We must ask this: How do we know if the resulting cost of equity represents the “least cost” or , as the SC puts it, “fair and reasonable”?
13 May 2025
6:58AM
INSIDER VIEW | Konektadong Pinoy bill raises red flags and tough questions
By: Froilan Castelo
More popularly referred to as the KP bill, it proposes to allow the entry of new players in the telco broadband business — without requiring a Congressional franchise and with less-than-usual supervision from the National Telecommunications Commission (NTC).
7 May 2025
10:35AM
INSIDER VIEW | The Iberian blackout: Lessons for the Philippines
At 12:35 p.m. on Monday, April 28, 2025, the entire Iberian Peninsula lost electrical power. The outage disrupted internet access and communication, transportation, building facilities like elevators, and many other modern conveniences
21 Apr 2025
8:59AM
INSIDER VIEW | When justice goes viral: How power shifts in the age of online judgment
By: Nikki Mendez
We’d like to think that justice should be rooted in truth and guided by law. But it isn’t. It is a story, constantly rewritten, reshaped by power, shifting values, and the fleeting mood of online platforms.
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