Wednesday, 22 October 2025
12 hours ago
INSIDER VIEW: 'Stop secret deal'? The real NAIA secrets are old ones
By: Daxim L. Lucas
For decades, NAIA was a textbook case of how government-owned facilities can be held hostage by sweetheart arrangements. Before San Miguel came in, the airport authority leased out valuable terminal and commercial space to private operators at rates so low they barely covered maintenance costs.
1 day ago
INSIDER VIEW | PPP of and with the People is bayanihan
By: Alberto Agra
Public-Private Partnerships (PPPs) are often framed as contractual or financial arrangements or mechanisms that enable collaboration between the government and the private sector in the delivery of infrastructure and services.
4 days ago
INSIDER VIEW | The truth about mining and earthquakes
Recent earthquakes across the country have once again stirred public concern over the long-feared “Big One”—a 7.2-magnitude event projected to strike along the West Valley Fault, threatening to devastate Metro Manila and nearby provinces such as Bulacan, Cavite, Laguna, and Rizal.
8 Oct 2025
1:04PM
INSIDER VIEW | Fast-tracking ROW to drive PPP acceleration
By: Alberto Agra
Public-Private Partnerships (PPPs) thrive on certainty. Investors, contractors, and financiers will not commit billions of pesos without a stable and predictable legal and institutional environment.
30 Sep 2025
7:20AM
INSIDER VIEW | The hidden cost of financializing electricity
At the recent ENERCON 2025 Conference hosted by the University of the Philippines Los Baños (UPLB) and Development Academy of the Philippines (DAP), I presented a simple but uncomfortable truth: electricity in the Philippines is expensive not because of technology, fuel, or even inefficiency alone—but because of the financialization of regulation itself.
29 Sep 2025
10:53AM
INSIDER VIEW | Justifying a 99-year PPP contract
By: Alberto Agra
Can a Public-Private Partnership (PPP) project legally run for up to 99 years? This is a recurring question among government agencies and private proponents alike.
17 Sep 2025
4:58PM
INSIDER VIEW | PPPs and REITs: Unlocking value from public assets
By: Alberto Agra
While each has independently proven effective, PPPs and REITs, when strategically combined, have the potential to unlock enormous value from underutilized public assets.
16 Sep 2025
5:41PM
SMC’s Ang: Lufthansa Technik Philippines’ bid for NAIA lease relief rests with gov’t
By: Miguel R. Camus
Tycoon Ramon S. Ang said Lufthansa Technik Philippines’ future at Ninoy Aquino International Airport hinges on government approval, as lease talks continue beyond the end-August expiry.
11 Sep 2025
7:29AM
INSIDER VIEW | Empowering barangays through PPPs
By: Alberto Agra
Even with their relatively small territorial jurisdiction and limited powers compared to provinces, cities, and municipalities, barangays are duty-bound to create meaningful opportunities to improve the lives of their constituents
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