Wednesday, 7 January 2026
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INSIDER VIEW | Beyond contracts: Five virtues to guide PPPs
By: Alberto Agra
As 2026 begins, public-private partnerships (PPPs) stand at a critical juncture. In many jurisdictions, including the Philippines, PPPs are no longer evaluated solely by the kilometers of roads built, classrooms delivered, or facilities constructed.
24 Dec 2025
4:17AM
INSIDER VIEW | Why PPPs matter in education
Public-private partnerships (PPPs) offer a pathway for better governance in the Department of Education’s (DepEd) infrastructure build-up for classrooms and connectivity.
22 Dec 2025
12:06PM
INSIDER VIEW | PPPs unlock development potential of reclaimed land
By: Alberto Agra
Reclaimed land has emerged as one of the Philippines’ most strategic platforms for growth, urban expansion, and climate-resilient development, with public-private partnerships (PPPs) playing a central role in unlocking its full potential.
10 Dec 2025
10:18AM
INSIDER VIEW | Modernizing National Defense through strategic PPPs
By: Alberto Agra
The evolving security landscape—and the modernization agenda of the Department of National Defense (DND) and Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP)—show that defense institutions can also harness PPPs to strengthen readiness, improve facilities, and optimize resources, all without privatizing core military functions.
2 Dec 2025
4:16PM
INSIDER VIEW | Enhancing results through co-grantorship in PPPs
By: Alberto Agra
Co-grantorship— or inter-agency arrangements in Public-Private Partnerships (PPPs) — has emerged as a strategic approach to infrastructure and service delivery, allowing two or more public entities to jointly participate as grantors in a single PPP project.
24 Nov 2025
5:02PM
INSIDER VIEW | Choosing the right PPP framework
By: Alberto Agra
Public-Private Partnerships (PPPs) in the Philippines continue to expand as the government and the private sector explore more sustainable and innovative models for development.
14 Nov 2025
10:52AM
INSIDER VIEW | Preventing corruption in PPPs
By: Alberto Agra
Public–Private Partnerships (PPPs) are meant to improve the lives of Filipinos—the very purpose of all government projects. PPPs unite public purpose and private innovation to accelerate infrastructure development and service delivery based on performance.
3 Nov 2025
2:03PM
INSIDER VIEW | Decoding availability payments for PPPs
By: Alberto Agra
To sustain any partnership, both contracting parties must contribute. There must be a genuine exchange of resources. The implementing agency and the private sector must both have “skin in the game” to gauge how invested each party is, and to exact accountability from each other.
20 Oct 2025
11:02AM
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.
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