Category: Philippine infrastructure

Business and economyPhilippine infrastructure

What you need to know about the CALAx project drama

Round One's winning bid was P11.66 billion. Round Two's is P27.3 billion. The difference is stark: P15.6 billion. Yet, the company that triggered a rebid, San Miguel, lost.

By Lala Rimando on May 26, 2015

Business and economyPhilippine infrastructure

Money or integrity? The Cavite-Laguna road project case study

The controversial CALAx road project is a damn-if-you-do-damn-if-you-don't issue. It's a toss up, really, between money and integrity. The president chose money.

By Lala Rimando on October 22, 2014

This is the LRT-1 project extending the current rail system to vote-rich Cavite. The consortium of conglomerates Ayala and Metro Pacific was the lone bidder last May 28, 2014 for the P65 billion deal. Map courtesy of PPP Center
AviationBusiness and economy

Questions and an answer on San Miguel’s LRT-1 move

The biggest business group in the Philippines snubbed the bidding for the biggest infrastructure project of the government. Why is this raising eyebrows?

By Lala Rimando on May 29, 2014