Palace hopes to complete all Public Private
Partnership projects by 2016
Malacañang said it hopes to finish all 15
projects under the Public Private Partnership (PPP) before President Benigno S.
Aquino III steps down from office in 2016.
In a press briefing at the Palace on Wednesday,
Presidential Spokesman Edwin Lacierda said some Cabinet secretaries have
expressed confidence that the 15 projects under the program will be completed
before the President’s term ends.
"But again, we recognize that some of the
projects will last beyond 2016," Lacierda said, adding that this is acceptable.
Whether those projects are completed on time or
beyond the present administration, the end point is that they must provide the
necessary infrastructure in the country, he said.
In December last year, PPP Executive Director
Cosette Canilao said the Aquino administration will end its term with at least
seven completed PPP projects.
The PPP program, launched by the Aquino
administration in 2010, aims to provide viable infrastructure needed to support
the government’s goal of achieving inclusive and sustainable economic growth.
During its launch, the administration announced
10 projects, among them the extension of the Light Railway Transit (LRT) and
Metro Rail Transit (MRT), new airports and terminals in the Visayas and Bicol,
a road linking the North and South Luzon Expressways, and a water supply
project in Manila.
Since 2010, the government has awarded five
projects -- the School Infrastructure Phase 1, PPP for School Infrastructure
Phase 2, Modernization of Philippine Orthopedic Center, Daang Hari-SLEX Link
Road, and the NAIA Expressway. PND (as)
Good or bad survey results, government still
committed to public service
The government will continue to provide the
people better service, regardless of the results of performance satisfaction
ratings, a Palace official said on Wednesday.
“We note the survey results and as always,
whether they are good or bad for us, we will always strive to better our
performance in ensuring that better services are provided to our countrymen,”
Presidential Spokesperson Edwin Lacierda told reporters during the daily press
briefing.
He was referring to the results of the First
Quarter 2014 Survey of the Social Weather Stations (SWS), which showed a six
percent drop in the performance rating of President Benigno S. Aquino III’s
administration, from a “very good” +51 in December last year to a “good” +45
last March.
The SWS, a social research institution,
classifies net satisfaction ratings of +70 and above as “excellent”; +50 to
+69, “very good”; +30 to +49, “good”; +10 to +29, “moderate”; +9 to -9,
“neutral”; -10 to -29, “poor”; -30 to -49, “bad”; -50 to -69, “very bad”; and
-70 and below, “execrable.”
The survey however noted that despite the
decrease, the Aquino government’s performance scores are still higher than the
scores of all past administrations.
The present administration’s highest rating was
recorded at +66 in June 2013, compared to the highest for a previous
government, a “good” +36 in November 1998 during the term of then president
Joseph E. Estrada. PND (ag)
