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We said that PPP does not work for all government projects; that it only works for profitable ones, especially to the private sector.

[DatePublished] => 2012-11-15 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 135765 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Freeman Opinion [SectionUrl] => opinion [URL] => ) [1] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 662365 [Title] => A germ-free lifestyle [Summary] =>

The high-tech, alkaline-based and DOH-approved and certified UHP500 offers a much more efficient way of generating safe, germ free and profitable water.

[DatePublished] => 2011-03-04 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Real Estate [SectionUrl] => real-estate [URL] => ) [2] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 557215 [Title] => Trials make us think; thinking makes us wise; wisdom makes life profitable. [Summary] =>

Trials make us think; thinking makes us wise; wisdom makes life profitable.

[DatePublished] => 2010-03-13 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Word of the day [SectionUrl] => word-of-the-day [URL] => ) [3] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 98178 [Title] => Government may scrap service area scheme for telephone firms [Summary] => The Department of Transportation and Communications (DOTC) is looking at the possibility of scrapping the service area scheme (SAS) which required telephone companies (telcos) to install landlines in specific areas, and to replace it with a new program that will require the telcos to put up telecenters in municipalities and public calling offices in barangays.
[DatePublished] => 2000-12-10 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Business [SectionUrl] => business [URL] => ) [4] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 98005 [Title] => Government seeks ways to lure telcos in ‘missionary’ areas [Summary] => The Department of Transportation and Communication (DOTC) and the National Telecommunications Commission (NTC) are currently studying strategies to lure telephone companies (telcos) to install lines in so called ‘missionary’ or less profitable areas after government’s service area scheme was declared a failure.

The failure of the service area scheme is being cited by the telephone companies as a reason why they cannot install the number of lines which they committed to roll out for a period of three years beginning in 1995 in their respective service areas. [DatePublished] => 2000-11-22 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Business [SectionUrl] => business [URL] => ) ) )
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                    [Title] => PPP: The Structure or Business Case
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We said that PPP does not work for all government projects; that it only works for profitable ones, especially to the private sector.

[DatePublished] => 2012-11-15 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 135765 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Freeman Opinion [SectionUrl] => opinion [URL] => ) [1] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 662365 [Title] => A germ-free lifestyle [Summary] =>

The high-tech, alkaline-based and DOH-approved and certified UHP500 offers a much more efficient way of generating safe, germ free and profitable water.

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Trials make us think; thinking makes us wise; wisdom makes life profitable.

[DatePublished] => 2010-03-13 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Word of the day [SectionUrl] => word-of-the-day [URL] => ) [3] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 98178 [Title] => Government may scrap service area scheme for telephone firms [Summary] => The Department of Transportation and Communications (DOTC) is looking at the possibility of scrapping the service area scheme (SAS) which required telephone companies (telcos) to install landlines in specific areas, and to replace it with a new program that will require the telcos to put up telecenters in municipalities and public calling offices in barangays.
[DatePublished] => 2000-12-10 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Business [SectionUrl] => business [URL] => ) [4] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 98005 [Title] => Government seeks ways to lure telcos in ‘missionary’ areas [Summary] => The Department of Transportation and Communication (DOTC) and the National Telecommunications Commission (NTC) are currently studying strategies to lure telephone companies (telcos) to install lines in so called ‘missionary’ or less profitable areas after government’s service area scheme was declared a failure.

The failure of the service area scheme is being cited by the telephone companies as a reason why they cannot install the number of lines which they committed to roll out for a period of three years beginning in 1995 in their respective service areas. [DatePublished] => 2000-11-22 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Business [SectionUrl] => business [URL] => ) ) )
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