Davao city council halts bidding for port project

DAVAO City’s business community welcomed the city council’s move stopping the bidding for proposed P19-billion Davao Sasa Port Modernization Project being managed by the Department of Transportation and Communication (DOTC) and the Private-Public Partnership (PPP) Center.

The Sangguniang Panlungsod of Davao opposed the PPP project through a resolution stopping the bidding because of “the irregular procedure as well as the various questions raised against the Sasa Port Modernization project now being bid out without prior consultation and express approval of the local government as provided for by the Local Government Code.”