After cooling his heels for a year, former Senator Mar Roxas will have his hands full because the Department of Transportation and Communications (DOTC) is the coordinating agency for 7 of the 11 Public-Private Partnership (PPP) contracts the government plans to roll out this year.
President Benigno Aquino named his former running-mate to replace resigned DOTC Secretary Jose "Ping" de Jesus with a month to go before the department bids out the first of the PPPs: the contract to operate Light Rail Transit 1 and Metro Rail Transit 3. [ FULL STORY ]