NIGHT OWL Anna Mae Yu Lamentillo The Plaridel Bypass Road project, a new arterial road traversing the municipalities of Balagtas, Guiguinto, Plaridel, Bustos, and San Rafael in the province of Bulacan has been opened. DPWH Secretary Mark A. Villar, Minister Keiichi Ishii of the government of...
NIGHT OWL Anna Mae Yu Lamentillo Sustainable Tourism Development has been the subject of both international and domestic discourse, and is particularly important when the life cycle of many tourist destinations, including Boracay, is at risk of irreversible collapse. In his study, “A New Approach...
NIGHT OWL Anna Mae Yu Lamentillo Following President Rodrigo Duterte’s mandate of increasing transparency and accountability in government, the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) has put an end to ghost projects this 2018 as it migrates to a fully automated new monitoring system —...
NIGHT OWL Anna Mae Yu Lamentillo The “Build, Build, Build” program is the Duterte administration’s medium-term goal to increase infrastructure spending from 5.4 percent of the country’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP) in 2017, to 7.3 percent by the end of President Rodrigo Duterte’s term in...
NIGHT OWL Anna Mae Yu Lamentillo In his 10-point Socioeconomic Agenda, President Rodrigo Duterte envisioned the reduction of poverty from 21.6% in 2015 to 13%-15% by 2022. Central to this agenda is the acceleration of infrastructure and the development of industries across the archipelago that that...
NIGHT OWL Anna Mae Yu Lamentillo Most of my friends are kinda surprised when I order Sinigang, Tinola, or KBL for breakfast. To me, it was routinary. We grew up with sabaw on the table. But now that I’m old enough to know — I thought about all the years my mom – Nora Yu Lamentillo –...
NIGHT OWL Anna Mae Yu Lamentillo After six administrations, the road traversing the old Smokey Mountain area congested by informal settlers is now a high-capacity highway helping offset the usual heavy volume of vehicles in major highways like EDSA and C5. The 9.7-kilometer R-10 stretching from...
NIGHT OWL Anna Mae Yu Lamentillo When Henry Sy went to the Philippines he had nothing but the shirt on his back. He was a 12-year-old boy who spoke no English or Filipino. Unlike most immigrants then who came with a group, he travelled alone. Henry would often recount what his Filipino-Chinese...
NIGHT OWL Anna Mae Yu Lamentillo Following President Rodrigo Duterte’s mandate of increasing transparency and accountability in government, the Department of Public Works and Highway (DPWH) has put an end to ghost projects via drones, geotagging, and satellite technology. Secretary Mark Villar...
NIGHT OWL Anna Mae Yu Lamentillo The Duterte Administration will spend around P8.4 trillion (around US$160-200 billion) in infrastructure projects to usher in a golden age of infrastructure in the Philippines. Government spending on public infrastructure will be increased from 5.3 percent of GDP in...
NIGHT OWL Anna Mae Yu Lamentillo In the next six years, the Duterte Administration will implement the most ambitious infrastructure plan in Philippine history, which includes among others the Luzon Spine Expressway Network, the Metro Manila Logistics Network, the Metro Cebu Expressway and the Davao...
NIGHT OWL Anna Mae Yu Lamentillo The Duterte Administration will spend around P8.4 trillion (aroundUS$160-200 billion) in infrastructure projects to usher in a Golden Age of Infrastructure in the Philippines. Government spending on public infrastructure will be increased from 5.3 percent of GDP in...
