NIGHT OWL Anna Mae Lamentillo For an archipelagic country like the Philippines, bridges are essential infrastructure that connect islands, which are otherwise divided by waters. But bridges do not simply link an area to another, these are instruments of progress — improving access between...
NIGHT OWL Anna Mae Lamentillo “Leadership is the capacity to translate vision into reality,” said American author Warren Bennis. I remember when senatorial aspirant and former Secretary Mark Villar was appointed to lead the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH), many were skeptical,...
NIGHT OWL Anna Mae Lamentillo At one point in its history, the Philippines was the second richest country in Asia. We were only a little behind Japan and way ahead of China. I do not have a recollection of such time as it was long before I was born, but I hope to see in my lifetime the Philippines...
NIGHT OWL Anna Mae Lamentillo There is probably no Filipino adult who does not know vice presidential aspirant and Davao City Mayor Sara Zimmerman Duterte, or Inday Sara to many. She has already made a name for herself long before her father, President Rodrigo Duterte, became the country’s chief...
NIGHT OWL Anna Mae Lamentillo If he was given a chance to change a part of the Philippines’ history, presidential aspirant and former senator Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos, Jr. (BBM) said it would be to do away with the Spanish and American colonization, which practically left Filipinos...
NIGHT OWL Anna Mae Lamentillo Deputy Speaker Camille A. Villar first built a career in the private sector. After obtaining a Bachelor of Science in Management from Ateneo de Manila University and a Master’s Degree in Business Administration from the prestigious Institution de Estudios Superiores...
NIGHT OWL Anna Mae Lamentillo The New Year heralds new hope, new beginnings, new opportunities to fulfill our dreams. A few years back, before I started working with the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) and the “Build, Build, Build” project, one of the dreams that I had for the...
NIGHT OWL Anna Mae Lamentillo There’s a popular saying that goes, “When a door closes, another one opens.” Such is not the case for the richest man in the Philippines, real estate tycoon and former Senate President Manny B. Villar. He does not wait for another door to open, he builds his own...
NIGHT OWL Anna Mae Lamentillo National Artist for Film, Kidlat Tahimik, has been dubbed as the “Father of Philippine Independent Cinema.” Rightfully so, because his films had always been pure art, uninfluenced by profitability or the box office. It does not matter whether his films would be...
NIGHT OWL Anna Mae Lamentillo The youngest and lone female member of the Monetary Board of the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP), Anita Linda R. Aquino, never thought of entering government. But when the opportunity came, she felt it was the right time. The offer came through a phone call by...
NIGHT OWL Anna Mae Lamentillo How would future communities look like? How would they adapt to the challenges of the present? How would architects address these challenges to create livable cities? Horizon Manila by WTA Architecture and Design Studio is an answer to these questions. No wonder it won...
NIGHT OWL Anna Mae Lamentillo Lieutenant General Andres Castor Centino was appointed last November as the new Chief of Staff of the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP). His first directive to the 150,000-strong military is to end the communist insurgency before the term of President Rodrigo...
