NIGHT OWL Anna Mae Lamentillo The Nacionalista Party (NP) has formally declared its support for the candidacies of Ferdinand ‘Bongbong’ Marcos, Jr. (BBM) for president and Davao City Mayor Inday Sara Duterte for vice president in the May 2022 elections. In a statement signed by NP President...
NIGHT OWL Anna Mae Lamentillo Robina Gokongwei-Pe is president and chief executive officer (CEO) of Robinsons Retail Holdings Inc. (RRHI), a company built by her father, the late tycoon John Gokongwei Jr. But she did not merely inherit the business. She had to learn the ropes of managing the...
NIGHT OWL Anna Mae Lamentillo Former Secretary Gilberto “Gibo” C. Teodoro, Jr. has extensive experience in both the private and the public sector. His first foray in public service was when he was 16 years old, as president of Kabataang Barangay as well as provincial board member of Tarlac....
NIGHT OWL Anna Mae Lamentillo In February 2019, the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) led by then Secretary Mark Villar opened a separate 5.58-kilometer bicycle lane facility along the stretch of Laguna Lake Highway in Taguig City. Aimed to open up transportation, recreation, and...
Rey 'PJ' Abellana is now refuting an earlier statement he made concerning the ongoing spat involving his daughter Carla Abellana and her husband Tom Rodriguez. Where prior he said the issue stemmed from Tom getting involved in a "one night stand," Rey told "24 Oras," "wala naman din pong...
Anna Mae Lamentillo NIGHT OWL Finally, the Philippines might just have a majority president. In the latest Pulse Asia survey results released on March 14, the UniTeam of Former Senator Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. (BBM) and Davao City Mayor Sara Duterte remain to be this elections’...
PSA Athlete of the Year Hidilyn Diaz (Manny Llanes) Dreaming big and working hard had been the common denominators of athletes and officials who took the spotlight in Monday’s Philippine Sportswriters Association (PSA) Awards Night at the Diamond Hotel in Manila. And for Hidilyn Diaz, who was...
A bit of light was shed on the issue hounding estranged couple Carla Abellana and Tom Rodriguez. It came courtesy of Carla's father, Rey "PJ" Abellana. In an interview with Cristy Fermin, the veteran actor admitted all is not well with her daughter and Tom. The reason he said, is not a so-called...
NIGHT OWL Anna Mae Lamentillo In its 2020 Global Gender Gap Report, the World Economic Forum (WEF) said that it would take 99.5 years before the world can achieve gender parity. A year later, in its 2021 report, WEF said that it will now take 135.6 years to close the gender gap worldwide. That...
NIGHT OWL Anna Mae Lamentillo By the year 2023, a new government department is expected to start operations. This will be the newly-created Department of Migrant Workers, which was established by virtue of Republic Act No. 11641 signed by President Rodrigo Duterte on Dec. 30, 2021. One of the...
NIGHT OWL Anna Mae Lamentillo President Rodrigo Duterte’s marching orders to his “Build, Build, Build” team was clear from the onset: Finish as many projects as possible at the soonest possible time. Whoever gets the credit is none of our business. I recall when senatorial aspirant and former...
NIGHT OWL Anna Mae Lamentillo In the five years that I have worked in President Rodrigo Duterte’s "Build, Build, Build" program, alongside Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) Secretary Mark Villar, we were able to complete 29,264 kilometers of roads, 5,950 bridges, 11,340 flood control...
