Presidential candidate and Filipino boxing hero, Senator Manny Pacquiao on Wednesday, Feb. 23 called certain survey groups as "bogus" and mere "money-making ventures" in the hunt for gullible candidates as victims. Presidential candidate Senator Manny Pacquiao In an interview with newsmen, Pacquiao...
NIGHT OWL Anna Mae Lamentillo Former House Speaker Jose De Venecia Jr. (JDV) has been known for his political leadership. He was elected five times as Speaker of the House of Representatives, an unprecedented feat in postwar Philippine Congress. JDV has also built a solid reputation as a leader in...
Mark Striegl will be making his second comeback in the Octagon as he faces American veteran Chas Skelly in UFC Fight Night 201 at the APEX Facility in Las Vegas, Nevada on Saturday, Feb. 19 (Sunday in Manila). Mark Striegl (Photo from Mark Striegl's Facebook page) Both Striegl and Skelly made their...
NIGHT OWL Anna Mae Lamentillo For Deputy House Speaker Rodante Marcoleta, Congress is not lacking in laws to help the marginalized, “We have many beautiful laws, but we also need to see to it that they are implemented well.” He stresses that the various pieces of legislation crafted by both the...
NIGHT OWL Anna Mae Lamentillo The campaign period for the 2022 elections has started for national candidates. In about three months, we will have voted a new President and other leaders of the country. In four months’ time, President Rodrigo Duterte will end his term. Many predict that President...
NIGHT OWL Anna Mae Lamentillo All around the world, structures of great architecture and design — like the Eiffel Tower of Paris, the Great Wall of China, and the Taj Mahal of India — are admired. They often become the icons of a town, city, or country. From a local perspective, however, these...
‘Build, Build, Build’ in a podcast After its successful launch in December 2021, Anna Mae Yu Lamentillo’s ‘Night Owl’ book goes to the digital world with the launch of its podcast now streaming on Spotify, Google Podcast, Castbox, Pocket Casts, RadioPublic, Stitcher, and Anchor.FM, as of...
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...
