NIGHT OWL Anna Mae Yu Lamentillo When Secretary Mark Villar first assumed position in DPWH — he did not have a lot of public inspections. He would quietly go from one province to another — without any notice or advice. He would always tell us it was important to put the proper systems in place...
NIGHT OWL Anna Mae Yu Lamentillo Almost four years after President Rodrigo Duterte launched its “Build, Build, Build” program, Philippine government’s most ambitious infrastructure plan — computer-generated images which were once used to present a vision are turning into actual roads and...
NIGHT OWL Anna Mae Yu Lamentillo In 2017 — I attended the Emerging Leaders Program at the Harvard Kennedy School which was chaired by Dr. Elaine Kamarck and Dr. Christopher Robichaud. In our class on ethics — we discussed about the responsibilities of public action via a simulation exercise of...
NIGHT OWL Anna Mae Y. Lamentillo The Philippines is an archipelago of 7,640 islands. Due to the lack of infrastructure investment in the last five decades — the cost to transport goods within the country has been expensive. The 2.1 km San Juanico Bridge, which was built in 1969, is still the...
NIGHT OWL Anna Mae Yu Lamentillo The land area of Tokyo is thrice the size of Metro Manila but the vehicle density in Manila is higher. There are about 9.3 million vehicles competing in PH’s limited road network. In 2016, majority of the 32,770 km of national roads are at saturation levels —...
NIGHT OWL Anna Mae Yu Lamentillo When I was in college, I dreamt about the Philippines I did not see. I wanted to explore the 81 provinces with my own eyes, to meet the Filipinos who live there, to find out their dreams and aspirations. As I jump from one province to the other, I realized that...
Lego builders all over the world will soon be able to recreate Vincent van Gogh’s 1889 masterpiece Vincent Van Gogh’s “The Starry Night” painting is now being reimagined as a Lego set. Yes, with about 1,500 bricks! Lego builders all over the world will soon be able to recreate the 1889...
NIGHT OWL Anna Mae Yu Lamentillo A few years back while attending the Leaders in Development programme of Harvard Kennedy School, our professor asked us to write one thing which we aspired to achieve in the next ten years. We wrote it in a piece of paper and placed it beside our name card. I...
NIGHT OWL Anna Mae Yu Lamentillo In 2016 — when we started Build, Build, Build, critics said that the EDSA Decongestion Program is mathematically impossible, that it cannot be done, that President Rodrigo Duterte was over promising, and that Google Maps does not support such assertion. They...
Kim Seon-ho (Instagram) Korean actor Kim Seon-ho got another wonderful Christmas gift: He reached 4 million followers on his Instagram account as his popularity continued to rise. He hit the 4-million milestone at 1:58 p.m. on Dec. 26, an increase of about 2.9 million Instagram followers...
Actor Kim Seon-ho with his trophy for Rookie Award for '2 Days & 1 Night' at the 2020 KBS Entertainment Awards (Instagram) “Trending actor” Kim Seon-ho and “2 Days & 1 Night,” the Korean variety show he is part of, won at the 2020 KBS Entertainment Awards held on Dec. 24. Kim...
The cast of 'Cleaners' The independent film “Cleaners” was the biggest winner at Pista ng Pelikulang Pilipino (PPP) 2020, a nationwide film festival event of the Film Development Council of the Philippines (FDCP) headed by its Chair and CEO Liza Diño-Seguerra. On December 12, the virtual...
